Harvest Church

Riverside

Harvest Christian Fellowship’s first campus and the hub of activity for decades. It also serves as the location of Harvest Christian School and The Space.

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Riverside

Sunday: 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM

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Jesus and The Broken Hearted: Harvest + Greg Laurie

astor Greg Laurie shares a message called “JESUS AND THE BROKEN HEARTED”.

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Helping 7th – 12th grade students know God and make Him known.

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Where we plant, water, and grow! 
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Operation Christmas Child
Oct 12
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Outreach

Maui, Orange County, Riverside

Operation Christmas Child
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Oct 19
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Orange County, Riverside

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Maui, Orange County, Riverside

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Riverside Harvest Staff

Greg Laurie

Senior Pastor

Jonathan Laurie

Executive Pastor

Paul Eaton

Administrative Pastor

Elijah Braggs

Associate Pastor

Adam Eaton

Associate Pastor

Richard Garcia

Pastor/Director of Connection and Serve Team

Hanz Ives

Associate Pastor

Ron Case

Associate Pastor

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Yth Friendsgiving

Yth Friendsgiving “At the Table” Yth Students! You are invited to this year’s Yth Friendsgiving!…

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Young Adults Beach Bonfire

Young Adults Bonfire

Hey, Harvest Young Adults! We are thrilled to announce we’re headed to the beach on…

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YA Soccer Tournament

Young Adults (ages 18-28) join us for a YA Soccer Tournament on Friday, November 21.…

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Worship Night at Farm House Collective

Location: Farm House Collective1393 University Ave. Riverside CA 92507 Date: Friday, June 27, 2025Event Time:…

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Women’s Intercessory Prayer

Do you need to see a breakthrough in your life? In your marriage? Do you…

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Volunteer Draft Day

Volunteer Draft Day

It’s Draft Day, and we’re looking for prospects! Are you willing to step out and…

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Mentoring Nights

Virtue Maui | Mentoring Nights

Mentoring Nights at Harvest will provide an opportunity for women to connect across generations—learning from…

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Virtue Christmas

Join us for a very special Virtue Christmas Celebration with guest speaker Jennie Lusko! We…

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Virtue Kayaking and Paddleboarding at Northstar Beach

Virtue | You’re Invited to a Day at Northstar Beach!

Join us for a fun and relaxing day of kayaking and paddleboarding at Northstar Beach…

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Virtue | Sunsets & S'Mores

Virtue | Sunsets & S’mores

Virtue would like to invite you for an evening with girlfriends at the beach! Come…

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Greg Laurie

Senior Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I came from a broken home and was lonely much of the time. As did so many others of my generation, I bought into the idea that drugs might contain some of the answers I was looking for, so I could truly find myself. At a very early age, I found myself asking the big questions: What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? And the one that really kept me up nights: What will happen after I die?

Although I felt certain that Jesus was out there somewhere, I certainly did not think He was interested in me or my problems. But one day, on my high-school campus, I sat close enough to a Bible study to overhear what was being said without looking like one of the group. I don’t remember much of what was said that day except for one statement: Jesus said, “You are either for Me or against Me.” What side are you on?

That really struck me. Before I knew quite what was happening, I was praying to receive Jesus Christ into my heart and life. Since that day in 1970, I have pastored a church and written a number of books as well as preached in evangelistic events we hold called Harvest Crusades.

Growing up, it was my dream to one day become a professional cartoonist, but God opened up a different plan for my life, and I’m glad he did. I hope you will allow God to use you to further His kingdom as well.

Born in: 1952
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Pastor since: 1971
Previous work: Graphic Designer
Favorite verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Married to: Cathe
Married since: 1974
Children: Christopher, Jonathan
Grandchildren: Stella, Lucy, Rylie, Alexandra, Christopher

Jonathan Laurie

Executive Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I am Pastor Greg’s youngest son and have always known and believed in Jesus and that there is a God in Heaven who loves me. I walked away from the Lord for a time in my teenage years, but fully committed my life to Christ after my older brother, Christopher, asked me what it was going to take to give my life to Christ. A short time later, Christopher went to be with the Lord. It was that statement Christopher had proposed to me that got my attention. I’m married to Brittni and we have known each other since we were 11, in junior high. We have three children: Rylie, Allie, and Christopher.

