Greg Laurie: Biography, Church, Wife, Net Worth & Legacy

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Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952, in Long Beach, California) is an American evangelical pastor, evangelist, author, and filmmaker best known as the founder and senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship and the creator of the large-scale Harvest Crusades. Born out of wedlock to a single mother who married and divorced seven times, Laurie’s childhood was marked by instability, loneliness, and a searching that drugs and alcohol could not fill.

Everything changed at age 17, when he stumbled into the Jesus Movement at Newport Harbor High School in Orange County, California.

That one moment set him on a path that would eventually produce one of America’s largest churches, nearly 10 million crusade participants, more than 70 books, a hit Hollywood film, and a global radio and television ministry heard in more than 100 countries. He is one of the most widely recognized evangelical voices in America today.

Personal
Full Name	Greg Laurie
Born	December 10, 1952, Long Beach, California, USA
Age	73 (as of 2026)
Nationality	American
Spouse	Cathe Martin Laurie (married 1974)
Children	Christopher Laurie (1974-2008); Jonathan Laurie
Grandchildren	5 (including Stella and Lucy, Christopher’s daughters)
Parents	Charlene (mother); Oscar Laurie (adoptive father)
Education
High School	Newport Harbor High School, Newport Beach, California
Honorary Degrees	Doctor of Divinity, Biola University; Doctor of Divinity, Azusa Pacific University
Ministry
Title	Senior Pastor and Founder
Church	Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside, California
Denomination	Southern Baptist Convention (affiliated since 2017)
Founded	1973 (Harvest Christian Fellowship)
Radio Program	A New Beginning (1,200+ outlets worldwide)
Website	harvest.org
Career
Books	70+ including Jesus Revolution, Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, Hope for Hurting Hearts
Crusades	Harvest Crusades (1990-present); 9.8 million+ participants
Net Worth	~$20 million (est.)

Early Life and Troubled Childhood

Greg Laurie was born on December 10, 1952, in Long Beach, California. He was born to an unmarried mother named Charlene, who would go on to marry and divorce seven times during Greg’s childhood. From the start, his life was shaped by absence, movement, and a search for something to hold on to.

Charlene was not a bad person, but she was a deeply searching one. She chased relationships and the promise of happiness that none of them delivered. As a result, Greg grew up bouncing from city to city, school to school, and home to home. He attended many different schools. He had no stable father figure. He had no stable home. He later described himself as a boy who essentially raised himself while his mother was out.

By his early teens, Greg was already using drugs and alcohol. Not because he wanted to destroy himself, but because he was numb and looking for something real. He drew obsessively, which was about the only constant in his otherwise turbulent world. Later, when people watched his childhood played out on the big screen in the 2023 film Jesus Revolution, they saw a boy sketching constantly, filling pages with illustrations and a family crest bearing the Laurie motto: Rapoolalot, meaning “it buds afresh.” He didn’t know it then, but that phrase would describe his whole life.

The Father Question: Oscar Laurie and the Biological Dad

Greg Laurie never knew his biological father. That man was never named, never present, and never part of the story. But there was one man who stepped into that void.

Charlene married a man named Oscar Laurie, who formally adopted Greg and gave him his last name. Oscar was the only man in Greg’s childhood who treated him like a son. He was a lawyer, an intellectual, and a decent man who did his best. Greg loved him. Then one day, Greg came home from school to find the car loaded with luggage.

I said to my mom, ‘What’s going on?’ She said, ‘We’re leaving.’ I said, ‘Where’s dad?’ She said, ‘He’s not coming.’ That was the last I saw of Oscar Laurie for the rest of my childhood. – Greg Laurie

That was one of the defining wounds of Greg’s early life. He had finally had a father, and then that father was taken from him without warning or explanation.

The story didn’t end there. Years later, after Greg had become a Christian and a young pastor, he tracked Oscar down. Oscar was living in New Jersey, working as a lawyer. Greg reached him through his office, flew to New York, and they met in person for the first time in decades. Over dinner, Greg shared the gospel. Oscar listened carefully but said little. The next morning, on a walk in the park, Oscar stopped, got on his knees, and gave his life to Christ.

Oscar spent the next 15 years as a committed believer. He became a Gideon, distributing Bibles. He became an elder in his church. The man who had vanished from Greg’s childhood became a brother in Christ. Greg has described it as one of the most remarkable conversions he has ever witnessed.

