Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship® in Riverside and Irvine, California, began his pastoral ministry at age 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. Since then, God has transformed that small group into a church of some 15,000 people, making Harvest one of the largest churches in America. In 1990, Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades®. Since that time, more than 5 million people have attended Harvest Crusades across the United States, in locations ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium, Calif., to Madison Square Garden in New York City to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Harvest Crusade events have also been held in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Another 1.5 million people have attended Harvest events virtually, via live or archived Internet webcasts. Laurie is the featured speaker of the nationally syndicated radio program A New Beginning which is broadcast on more than 700 radio outlets around the world. In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored over 70 books including As I See It, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Married.Happily, Essentials, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Revelation: The Next Dimension, As It Is in Heaven and more. Laurie, has been married to his wife, Cathe, for 41 years and has two sons, Christopher and Jonathan, and five grandchildren. His son Christopher died in a 2008 automobile accident at age 33.