Harvest Crusades
In 1990, Greg Laurie started holding his first public evangelistic event which would soon be called the Harvest Crusades.[6]
| Harvest Christian Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Riverside, California |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Associations | Southern Baptist Convention, Calvary Chapel Association |
| Weekly attendance | 14,560 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder(s) | Greg Laurie |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Contemporary/Modern |
| Administration | |
| Division | California Southern Baptist Convention |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Greg Laurie |
Harvest Christian Fellowship is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site church based in Riverside, California, affiliated with the Calvary Chapel Association and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1973 by Greg Laurie, who has been the senior pastor since that time.[1]
In 2009, it opened a new building, with a 5,000-seat auditorium, a gymnasium, and a High School.[2]
In 2017, while remaining a member of the Calvary Chapel Association, the church became a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, after a request from Laurie, because of the important programs of national and international evangelization of the latter.[3]
According to a church census released in 2022, it claimed a weekly attendance of 14,560 people [4] and 4 campuses in different cities.[5]
In 1990, Greg Laurie started holding his first public evangelistic event which would soon be called the Harvest Crusades.[6]
SWAT stands for Students With A Testimony and is a group of high school and college aged youths to evangelize or conduct what they call "street-witnessing."[7] The SWAT Team roams local streets inviting people to the event and sharing their faith.