Charlene also came to faith, one month before she died. She had spent a lifetime chasing everything the world offered and found it empty. In the end, she came back. Greg says she is proof that no one is too far gone, no matter how many wrong turns they took.

Conversion: The Jesus Movement Changes Everything

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Southern California was the unlikely epicenter of a spiritual revival that swept through the counterculture. Hippies, surfers, runaways, and drug users were converting to Christianity by the thousands. They were meeting in homes, on beaches, and in fields. They were baptized in the Pacific Ocean. TIME magazine put them on its cover in 1971 under the headline “The Jesus Revolution.” It was real, it was raw, and it was the last thing anyone expected.

Greg Laurie was 17 years old and attending Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California. He was not looking for God. He was sitting on a lawn one afternoon when he noticed a group of students gathered nearby, led by a charismatic hippie preacher named Lonnie Frisbee, who was connected to Pastor Chuck Smith’s Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Greg didn’t intend to stop and listen. But something held him there.

He heard something that afternoon that he had never heard clearly before: the gospel, presented as a personal invitation. Not a religious duty, not a cultural tradition, but a relationship with a God who knew him and wanted him. He gave his life to Christ that day at 17 years old, and he has described it as the moment his actual life began.

Calvary Chapel became his church home. Chuck Smith became a spiritual father of sorts. And the Jesus Movement, which the broader culture dismissed as a passing trend, turned out to be the foundation of everything Greg Laurie would build for the next five decades.

The Start of Ministry: Age 19 and 30 People

Two years after his conversion, Greg Laurie was 19 years old and had no formal seminary training. What he had was a growing conviction that he was supposed to preach, and a connection to Chuck Smith’s Calvary Chapel that gave him an opportunity.

Chuck Smith offered Greg the chance to lead a small Bible study. There were 30 people. By most measures, that is not a promising beginning for one of America’s largest churches. But Greg took the 30 people seriously. He taught them the Bible. He was honest with them. He kept showing up. The group began to grow.

In 1973, that Bible study officially became Harvest Christian Fellowship, based in Riverside, California. Greg Laurie was its founding pastor at age 20. He has led the church ever since.

Harvest Christian Fellowship

Harvest Christian Fellowship, commonly called Harvest Church, is the ministry that Greg Laurie has pastored since its founding in 1973. From those original 30 people, it has grown into one of the largest churches in the United States, with a regular attendance of 15,000 or more across its campuses.

The church operates from its main campus in Riverside, California, with additional campuses in Orange County, California, and Maui, Hawaii. In 2017, Harvest Christian Fellowship affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, giving it denominational alignment while maintaining its evangelical, non-traditional worship culture.

Harvest is not just a large church. It is consistently rated by organizations like Outreach Magazine as one of the most attended and most innovative churches in America. More than that, it has remained theologically conservative and evangelistically focused across five decades, which is unusual for any organization that grows as large as Harvest has.

The church’s DNA is directly traceable to the Jesus Movement. Laurie has always kept the church focused on reaching unchurched people, presenting the gospel simply and directly, and calling people to a personal decision for Christ. That model has not changed since the days of 30 people in a room.

Harvest operates alongside Harvest Ministries, a nonprofit outreach arm that produces the radio and television programming, crusades, books, and digital content that extends the church’s reach globally.

Harvest Crusades

In 1990, Greg Laurie launched a new kind of evangelistic event. He called them Harvest Crusades. The model was simple: rent the biggest arena or stadium available, invite every church in the region to send their people and bring their friends who don’t know Jesus, and preach the gospel clearly and without apology.

The events became a signature feature of Laurie’s ministry and a landmark moment in American evangelical outreach. Angel Stadium of Anaheim, the home stadium of the Los Angeles Angels, became the most iconic Harvest Crusade venue, hosting the event annually for decades. The sight of a major league baseball stadium filled with tens of thousands of people gathered to hear the gospel became one of the defining images of Southern California Christianity.

Since 1990, the cumulative in-person attendance and live-webcast views for Harvest Crusades have exceeded 9.8 million people. Many of the recorded decisions for Christ at these events have been followed up through local church partnerships, connecting new believers with congregations across Southern California and beyond.

Laurie has described the crusades as a direct continuation of the Billy Graham Evangelistic model. He served on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and he sees large-scale public evangelism as one of the most effective tools the church has for reaching people who would never walk into a Sunday morning service on their own.