Born in: 1986
Birthplace: Riverside, CA
Pastor since: 2015
Previous work: Aerospace
Favorite verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Married to: Brittni
Married since: 2010
Children: Rylie, Alexandra, Christopher

Paul Eaton

Administrative Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

As a child I was introduced to Christ in my home, but as a teen I became rebellious and got involved in drugs and alcohol. I heard the gospel at a youth event and received Christ. The first two years of my walk with the Lord were very difficult because I was disobedient to Him. My girlfriend (now my wife) and I came to Calvary Chapel of Riverside (now Harvest) in 1981 and heard Pastor Greg speak on “Lot and the Compromised Life.” We responded to the invitation to recommit to the Lord and have been walking strongly with Him ever since. We continually praise God for His blessings in our lives. In 1994 I was invited onto the pastoral staff, and in 2001, became an Administrative Pastor overseeing communications.

Born in: 1961
Birthplace: La Mesa, CA
Pastor since: 1994
Previous work: Sign company
Favorite verse: Philippians 1:6
Married to: Debbie
Married since: 1983
Children: Alyssa, Adam, Aaron, Abigail
Grandchildren: Adah, Jude, Jackson, Paul, Asher, Braxton, Norah, Calvin

Elijah Braggs

Associate Pastor
Riverside

From a young age I knew God was real and that He was watching over me. I grew up mostly in San Bernardino and at age 15, sitting in my high school class, I heard a clear gospel presentation from one of my fellow classmates. It struck me to the heart and right there in class I gave my life to Christ.

I struggled as a young Christian until I became an adult, started working, and got a car. I remembered going to Harvest when I was a very small boy and hearing the truth of the Word of God being taught. I decided to drive out to Riverside to start attending church each week. I got involved in the Sports Ministry and in 2002, I met my wife, Sarah. We were married a year later and we now have two children and one on the way.

We have been involved with many ministries throughout our years here at Harvest. It has been a blessing to grow and serve together as a couple and as a family, and we are especially grateful for the extended family in Christ that we have gotten to know over the years through fellowship and service. I am overjoyed to now be entrusted with shepherding the people of God as a pastor.

Birthplace: San Bernardino, CA
Pastor since: 2018
Married to: Sarah
Married since: 2003

Adam Eaton

Associate Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I don’t know when I was saved. The first time I prayed and asked Jesus to forgive my sins was at a Harvest kids’ Crusade around the age of 5. I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was the kid in junior high and high school that would go forward at almost every altar call to ask for forgiveness. I didn’t understand grace. I can’t look back at my life and say, “That was the day I became a Christian,” but as I began to learn more about God’s grace, I can say, “God’s grace is sufficient” and that I know that I am saved. I have been serving at Harvest in some capacity since serving on the Children’s Ministry security team at the ripe old age of 13. I still do not know why they allowed me to do that.

Shortly after graduating junior high, I began serving as a leader in the ministry and have been serving there ever since. I have a passion for young people to know God through His Word and to make Him known. Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” Without Jesus we cannot do anything for His kingdom. Everything that we do for God’s kingdom and in ministry must be done out of and fueled by our intimacy with Jesus, for apart from Him we can do nothing.

Born in: 1986
Birthplace: Upland
Pastor since: 2014
Previous work: Video Department
Favorite scripture: Ephesians 2:4-5
Married to: Heather Eaton
Married since: August, 2015
Children: Asher and Braxton

Richard Garcia

Pastor/Director of Connection and Serve Team
Riverside

At the age of 30, my life was a mess. My wife, Terry, went to Harvest one Sunday night, and when she came home, she looked different to me. Her light beamed so brightly that I wanted what she had! I joined her at church the following Sunday and went forward, along with my two daughters, to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior on July 15, 1990.

