Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952 ) is an American evangelical pastor, evangelist, and Christian author, who as of July 2026 had continued to lead his congregation and serve as a crusade leader, He was raised by a single mother who was married seven times in total. He worked as a newspaper boy for the Daily Pilot in Orange County, California.

Career Harvest Christian Fellowship In 1973, Laurie began a home Bible study in Riverside, California, an opportunity given to him, at age 20, to lead 30 people under the mentorship of Calvary Chapel pastor Chuck Smith. The group quickly grew in size, and Laurie founded the Harvest Christian Fellowship in that same year, in Riverside,

HCF affiliation

As of June 2017, Harvest Christian Fellowship was maintaining its ties with "the Calvary Chapel association of evangelical churches".

Harvest at Home When all California churches were forced temporarily to shut their doors because of COVID-19, Harvest Christian Fellowship and Greg Laurie started the online church program "Harvest at Home".

On Palm Sunday 2020, then-president Trump tweeted that he would be watching Harvest at Home, and the webcast saw record viewership that week, with over 1,300,000 people tuning in to watch.

On October 5, 2020, Laurie revealed that he had contracted COVID-19, and released a statement saying, "Unfortunately, the coronavirus has become very politicized. I wish we could all set aside our partisan ideas and pull together to do everything we can to defeat this virus and bring our nation back."

Other ministry responsibilities In 2013, Laurie served as the Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.

In 2017, Greg Laurie organized a movement titled "The Year of Good News". Multiple church leaders signed the letter he penned to initiate the movement. One paragraph of the letter reads, "In a time of fake news, distracting news, divisive news, disorderly news, and, sometimes, depressing news, we - as Christians and as leaders - want to recommit ourselves to making sure that the Good News of Jesus cuts through it all. We call upon Christians in America to make 2017 'The Year of Good News.'"

As of 2006, Laurie was serving on the board of directors for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. As of this date, it was being reported that Laurie had served as a chaplain for the Newport Beach Police Department for over 25 years. As of 2013, Laurie was serving as chaplain for the Costa Mesa Police Department.

Controversy

In September 2025, lawsuits were filed against Laurie and Harvest Christian Fellowship alleging sexual abuse at an orphanage in Romania that the church had sponsored, allegations that included child rape and sex trafficking. Without denying that the abuse had taken place, the church responded, e.g., in a statement to Christianity Today, that the legal action was a "misplaced lawsuit wrongly target[ing] Harvest and our pastor"; calling the allegations "serious and disturbing", the church statement argued that "the target... should be the alleged perpetrator, not our church", and further argued that the lawsuits aimed at sensationalising the matter, constituting "a form of financial extortion".

Media Published works

As of 2024 Laurie has written more than 70 books.

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Works edited

Films Laurie's 2018 autobiographical book, Jesus Revolution, written with Ellen Vaughn, was adapted as a feature film in 2023. The film, also titled Jesus Revolution, was produced by Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate, and presents the story of how Laurie and his wife Cathe came to faith during the Jesus Movement in Southern California.

Laurie has produced or written several films, including; Lost Boy. (2010) Hope for Hurting Hearts.(2013) Steve McQueen: American Icon. (2019) A Rush of Hope. (2020) Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon. (2022) Jesus Revolution (2023).

Other media

Laurie's sermons are featured on the syndicated half-hour daily radio program, A New Beginning, broadcast on over 1,100 stations worldwide. A New Beginning is also featured as a Christian podcast, available on iTunes.

Laurie has also a guest commentator at WorldNetDaily, and as of this date, appeared regularly in a weekly television program called GregLaurie.tv on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).

Awards and recognition Laurie's The Upside Down Church (1999, co-authored with David Kopp, see Published works), won a Gold Medallion Book Award in the "Christian ministry" category in 2000.

As of 2023, Laurie and his National Day of Prayer organisation were reporting that he had been given two honorary doctorates, from Biola University and from Azusa Pacific University.

Personal life As of 2024, Laurie resided in Newport Beach, California, with his wife, Catherine (Cathe).