Radio, Television & Media Ministry

Greg Laurie’s reach extends far beyond his church campuses and crusade events. His media ministry is one of the most extensive of any pastor in America.

A New Beginning

A New Beginning is Greg Laurie’s daily radio program, now broadcast on more than 1,200 radio outlets worldwide. The program presents short, clear, practical Bible teaching drawn from Laurie’s sermons and writing. It reaches listeners across the United States and internationally, including through podcast formats on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Television

Laurie hosts a weekly television program called Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie, which airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and other Christian television outlets. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, ABC World News Tonight, MSNBC, and other major national television programs, making him one of the most media-visible evangelical pastors in the country.

Harvest Ministries maintains an active digital presence across YouTube, Instagram, Twitter/X, and Facebook. Laurie’s sermons are available for free through the Harvest app and website, making decades of Bible teaching accessible to anyone anywhere in the world.

Books, the Jesus Revolution Film & Publications

Greg Laurie has written more than 70 books across five decades of ministry. He is the general editor of the New Believer’s Bible, an ECPA award-winning Bible that has sold more than 10 million copies and remains one of the bestselling Bibles in U.S. history. His books span theology, evangelism, grief, marriage, prophecy, and biography.

Notable Books

Jesus Revolution (2018, with Ellen Vaughn) – The autobiographical account of his conversion and the California spiritual awakening of the early 1970s. Later adapted into a major film.
Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon – The story of the Hollywood legend’s conversion to Christianity shortly before his death, co-written with Marshall Terrill.
Billy Graham: The Man I Knew – A personal account of his relationship with the most famous evangelist of the 20th century.
Hope for Hurting Hearts – Written in the aftermath of his son Christopher’s death; a guide to navigating grief with faith.
Revelation: A Book of Promises – A thorough and accessible study of the book of Revelation.
House of David – An exploration of King David’s life and what it teaches about faith, failure, and restoration.

The Jesus Revolution Film (2023)

In February 2023, Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company released Jesus Revolution as a theatrical film, based on Laurie’s book of the same name. The film stars Joel Courtney as young Greg Laurie, Kelsey Grammer as Pastor Chuck Smith, and Jonathan Roumie (known for playing Jesus in The Chosen) as hippie evangelist Lonnie Frisbee. Kimberly Williams-Paisley plays Greg’s mother Charlene.

The film grossed nearly $50 million in its first month of release, making it one of the most commercially successful Christian films in years. It spent multiple weeks in the top 10 at the national box office, crossing a genre barrier that most faith-based films never reach. Critics noted the film’s honest portrayal of a troubled childhood and a real spiritual movement, rather than the sanitized storytelling that often characterizes Christian cinema.

Laurie co-wrote the screenplay and has been open about the parts of his story the film did not show, including the eventual reunions with both his adoptive father Oscar and his mother Charlene, each of whom came to faith before they died.

Greg Laurie’s Theology and Beliefs

Greg Laurie is a conservative evangelical Christian with roots in the Calvary Chapel movement and a current denominational affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention. His theology is Bible-centered, evangelistically focused, and firmly orthodox in its core commitments.

Core Theological Positions

Laurie preaches the full authority of Scripture, the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as the only way of salvation, the reality of hell, the second coming of Christ, and the urgent necessity of personal conversion. He is strongly premillennial in his eschatology, meaning he believes in a literal future return of Christ before a thousand-year reign, and he has written extensively on the book of Revelation from this perspective.

He is not associated with prosperity theology. His preaching consistently emphasizes suffering, sacrifice, and the cost of following Christ rather than material blessing. His most personally costly books, like Hope for Hurting Hearts, were born directly from his own experience of loss rather than from a theology of comfort and ease.

Preaching Style

Laurie’s preaching style is clear, direct, and accessible. He is known for using contemporary cultural references, humor, and personal storytelling to make biblical truth land for people who might find conventional church preaching dry or inaccessible. He consciously models his approach on Billy Graham’s gift for simple, clear invitations. Every sermon ends with a call to respond to Christ.

This evangelistic directness is built into how Harvest Church operates. Every Sunday service is designed with the assumption that some people in the room are hearing the gospel for the first time. That assumption shapes everything from music selection to sermon structure to the way the offering is presented.

