Pastor Greg Laurie has helped lead tens of thousands of people to the Christian faith, calling his decades in ministry a true “privilege.”
“I can’t believe that God allowed me to do this and to be doing it for 35 years,” Laurie recently told CBN News. “[When] we started these Harvest Crusade [events], never did we think we would be doing them 35 years later, but we are, and they’re going strong, and it’s a whole new generation.”
With so much chaos unfolding in culture, the preacher said he believes recent positive reactions to the Christian faith show there’s a “spiritual hunger” among Generation Z and Millennials.
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“They’re searching,” Laurie said. “They’re looking for answers, and I find myself in these crusades being simpler than I’ve ever been. I just feel my job is to make this information accessible and understandable.”
He continued, “It is my belief that most Americans have never [encountered an] accurate, understandable presentation of the Gospel. They’ve heard the word ‘Gospel.’ They’ve heard variations of Gospel preaching, but have they actually just heard the simple Gospel message presented in a way that they can comprehend?”
Laurie said he believes this simple message is one found at the heart of the biblical narrative.
“The power of our message is in the death [and] resurrection of Jesus Christ,” he said.
Laurie recalled a dinner he had years ago with the late evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham. During the conversation, Laurie asked what Graham would say to a younger Billy Graham, if given a chance.
“Billy said, ‘I would preach more on the cross of Christ and the blood — that’s where the power is,'” Laurie recalled. “So, now, at this point [in] ministry, I find that I’m really simplifying my message.”
With the preacher focusing his attention on helping people make a decision to follow Jesus — and then build upon that relationship — the results are truly compelling.
