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My Take
I find Greg Laurie a genuinely compelling figure. Born in Long Beach in 1952, he turned the Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside into a major congregation and founded the stadium-filling Harvest Crusades, blending evangelism with showmanship in a uniquely Californian way. As a Christian author too, he is fundamentally a communicator, and moving tens of thousands with words alone is, to me, a kind of mastery no different from commanding a stage. His active presence on Instagram and X shows a willingness to meet new generations where they are. Whatever one's beliefs, sustaining that reach for half a century commands serious respect.
Overview
Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952) is an American evangelical pastor, evangelist, and Christian author, who as of March 2013 had continued to lead his congregation and serve as a crusade leader, in the role of senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside, California. He also is the founder of Harvest Crusades.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Greg Laurie
- Name (Japanese)
- グレッグ・ローリー
- Reading
- ぐれっぐ・ろーりー
- Born
- December 10, 1952 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- pastor / parson
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Newport Harbor High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.