Immediately, we began serving together within the church. The New Believer ministry was the first ministry that I had the honor of being involved in and still hold dear to my heart. Over the years, I have also had the privilege to be a part of and oversee various ministries such as Crusades, Young Adults, Harvest at Home and the Connection and Serve Team. I have a deep-rooted passion and heart for volunteers, unity, and team building. My wife and I love coming alongside newer and seasoned believers and cultivating their love for Jesus, while doing life alongside them. My prayer and hope for Harvest is that all people would come to know Jesus as Lord and that we would do all things to bring glory to our Father.

 

Born In: 1959
Birthplace: Lynwood, CA
Pastor Since: 2012
Previous Work: General Contractor
Favorite Verse: Proverbs 3:5–6
Favorite Thing To Do: Collecting and listening to vinyl records
Married To: Terry Garcia
Children: Shannon, Celeste, Ashley, Jakob

Hanz Ives

Associate Pastor
Riverside

I grew up going to church but never had a relationship with the Lord. During my teens I began to work as a musician and unfortunately fell into the stereotypical lifestyle of the musician: drug and alcohol abuse and late nights with the wrong crowd. In hindsight I can see it now but at the time I didn’t recognize that I was on a spiritual search, trying to fill the “God shaped hole” in my life with things that could never work, including false religions.

It was during this time that I met my soon-to-be wife, Debbie. In 1987 Debbie and I moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Southern California to pursue a songwriting/recording career. Through a series of God-ordained circumstances, my wife and I came to know and have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

In 1993 I began serving with Pastor Greg at his Monday Night Study at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. In August of 1997 I became the full-time worship leader at Harvest.

Born in: 1959
Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Worship Leader since: 1993
Instrument of choice: Electric Guitar (My Duesenberg Starplayer TV to be exact)
Previous work: Songwriting, recording and performing musician
Favorite Verse: Psalm 37:4–5, Romans 12:1–2, Hebrews 12:1–2
Favorite worship song: Changes all the time
Married to: Debbie Ives
Married since: 1984
Children: Elly, Mary

Ron Case

Associate Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I was not raised in a Christian home. It was a very “moral” home but church and the Lord were not a part of it. On January 17, 1982, my girlfriend brought me to Calvary Chapel of Riverside. I listened to the music of “Sweet Comfort” and to the gospel message by Pastor Greg. I came forward at the invitation to receive Christ as my Savior, was born again, went back to the counseling room, talked to a counselor, and was off and running. I had never read or owned a Bible so I was totally “starting from scratch.”

From there, I attended just about every Bible study and service the church provided, including Dennis Davenport’s home study in Rialto. I went on missions trips to the Philippines, Thailand, Macau, and smuggled Bibles into China. The East Coast “Radio Rallies” in the early ’80s were instrumental in getting me involved in serving the Lord and providing me with great fellowship. Many of the relationships built on these trips remain to this day, including meeting my wife, Leah, whom I met on a church trip to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC in 1984.

In more than 30 years at Harvest I have served in missions, children’s ministry, ushering, home Bible studies, men’s studies, and spent over 20 years helping oversee the follow-up and discipleship ministries. In the mid ’90s, I was blessed to help coordinate Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child on the West Coast. I was able to help deliver the shoeboxes to needy children in Bosnia, Croatia, and Mexico City. Since 1990, when Summer Harvest (later the Harvest Crusades) began, I was blessed to attend and to serve at all the Harvest Crusades, and got to direct crusades in amazing places including: Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Australia, and New Zealand.

To see our sons and their families, including our five grandchildren, being raised in the ways of the Lord is by far the biggest blessing. The Lord has been very good to Leah and me and we are blessed to call Harvest our home.

Born on: October 13, 1957
Birthplace: Fontana, CA
Pastor since: 1990
Previous work: Masonry Contractor
Favorite verses: Psalm 1, Psalm 37:4, and Romans 8:28
Married to: Leah
Married since: 1987
Children: Dan, David
Grandchildren: Miles, Owen, Liam, Quinn and Jane