Harvest Crusades
| Founded | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Greg Laurie |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
| Website | harvest |
Harvest Crusades is an Evangelical Christian organization based in Los Angeles, United States, that organizes evangelistic conferences.
History
[edit]The conference has its origins in a public evangelistic event in Los Angeles founded in 1990, by the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Greg Laurie.[1] The event has been renamed Harvest Crusades. [2]
In 2005, 100,000 people attended at the conference. [3]
Harvest Crusades shifted to an online-only format in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.[4]
In 2022, 21,000 people attended at the conference in Boise, Idaho and 144,000 people online.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ David Olson, Harvest Crusades: Thousands pack Angel Stadium to hear the good word – and pass it on, ocregister.com, USA, August 16, 2014
- ^ Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, ‘A delivery boy’ for God: Greg Laurie and his Harvest Crusade are back for a 27th year, latimes.com, USA, August 12, 2016
- ^ Hemmy So, Harvest Crusade Keeps Current by Amping Music and Technology, latimes.com, USA, August 11, 2006
- ^ Alejandra Molina, This year, Harvest Crusade takes shape as a cinematic event, apnews.com, USA, August 3, 2020
- ^ Ian M. Giatti, Over 3K accept invitations to Christ at Greg Laurie's Harvest crusade in Idaho, christianpost.com, USA, April 29, 2022