Thousands of people worshipped Jesus, heard a transformational message about God’s unconditional love, and made decisions of faith Sunday night at Utah Valley University, just two months after conservative and Christian commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated there.
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Pastor Greg Laurie, founder of Harvest Crusades and senior pastor of Harvest Church in Southern California, preached the Gospel before thousands on the campus in Orem, Utah, as well as an online audience, during the one-day event, “Hope for America.”
“Our one-night event at UVU in Utah was an astounding success! The people were so open, worshipful, and responsive to the Gospel. Many came to Christ,” Laurie wrote on X.
As CBN News reported, Laurie regularly hosts large-scale evangelistic events and had planned to host a Harvest Crusade in 2027. However, Kirk’s assassination at UVU changed everything. Laurie and his team reached out to the school to see if they could move up the outreach after Christians in the community expressed a pressing need for the Gospel at this time.
“They said, ‘Yes, come now. We need you now,'” Laurie told CBN News. “And so we did something we’ve never done before: We accelerated the timeline. So normally it would take us six months to a year, sometimes even longer, to get a Crusade ready.”
It took only six weeks to put together, and Laurie told Fox News he became even more intentional about sharing the Gospel on the campus, where the shocking tragedy took place.
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“This community has experienced unimaginable tragedy, and we believe the message of hope found in Jesus Christ is exactly what’s needed right now,” Laurie said. “Out of tragedy, God can bring healing, unity, and revival. Our prayer is that this event will remind people that evil does not have the last word; Christ does.”
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