Harvest Christian Fellowship

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Harvest Christian Fellowship is a megachurch in Riverside, California.

History[]

It was founded in 1973 by Greg Laurie. Laurie has been the senior pastor since that time. Harvest is a megachurch with a congregation of 15,000 and growing. The eighth largest church in America and third largest in California, with satellite campuses in Eastvale (Corona, California) and Woodcrest (Riverside, California) and a dedicated campuses in Orange County (Irvine, California) and Riverside County (Riverside, CA). As well as being the launching pad for the International Harvest Crusades, Harvest is involved in other various internal and external ministries.

Harvest Crusades[]

In 1990, Greg Laurie started holding his first public evangelistic event which would soon be called the Harvest Crusades. Since the first Crusade it has been estimated that nearly 5.5 million people have attended in stadiums, amphitheaters, and like venues.^{[citation needed]}

SWAT International T-shirt/Logo

The SWAT Team[]

Before any crusade takes place the SWAT Team goes ahead of it. 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." The SWAT team will roam local streets inviting people to the event and sharing their faith.^[1][2]

References[]

External links[]

• Harvest Christian Fellowship - Main site.
• Greg Laurie's Personal Web Page
• Harvest Crusade Page
• Harvest Jr. High Site - Harvest Jr. High Ministry Site
• Harvest's Sister Church - Harvest Christian Fellowship New York
• Church of the Week - CBN.com