Personal Life: Wife, Family, and Faith at Home

Cathe Laurie – Greg Laurie’s Wife

Greg Laurie and Cathe Martin met at Newport Harbor High School during the Jesus Movement. They were both young believers, both shaped by the same spiritual awakening that changed everything for both of them. They married in 1974 when Greg was 21 years old. They have been married for more than 50 years.

Cathe Laurie is not a background figure in Greg’s ministry. She speaks at women’s events, has co-authored books, leads women’s ministry within Harvest Church, and was Greg’s anchor through the most devastating experience of their lives. After Christopher’s death in 2008, it was Cathe who knelt on the floor in front of her collapsed husband and said, “Greg, we’re going to be okay.” Her faith held the family together in that moment.

Greg regularly describes Cathe as the most important earthly relationship in his life, second only to his relationship with God. Their marriage has been a public witness in itself, demonstrating that the gospel is not just for evangelistic events but for the day-in, day-out work of building a life together.

Children

Greg and Cathe have two sons. Christopher David Laurie was their firstborn, and Jonathan Laurie is their second son. Jonathan continues to be involved with Harvest Church and ministry. Both sons were raised inside the church Greg founded, which carries its own unique set of pressures for any pastor’s child.

The Death of Christopher Laurie

July 24, 2008, is the day Greg Laurie describes as the most devastating of his life. That morning, his firstborn son Christopher, 33 years old and working as the art director of Harvest Christian Fellowship, was driving to work on the Riverside Freeway (Highway 91) in Corona, California. He entered a carpool lane that was being closed by a Caltrans crew. His station wagon hit the last truck in a five-vehicle convoy at a high rate of speed. Christopher died at the scene. No one else was injured.

Christopher left behind his wife Brittany and their daughter Stella. Brittany was pregnant at the time with their second daughter, Lucy, who was born that November. Christopher never saw her.

Greg learned the news and collapsed. He later described going into a state of shock so complete he could not stand. “I thought this is a dream,” he said. “It’s a nightmare. And I’m going to wake up from it. I know I will. But I didn’t.”

He was back in his pulpit three days later. That decision was not about performance or image. It was, by his own account, the only thing he knew to do. He stood before his congregation, raw and wrecked, and said the same things about God that he had always said. He didn’t have answers. He had the same faith he had preached for 35 years, and he held onto it.

In the months that followed, Greg and Cathe wrote and filmed a resource called Hope for Hurting Hearts, aimed at parents and families who had experienced devastating loss. It became one of the most watched and shared resources Harvest Ministries has ever produced. The loss that could have broken the ministry became the source of one of its most powerful tools for reaching grieving people.

You’re just numb. Strangely, in this dark place, God was there with me, and I sensed his presence. I said to God, ‘You gave him to us, and I give him back to you.’ – Greg Laurie

Christopher’s daughter Stella is now in her late teens, and Lucy, the daughter he never met, has grown up knowing her father through the stories her family has told about him. Greg has spoken openly about the comfort of believing he will see Christopher again, and about the ways that conviction has sustained him through 15-plus years of grief.

Greg Laurie and Donald Trump

Greg Laurie has been publicly supportive of Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns and presidency. In October 2024, he delivered the opening prayer at a Trump campaign rally in Coachella, California. After the 2024 election, he stated publicly that he believed God had placed Trump in office “for such a time as this.” In early 2025, he attended a White House dinner with President Trump and a group of prominent evangelical leaders.

Laurie has been clear that his political engagement is not partisan for its own sake. He has said he would pray at a political event for any candidate who invited him, regardless of party, because his goal in any setting is to represent Christ and point people to the gospel. He argues that Christians must be politically engaged because they are citizens as well as believers, and that retreating from the public square is not faithfulness but abdication.

His support for Trump has drawn criticism from some former Harvest Church members and from Christian voices who believe pastoral credibility is damaged when tied to any political figure. A petition circulated in 2025 calling on Laurie to keep political endorsements out of the pulpit, signed by a number of people who described themselves as longtime Harvest attenders.

Laurie has not changed his position in response to that criticism. He continues to be one of the more politically visible evangelical pastors in America, operating from the conviction that silence on political matters in this moment is itself a kind of failure.

Greg Laurie’s Net Worth

Greg Laurie’s net worth is estimated at around $20 million, though as a private individual who leads a nonprofit ministry organization, no verified public figure exists. The estimate reflects his income across multiple streams: book royalties from more than 70 published titles, speaking fees, income from media production (including his involvement with the Jesus Revolution film, which grossed nearly $50 million in its first month), and his role as a public figure with one of the most widely distributed Christian radio and television programs in the world.

