"Greg Laurie Biography Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian" & "Greg Laurie, Harvest America Joined by 3 Nationwide Ministries" ( VID

"Greg Laurie Biography Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian" & "Greg Laurie, Harvest America Joined by 3 Nationwide Ministries" ( VIDEO )

Greg Laurie Biography

Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California. He began his pastoral ministry at the age of 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people.

Since then, God has transformed that small group into a church of some 15,000 people. Today, Harvest is one of the largest churches in America, and consistently ranks among the most influential churches in the country.

In 1990, Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades. Since that time, more than 4,405,000 people have attended Harvest Crusades events around the United States, ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium in Anaheim to Madison Square Garden in New York City. Greg spoke to 50,000 people at a 2011 Harvest Crusade in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. Harvest Crusades have also been held internationally in Australia and New Zealand. More importantly, more than 370,900 people have registered professions of faith through these outreaches.

Laurie is the featured speaker of the nationally-syndicated radio program, A New Beginning, which is broadcast on more than 500 radio outlets around the world. A New Beginning is also one of the most popular Christian podcast downloads on Apple's iTunes Store.

Laurie has a weekly television program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and he has appeared on many other television news programs. Along with his work at Harvest Ministries, Laurie serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He holds honorary doctorates from Biola University and Azusa Pacific University.

In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored over 70 books including Signs of the Times, As I See It, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Married.Happily., Essentials, What Every Christian Needs to Know, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, and many more.

His autobiography, Lost Boy, was released in June 2008 by Regal Books and continues to be one of the bestselling Christian biographies of all time. The accompanying documentary film, Lost Boy: The Next Chapter, has won eight awards at International film festivals in the best documentary

category.

Laurie has written study notes for the bestselling The New Believer's Bible and The Seeker's Bible. He also wrote the notes for the recently released Start! Bible in the New King James Version, published by Thomas Nelson. Greg is presently working on a new Bible project for Thomas Nelson called Refresh, which is a devotional Bible.

Greg has been married to Cathe Laurie for 38 years and he has two sons, Christopher and Jonathan. Christopher went to be with the Lord in 2008. Greg and Cathe also have four grandchildren.

For more information about Pastor Greg, visit his personal homepage at www.greglaurie.com or his ministry website, www.harvest.org .

Greg Laurie, Harvest America Joined by 3 Nationwide Ministries

Three nationwide ministries have agreed to partner with Harvest America organizers for the first-of-its-kind evangelism event led by Greg Laurie that will be simulcast live to hundreds of churches and venues in late summer.

"We are excited to join efforts with these three ministries to allow even more people the opportunity to participate in Harvest America and to provide them with resources for growing their faith," said Harvest Crusades Executive Director John Collins.

Lifeway, NavPress and Global Media Outreach will be helping promote the event, sponsor hosts, and provide informational resources for the outreach which will be held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 26.

On Wednesday, it was announced that more than 900 churches and venues have signed-up to host Harvest America. Organizers hope to take the success of the annual Harvest Crusade stadium events that have been attended by 4.4 million people over the last 22 years to the next level.

LifeWay – a ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention – will host free simulcasts and webcasts of Harvest America for churches, small groups, organizations and individuals through its webpage.

NavPress, which is a division of Navigators that focuses on leadership development and discipleship, has developed a follow-up discipleship curriculum. This six-part study series accompanies the book Start to Follow: How to Be a Successful Follower of Christ and is a class for those who decide to accept Jesus Christ at Harvest America.

Leaders at Harvest Ministries said the technology component of Harvest America aligns well with the mission of their newest partner, Global Media Outreach. The Internet-focused ministry is using their website, GodLife.com, to feature video content by Laurie in preparation for Harvest America. They will also be live streaming the event for their online community participants via their "virtual chapel."

At a webinar hosted by Harvest America on its website Wednesday, Laurie and his wife, Cathe, introduced several prayer resources to help with their Pray America initiatives.

Those wanting to participate by praying for the event can sign up for "The 60 Days Around the Clock Prayer," that starts on July 1 at pray.harvestamerica.com. The prayer will also continue three days beyond the event to pray for those who accepted Christ at Harvest America.

An online "Prayer Map" and "Prayer Cloud" that has been on the website for several months now has representation from people in all 50 states, organizers said. The Prayer Cloud has the names of nearly 40,000 people that have been listed by 6,000 people who would like to see them receive salvation.

Also, during the webinar this week, Laurie's book Hope for America was introduced. "This roadmap for revival in America is presented as another promotional and teaching tool," said Harvest America representative Scot Camden.

Cathe Laurie, who serves as the event prayer director, introduced the Pray America journal she created as a tool to record prayers and "help effectively pray for Harvest America."

"I think one of the reasons people don't pray is that they think that prayer doesn't make a difference. Prayer is necessary. As we look back on our journals we see how God answered our prayers. Prayer does make a difference and you will begin to see that as you journal your prayer life," she said.

