Free Harvest Crusade Starts Friday

The Summer Harvest Crusade at Anaheim Stadium will begin Friday evening next week. Pastor Greg Laurie is featured; Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa and other area pastors are special guests, with the Maranatha Praise Band, Dennis Agajanian, Lenny Le Blanc, Richie Furay, Crystal Lewis and Benny Hester.

Several hundred local churches are involved in the crusade. Testimonies will be given each evening with Spanish and Korean translations. Laurie can be heard daily on the nationally syndicated radio and television program “A New Beginning.” He serves as a member of the advisory committee for the retreat and conference center operated by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn. in North Carolina and is a frequent speaker at pastors’ conferences connected with Billy Graham’s crusades. Laurie is the author of several books, including “The Invisible World” and “Five Minutes with Jesus.”

The free annual event begins at 7:30 p.m. all three evenings: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Information: (714) 359-4375 and (714) 687-6595.

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