Harvest America

For 22 years Harvest Crusades has been invited to bring the gospel into cities around the world. Has it been fruitful? Yes! But could it be even more fruitful? Absolutely!

What if on One Day, churches from all over the nation brought in the Harvest Crusade and streamed it live right into their church? At last year's Harvest, individuals watched the live stream broadcast from every state of the union and 32 countries around the world! Now, with HD-quality video available through Internet streaming and satellite, people could fill churches, theaters, coffee houses, and living rooms, linking together as One Church in thousands of locations.

For what purpose? One Message! The only message that can save a soul—the simple proclamation of the gospel, which will be given from a gifted evangelist, Greg Laurie.

And if this is repeated over the next three years, we could conservatively see more than five million people in live-stream events and effectively see some 500,000 professions of faith! That's more than we've seen in our 22-year history of Harvest Crusades!

Will you consider joining hundreds of other churches across America on August 26 as we seek to bring hope to a nation? From promotions to the follow-up process, this website will provide churches and individuals with all the tools and resources needed to host a successful evangelistic event for your community, whether you host it at your church, a neutral venue, or in your living room.

For more information, go to http://www.harvestamerica.com/ to find a location near you.

This looks interesting but I am not sure what it is. Can I have some more details about this whole thing?

Here is what the Harvest Crusade is:
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 4 million people have attended in stadiums, amphitheaters, and like venues.
A typical Harvest Crusade begins with worship—a foundation that Laurie believes to be very important. After opening worship, songs from the Harvest Crusade Band (or local "praise teams" depending on the venue) and featured guest musicians perform and share stories of how they believe God has changed their lives. Since all Harvest Crusades are held at the invitation of local churches, it is not uncommon for local pastors and other special guests to offer prayers between musical performances. After the music is finished, Laurie presents a simple evangelical gospel message from the Bible, often advertised as a "down to earth talk about heaven." At the end of this message, Laurie invites the attendees to come forward toward the stage and publicly repent from their sins, profess their trust in Jesus Christ, and ask for salvation. After coming forward, each individual is greeted by a trained volunteer "decision follow-up counselor" from a local church. These counselors pray with the supplicants, answer questions, and provide them with free materials including a Bible.

Harvest Crusades are always free and open to the public. Some venues the organization has used charge for parking, but Harvest Crusades receives no compensation from these venues. Instead, the organization is supported by private donations.

Laurie is a speaker for public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades, which he founded in 1990, large-scale evangelistic outreach projects which local churches organize nationally and internationally. It has been estimated that more than four million people have attended Harvest Crusades in California, Chicago, Seattle, Oregon, Philadelphia, New York, Hawaii, Florida, North Carolina, New Zealand and Australia

Also recently Greg Laurie has been selected as the chairman for the National Day of Prayer.

Thanks

Wow. Sounds amazing. Not too big on the altar call thing, but I love that he includes repentance, which is skipped in so many gospel messages that I've heard! This sounds like a great ministry. I might check into it. :)