On the Screen: ‘Jesus Revolution’ explores a revival which impacted a generation
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Jesus Revolution’…
Jack Hayford, prominent Pentecostal pastor in Southern California, has died
United StatesRNS Rev Jack Hayford, a popular Pentecostal leader and pioneer of the megachurch movement, often regarded as a “pastor to pastors,” died on Sunday (8th January) at age 88. Hayford died peacefully in his San Fernando Valley home in Southern California, according to a statement from The Church on the Way, a church in Sherman Oaks […]
Russia-Ukraine war: In the US, some pastors wonder about “end of days”
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on how some pastors in the US are seeing connections between the Ukraine conflict and Biblical prophecy and why that troubles some Christian scholars…
Harvest Crusade, a staple event at Angel Stadium, is morphing into a cinematic experience
Los Angeles, USRNS Every year in August, tens of thousands of people fill the seats of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, not for baseball, but for the weekend-long Harvest Crusade. A tradition for more than three decades, the Southern California evangelistic event, founded by Harvest Christian Fellowship Pastor Greg Laurie and the late pastor Chuck Smith, […]
Harvest Pastor Greg Laurie urges compassion after Jarrid Wilson’s suicide
Riverside, California, USRNS Pastor Greg Laurie urged his grieving congregants at Harvest Christian Fellowship on Wednesday to have compassion for people dealing with mental health issues as the church copes with the news that one of its pastors died by suicide. “Sometimes we want to just say, ‘They’re just not spiritual or they don’t love […]
Pastor, author and mental health advocate Jarrid Wilson dies by suicide
RNS Jarrid Wilson, a California church leader, author and mental health advocate, died by suicide Monday evening at age 30. Wilson, known as a passionate preacher, most recently was an associate pastor at megachurch Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California. A co-founder of the mental health non-profit Anthem of Hope, Wilson was open about his […]
Billboard depicting evangelist Greg Laurie holding a Bible removed from California mall
Billboards depicting US evangelist Greg Laurie holding up a Bible – used to advertise an upcoming SoCal Harvest outreach event – have been removed from a shopping mall in southern California. CBN News reports that the ads, which featured an image of Laurie holding up the Bible – which has no words or a cross […]
Faced with declining numbers, US Southern Baptists focus on evangelism
RNS Steve Gaines, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, speaks at the Pastors’ Conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on 12th June in Phoenix. PICTURE: Matt Miller Faced with continuing declines in membership and baptisms, Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines implored delegates to the denomination’s yearly meeting to turn to God and put their […]
In the US, evangelical leaders proclaim 2017 the ‘Year of Good News’
Two dozen prominent evangelical pastors and denominational leaders are calling Christians to make 2017 the “Year of Good News.” That appeal came in a letter organised by Harvest Crusades founder Greg Laurie and published online on Tuesday. “In a time of bad news, distracting news, divisive news, disorderly news, and, sometimes, depressing news we – as […]
Mel Gibson discusses possible sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’
A follow-up film to Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ would be called The Resurrection, the actor and director revealed last weekend. Speaking to evangelist Greg Laurie at the three night SoCal Harvest Crusade in Anaheim, California, Mr Gibson said he was in discussions with Randall Wallace, the writer of Braveheart, about a sequel to […]