Harvest Ministries itself operates as a nonprofit. Laurie’s salary as senior pastor is drawn from the ministry, the details of which are not publicly disclosed in detail. He does not preach prosperity theology, does not live in an obviously lavish public manner, and has consistently kept his personal wealth secondary to his public ministry focus.

By comparison, some prosperity-focused pastors operate at estimated net worths of $50 million to $100 million or more. Laurie’s estimated $20 million reflects someone who has had genuine commercial success as an author and filmmaker while building a ministry that is fundamentally about something other than money.

Awards and Recognition

Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Biola University
Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Azusa Pacific University
ECPA Award — New Believer’s Bible (General Editor)
Honorary Chairman, National Day of Prayer Task Force (2013)
Board of Directors, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Chaplain, Newport Beach Police Department
Regularly listed among America’s most influential pastors by Outreach Magazine

Interesting Facts About Greg Laurie

He started Harvest Christian Fellowship at age 19 or 20 with 30 people and no formal seminary training. He has led the same church for more than 50 years.
His mother Charlene was married and divorced seven times. The last words she said on earth were a prayer of faith, one month before she died.
His adoptive father Oscar Laurie, a lawyer and self-described intellectual, gave his life to Christ on his knees in a public park during a morning walk with Greg. He later became a Bible-distributing Gideon and an elder in his church.
He is the general editor of the New Believer’s Bible, which has sold more than 10 million copies and is one of the bestselling Bibles in U.S. history.
The film Jesus Revolution, which tells his story, grossed nearly $50 million in its first month and starred Kelsey Grammer and Jonathan Roumie.
He was an avid artist and illustrator as a child. The family crest he drew obsessively bore the Laurie motto, Rapoolalot, meaning “it buds afresh.”
He has personally led Alice Cooper, the shock-rock musician, through conversations about faith, resulting in publicly documented conversations about Cooper’s Christian beliefs.
His son Christopher’s two daughters, Stella and Lucy, both live as part of the extended Laurie family. Christopher never met Lucy, who was born months after his death.
The Harvest Crusades model has resulted in nearly 10 million in-person and online participants since 1990, making Laurie one of the most prolific mass evangelists of his generation after Billy Graham.
Despite preaching to millions, Laurie credits the turning point of his own conversion to simply overhearing a Bible study on his school’s lawn at age 17.

Timeline of Key Events

Year	Event
1952	Greg Laurie born December 10 in Long Beach, California, to unmarried mother Charlene.
Late 1950s	Charlene marries Oscar Laurie, who formally adopts Greg and gives him his last name.
Early 1960s	Charlene leaves Oscar. Greg does not see his adoptive father again until adulthood. The family relocates repeatedly.
Late 1960s	Greg attends Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California. He is involved in drug use and the counterculture.
1969-1970	At age 17, Greg overhears a Jesus Movement gathering on his high school lawn. He gives his life to Christ. Connects with Calvary Chapel and Chuck Smith.
1972	At age 19, Greg begins leading a Bible study of 30 people at Calvary Chapel under Chuck Smith’s leadership.
1973	Harvest Christian Fellowship officially founded in Riverside, California. Greg Laurie becomes its founding pastor.
1974	Greg marries Cathe Martin.
1974	Son Christopher David Laurie born.
Early 1980s	Greg reconnects with adoptive father Oscar Laurie in New Jersey. Leads him to faith in Christ. Oscar grows into an active believer for the next 15 years.
1990	First Harvest Crusade held. The model of large-scale stadium evangelism becomes the label by which Laurie is nationally known.
Early 1990s	Harvest Christian Fellowship grows to become one of America’s largest churches. A New Beginning radio ministry launches.
2008	Christopher Laurie, 33, killed in a car accident on July 24 on the Riverside Freeway. He leaves behind wife Brittany, daughter Stella, and an unborn daughter Lucy.
2008-2009	Greg and Cathe produce Hope for Hurting Hearts video resource for grieving families.
2013	Harvest Christian Fellowship celebrates its 40th anniversary. Laurie serves as Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.
2017	Harvest Christian Fellowship affiliates with the Southern Baptist Convention.
2018	Jesus Revolution book published, co-written with Ellen Vaughn. Laurie joins the board of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
February 2023	Jesus Revolution film released in theaters. Grosses nearly $50 million in first month.
October 2024	Laurie delivers opening prayer at Trump campaign rally in Coachella, California.
2025	Attends White House dinner with President Trump and evangelical leaders. Continues Harvest Crusade and media ministry. Harvest Church campuses operate in California and Hawaii.

