By Billy Hallowell
Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, is seeing “God work” amid the ongoing novel coronavirus crisis, revealing his belief that “people are listening” and finding eternal truth amid the ashes of chaos.
Laurie and his church made headlines last week after President Donald Trump sent a tweet encouraging people to stream Laurie’s Palm Sunday service.
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Harvest typically attracts a vibrant virtual audience of tens of thousands of viewers, but Trump’s tweet drove that pool to a whopping 1.3 million.
The end result: 11,207 people deciding to become Christians.
Listen to Laurie share a powerful message on “The Pure Flix Podcast” (at the 25:00-mark):
“It brought a lot of interesting people,” Laurie said, noting that many made the ultimate decision to become Christians a result of the tweet. “When I extended the invitation, it was an amazing response.”
Laurie also added his views on why so many people responded — and why there are currently many reports of increased interest in both the Bible and Christianity.
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“People are scared. People are asking the questions that they probably should be asking all the time,” he said, noting that eternity and God are themes currently on many Americans’ minds. “People are just listening more than they normally listen.”
