Impacting Local Communities
Impacting Local Communities
Harvest Crusades: More Than a Weekend Event
For Harvest, an outreach event doesn't begin when the first person walks into the stadium or arena, nor does it end when the last person leaves. Hosted by hundreds of local churches in cities around the world, the Harvest Crusades—also known as Harvest with Greg Laurie events—are months or years in the making and foster cross-denominational unity as communities work together to share the love of God with those around them. Through this process, thousands see powerful personal and corporate change as a result of a Harvest Crusade in their city:
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Hundreds of Local Churches
By inviting Harvest Crusades to a city, hundreds of local churches from various denominations unite to form a hosting committee to organize outreach efforts. After the outreach, local churches follow up with attendees who made a decision to follow Christ and invite them to worship.
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Hundreds of Volunteers
Hundreds of local volunteers help host each Harvest Crusade. Though many of the tasks are basic—helping with parking, passing out programs, stage set-up—many volunteers report real, lasting benefits from the opportunity to serve.
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Providing Resources Specific to Each Community
Harvest provides resources for each crusade to meet the needs of different communities, from providing language-specific interpretation services to the creation of ancillary events like the Spanish-language crusade held in San Jose, California.
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G-3 Training
Youth play a significant role in "getting the word out" about Harvest Crusade events, and Harvest makes available youth evangelism training for local teens and young adults through a program called G3. G3 training is provided by youth from Greg Laurie's church in Southern California, all of whom pay their own way to Harvest Crusade cities to join with local G3 groups in sharing the life-transforming message of the Gospel with people on the streets, on the beach, in coffee shops, and malls.
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Tens of Thousands of Podcast and Webcast Participants
Harvest makes most of its events available through live Internet broadcasts, blog posts, and audio and video podcasts, giving local communities one more way to invite people to participate in a crusade. Over the past fifteen years, more than 1.3 million people have viewed a live Harvest Crusade virtually, and thousands have entered into a relationship with Christ as a result.
Since 1990, more than 370,000 people have committed their lives to Christ as a result of the Harvest Crusades and the message of hope presented at each event by crusade evangelist Greg Laurie.
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