Frequently Asked Questions

What did Greg Laurie’s son pass away from?

Greg Laurie’s son Christopher Laurie, 33, died in a car accident on July 24, 2008. He was driving on the Riverside Freeway (Highway 91) near Corona, California, on his way to work as art director of Harvest Christian Fellowship when he entered a carpool lane being closed by a Caltrans crew and collided with a maintenance truck. He was married, had one daughter named Stella, and his wife was pregnant with their second daughter, Lucy, at the time of his death.

Did Greg Laurie ever meet his biological father?

Greg Laurie never knew his biological father. The man was not present in his life and was never named publicly. The only father figure in Greg’s childhood was Oscar Laurie, who formally adopted him when Charlene and Oscar were married. Greg carries Oscar’s last name. After Oscar and Charlene divorced and separated from Greg’s life during his childhood, Greg tracked Oscar down as a young adult pastor, led him to faith in Christ, and maintained a relationship with him for 15 years before Oscar died.

Who is Greg Laurie’s wife?

Greg Laurie’s wife is Cathe Martin Laurie. They met at Newport Harbor High School during the Jesus Movement and married in 1974. They have been married for more than 50 years and have two sons, Christopher (who died in 2008) and Jonathan. Cathe is actively involved in women’s ministry at Harvest Church and has co-authored books with Greg.

What church does Greg Laurie pastor?

Greg Laurie is the founder and senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, commonly called Harvest Church. He founded it in Riverside, California, in 1973 from a Bible study of 30 people. The church now has campuses in Riverside, Orange County, and Maui, Hawaii, with a regular combined attendance of approximately 15,000. In 2017, the church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

How much is Greg Laurie’s net worth?

Greg Laurie’s net worth is estimated at around $20 million, based on industry estimates that factor in book royalties from 70-plus titles, media production income (including the Jesus Revolution film), speaking fees, and his long-running radio and television ministry. No verified public figure exists since Harvest Ministries is a nonprofit and Laurie is a private individual. He does not preach prosperity theology and does not display the kind of public wealth associated with the wealthiest American pastors.

Does Greg Laurie support Donald Trump?

Yes, Greg Laurie has publicly supported Donald Trump. He prayed at a Trump campaign rally in Coachella, California, in October 2024. After the 2024 election, he stated he believed God had placed Trump in office “for such a time as this.” He attended a White House dinner with Trump in 2025. Laurie maintains that his involvement in political events is aimed at representing Christ, not partisan alignment, and has said he would participate in events for any political leader who invited him. His visible support for Trump has drawn criticism from some within the Christian community.

What is Greg Laurie’s theology?

Greg Laurie is a conservative evangelical pastor with Reformed leanings on salvation, a strong premillennial eschatology, and a primary emphasis on evangelism. He holds to the full authority of Scripture, the uniqueness of Christ as the only way of salvation, the reality of eternal judgment, and the soon return of Jesus Christ. He is not associated with prosperity theology. His preaching is accessible, direct, and always ends with a clear call to respond to the gospel. He affiliates with the Southern Baptist Convention through Harvest Christian Fellowship.

What are Greg Laurie’s most famous sermons and books?

Greg Laurie’s best-known books include Jesus Revolution, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, Billy Graham: The Man I Knew, and Revelation: A Book of Promises. He is also the general editor of the New Believer’s Bible, which has sold 10 million-plus copies. His sermons are available for free through harvest.org, the Harvest app, and all major podcast platforms. His radio program, A New Beginning, broadcasts daily on more than 1,200 stations worldwide.

What movies has Greg Laurie been involved in?

Greg Laurie co-wrote the screenplay for the 2023 Lionsgate film Jesus Revolution, which tells the story of his conversion and the California Jesus Movement. The film starred Joel Courtney as young Greg Laurie, Kelsey Grammer as Pastor Chuck Smith, and Jonathan Roumie as Lonnie Frisbee. It grossed nearly $50 million in its first month of release. Harvest Ministries has also produced a number of documentary-style films and outreach resources, including The Jesus Music documentary and various evangelistic short films.