Greg Laurie, Ernte durch 3 Nationale Ministerien Angeschlossenes Amerika

Drei nationale Ministerien sind bereit gewesen, mit der Ernte Veranstalter von Amerika für das Ereignis der Verkündigung des Evangeliums "zuerst seiner Art zu vereinigen die", von Greg Laurie geführt ist, der Simultansendung sein wird, die zu Hunderten von Kirchen und Treffpunkten gegen Ende des Sommers lebend ist.

"Wir sind aufgeregt, um uns Anstrengungen mit diesen drei Ministerien anzuschließen, um sogar mehr Menschen die Gelegenheit zu erlauben, an der Ernte Amerika teilzunehmen und sie mit Mitteln zu versorgen, um ihren Glauben anzubauen," sagte Verantwortlicher Ernte-Kreuzzug-Direktor John Collins.

Lifeway, NavPress und Globale Medien Übertreffen wird helfen, das Ereignis zu fördern, Gastgeber zu sponsern, und Informationsmittel für das Übertreffen zur Verfügung zu stellen, das am Engel-Stadion in Anaheim, Kalifen gehalten wird. am 26. Aug.

Am Mittwoch wurde es bekannt gegeben, dass sich mehr als 900 Kirchen und Treffpunkte verpflichtet haben, um Ernte Amerika zu veranstalten. Veranstalter hoffen, den Erfolg der jährlichen Ernte-Kreuzzug-Stadion-Ereignisse zu nehmen, denen von 4.4 Millionen Menschen im Laufe der letzten 22 Jahre zum folgenden Niveau beigewohnt worden ist.

LifeWay - ein Ministerium der Südlichen Baptisttagung - wird freie Simultansendungen und webcasts der Ernte Amerika für Kirchen, kleine Gruppen, Organisationen und Personen durch seinen webpage veranstalten.

NavPress, der eine Abteilung von Navigatoren ist, die sich auf Führungsentwicklung und Anhängerschaft konzentriert, hat einen Anschlußanhängerschaft-Lehrplan entwickelt. Diese sechsteilige Studienreihe begleitet das Buch Anfang, um Zu folgen: Wie man ein Erfolgreicher Anhänger von Christus Ist und eine Klasse für diejenigen ist, die sich dafür entscheiden, Jesus Christus an der Ernte Amerika zu akzeptieren.

Führer auf Ernte-Ministerien sagten den Technologiebestandteil der Ernte, die Amerika gut nach der Mission ihres neuesten Partners ausrichtet, Übertreffen Globale Medien. Das interneteingestellte Ministerium verwendet ihre Website, um GodLife.com Videoinhalt durch Laurie in der Vorbereitung der Ernte Amerika zu zeigen. Sie werden auch lebende Einteilung des Ereignisses für ihre Online-Gemeinschaftsteilnehmer über ihre "virtuelle Kapelle sein."

An einem durch die Ernte veranstalteten webinar führte Amerika auf seiner Website am Mittwoch, Laurie und seiner Frau, Cathe, mehrere Gebet-Mittel ein, mit ihrem zu helfen, Initiativen von Amerika Beten.

Diejenigen, die wollen das teilnehmen, um das Ereignis betend, können sich seit "Den 60 Tagen Um das Uhr-Gebet verpflichten," fängt das am 1. Juli an pray.harvestamerica.com an. Das Gebet wird auch drei Tage außer dem Ereignis fortsetzen, um um diejenigen zu beten, die Christus an der Ernte Amerika akzeptierten.

Eine "Online-Gebet-Karte" und "Gebet-Wolke", die auf der Website seit mehreren Monaten jetzt gewesen ist, haben Darstellung von Leuten in allen 50 Staaten, Veranstalter sagten. Die Gebet-Wolke hat die Namen von fast 40.000 Menschen, die von 6.000 Menschen verzeichnet worden sind, die sie gern sähen Erlösung erhalten.

Außerdem während des webinar in dieser Woche wurde das Buch von Laurie Hoffnung für Amerika eingeführt. "Dieser Fahrplan für das Wiederaufleben in Amerika wird als ein anderes lehrendes und Beförderungswerkzeug präsentiert," sagte Ernte Vertreter von Amerika Scot Camden.

Cathe Laurie, der als der Ereignis-Gebet-Direktor dient, führte die Beten Zeitschrift von Amerika ein, die sie schuf, weil ein Werkzeug, um Gebete und "Hilfe zu registrieren, effektiv um die Ernte Amerika betet."

"Ich denke einen der Gründe, die Leute nicht beten, ist, dass sie denken, dass Gebet einen Unterschied nicht macht. Gebet ist notwendig. Da wir uns auf unseren Zeitschriften umsehen, sehen wir, wie Gott auf unsere Gebete antwortete. Gebet macht wirklich einen Unterschied, und Sie werden beginnen zu sehen, dass als Sie Zeitschrift Ihr Gebet-Leben," sagte sie.