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Chuck Smith asked me to come down into a Bible study at his church, Repastors, Calvary

Chapel of Costa Mesa.

And around 1989, a Monday night Bible study that I did and it was largely attended by young

people and the place was packed out and young kids were coming to Christ as 50, 60, 70

a week.

It was quite amazing and Chuck had this vision and he came up to me with this idea.

Greg, why don't we take what the Lord is doing a Monday nights to a larger venue?

And I said, what do you mean?

He said, you know, sort of like a Billy Graham crusade.

And then I asked him where he wanted to do it and he said the Pacific amphitheater, which

is a large venue, not far from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa.

And I said, well, Chuck, that's a pretty big place, isn't it?

And his response was, well, Greg, we serve a pretty big God.

And that was the beginning of what we know now as our Harvest Crusades that have been going

on for some 23 years and we've seen hundreds of thousands of people attend and come to

faith in Christ.

And let's give credit where credit is due.

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