Harvest Christian Fellowship is a Non-denominational Evangelical multi-site church based in Riverside, California, affiliated with the Calvary Chapel Association.
| Harvest Christian Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Riverside, California |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Associations | Calvary Chapel Association |
| Weekly attendance | 14,560 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder(s) | Greg Laurie |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Contemporary/Modern |
| Administration | |
| Division | Calvary Chapel |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Greg Laurie |
Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1973 by Greg Laurie, who has been the senior pastor since that time.[1]
In 2009, it opened a new building, with a 5,000-seat auditorium, a gymnasium, and a High School.[2]
In 2017, while remaining a member of the Calvary Chapel Association, the church partnered with the Southern Baptist Convention, after a request from Laurie, because of the important programs of national and international evangelization of the latter.[3]
According to a church census released in 2022, it claimed a weekly attendance of 14,560 people [4] and 4 campuses in different cities.[5]
In 1990, Greg Laurie started holding his first public evangelistic event which would soon be called the Harvest Crusades.[6]
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."[7] The SWAT Team roams local streets inviting people to the event and sharing their faith.