Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Irvine and Riverside, California, has said that no one can take over the mantle of the late evangelist Billy Graham, even as Harvest America 2018 seeks to become the largest one-day evangelistic event in U.S. history in June.
Laurie said in a statement Wednesday that much of his ministry’s work over the past 30 years has been influenced by Graham, who died in February at 99.
“He always encouraged me personally, once telling me he thought I should go into evangelism full-time. I responded, ‘Billy, when you tell me what I ought to do it’s like Moses speaking! But I feel led to pastor and preach the Gospel!’ Billy smiled and agreed,” he recalled.
“Once, after having lunch in his home, I asked Billy what an older version of himself would say to a younger version about preaching, after all his years of experience in bringing the Gospel in stadiums around the world. His response was, ‘I would preach more on the cross and blood of Christ. That’s where the power is!’ I never forgot that. That is exactly what I intend to do.”
Still, Laurie, whose ministry has joined the Southern…
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