In a 2021 interview with ChurchLeaders, Laurie shared how Chuck Smith and his wife, Kay, impacted his life. “I went to this guy’s house to use drugs every single day and we walked by Chuck Smith’s house,” said Laurie. “We didn’t even know it was Chuck Smith’s house. And Kay [Smith] later told me, ‘We saw these kids walk by our house and we would pray for them every day that the Lord would save some of them.’ And I was one of those kids. So Kay was really the one who prompted Chuck to start thinking about reaching out to these hippies.”
Laurie said of the Jesus Movement, “We need to pray God will do it again. And the next expression of a spiritual awakening probably will be different than the Jesus Movement. But you know, it was a sovereign work of God that simply took place.”
“Who do you know that needs to hear the Gospel?” asked Laurie on Instagram Thursday. “Bring them with you to the Harvest Crusade!”
