Greg Laurie
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Greg Laurie (born 10 December 1952) serves as the Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California.
Ministry
He became a Christian under the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist Lonnie Frisbee.[1] Then, at the age of 19, he had the opportunity to lead a Bible-study of 30 people originally started by Frisbee at All Saints Episcopal Church in Riverside, CA. The church that formed from this group has grown to become one of the largest churches in the United States.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
and for Samaritan's Purse.[2]
Publishing and media
Laurie has written several books, including The Upside-Down Church (1999, co-authored with David Kopp: the book won a Gold Medallion Book Award in the "Christian ministry' category[3] in 2000), Every Day with Jesus (1993), and Wrestling with God (2003). Most recently[update] he has published Loser and Winners, Saints and Sinners: how to finish strong in the spiritual race. He also worked as a contributing author of study notes for the New Believer’s Bible and The Seeker’s Bible: New Testament : New Living Translation (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2000, ISBN 0842339280).
Host of the television program Knowing God with Greg Laurie and of the syndicated radio program A New Beginning, Laurie has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. He also functions as a guest commentator at Worldnetdaily.com, and appears regularly on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
Laurie also founded (1990) and features as a speaker for public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades — large-scale evangelistic outreach projects which local churches organize nationally and internationally. Well over three million people have attended[update] Harvest Crusades in California, Seattle, Oregon, Philadelphia, New York, Hawaii, Florida, North Carolina, New Zealand and Australia.
Personal life
Laurie resides in Newport Beach with his wife, Catherine. They have had two sons, Christopher (1975–2008) and Jonathan (1986). Christopher died in a car accident.
The car accident occurred July 24, 2008. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/shows/cwn/2008/July/Car-Crash-Kills-Pastor-Greg-Lauries-Son-/
- ^ Coker, Matt. "The First Jesus Freak". OC Weekly, March 3, 2005. Retrieved on January 14, 2010.
- ^ Samaritan's Purse 2006 Ministry Report, Page 38
- ^ Evangelical Christian Publishers Association 2000 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners