Harvest Christian Fellowship

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 campus in Orange County (Irvine, California). 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.

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
  1. Chapter Two building project
  2. Day7 @ Harvest
  3. SWAT Team News Article - OcRegister.com
  4. Calvary Chapel Magazine - SWAT Pages 6–7
  5. Statement of Faith as of April 2, 2007
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