Harvest Crusade, led by Pastor Greg Laurie, packed Angel Stadium during its annual worship event. The stadium, home of the Anaheim Angels, reached its 50,000-person capacity during the event, with 200,000 viewers watching online. Laurie shared that despite being at max capacity, others stayed outside the stadium to share in the worship. “But what I love is that people stayed outside of the gates and joined us in worship. …There was such an energy and such an excitement in that space as thousands of us worshiped together as if with one voice,” he said. Laurie called it the best Crusade they’d had so far, with the event beginning in 1990.

The free event featured music from Chris Tomlin, Phil Wickham, Brooke Ligertwood, and Harvest Worship. Laurie shared the Gospel with attendees and was joined by actor Dennis Quaid, who shared his testimony of faith. “I’m a Christian. That’s who I am. … I have a personal relationship with [Jesus],” said Quaid. He has been more outspoken about his faith through the years, particularly since his role in the Christian film “I Can Only Imagine.” “I could feel right now in this big stadium — can’t you feel the Holy Spirit right here, right now?” he announced.

Three-thousand five hundred people accepted Christ in person and another 1,500 accepted online. Laurie stated he believed recent events have encouraged a spiritual hunger in people. “I think maybe it’s a combination of events going on. I think that what’s happening in our nation, so much instability; we see what’s going on in the political world, an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. And now President Biden has just announced that he’s dropping out of the race,” he said. He noted that California offers a unique opportunity for outreach. “People love to write California off,” he said. “I’ve jokingly said that the number one export of California is Californians moving out, but a lot of new people are coming in. What’s so exciting is when we do these events, people of every background attend and come to Christ — old people, young people, white people, black people, Hispanic people, Asian people. It just seems like it’s a cross-section of the world attending these crusades. We just want to thank God [and] give Him the glory.”