Arvella Schuller died on February 11, 2014, aged 84. He was an unofficial adviser and counselor to Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. | (Photo: Courtesy of Hour of Power/Crystal Cathedral Ministries) An online fundraising campaign asking for $30,000 to cover the costs for the funeral of Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. He serves as lead pastor on the Hour of Power television program and is the senior pastor of Shepherd's Grove church in Irvine, California. Robert was first hitched to his first wife Linda in 1973 and after ten years in 1983, they got divorced. At least in part, this is due to his unusual sensitivity to the secular mind. Tough Times Dont Last, but Tough People Do. The Crystal Cathedral is a mission stationto attract to it the lost, the spiritually hungry, the desperate of this world. Robert Schuller, Crystal Cathedral Megachurch Founder, Dies at 88 Robert A. Schuller is an accomplished writer and pastor whose work has taken him around the world and into the homes of believers everywhere. Robert H. Schuller, a California clergyman who started his ministry by preaching in a drive-in movie theater and transformed it into an empire, building the landmark megachurch the. He and his family cut ties with Crystal Cathedral in 2012, the year it was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County. Robert Schuller of the Crystal Cathedral Died Today at Age 88-Exclusive Footage. "The real minister's name that we honor is Jesus, not Schuller", he said. By 2011 the Cathedral was bankrupt, and sold to the Diocese of Orange County for 60 million dollars because the aging congregation simply could no longer finance itself by positive thinking alone. He sees their unhappy faces and their lack of self-worth. After the cathedral was sold, the family cut its ties with Hour of Power, and Ms. Schuller Coleman led a breakaway group of parishioners in establishing a new church, the Hope Center of Christ, in Orange County. He even insists upon skirting at careful distance any subtle tendency toward salvation by works. Robert A. Schuller is an accomplished writer and pastor whose work has taken him around the world and into the homes of believers everywhere. The Roman Catholic Diocese actually put more money into fixing it up73 million dollarsthan in buying it. The Rev. But I am never quite certain what gospel they are being won to. It also dawned on him, he said, that Jesus never called a human being a sinner.. Robert A. Schuller, who took over for his father for two years as the leader of the Crystal Cathedral, said during a leadership conference about pastoral succession this week that had his father simply let go of his responsibilities seven years ago, the church would still be in the hands of its own ministry. Today, Robert Schuller Jr works with the Global Peace Foundation and is a regular speaker at motivational seminars. He served as senior pastor the Crystal. According to an interview done by Bobby Schuller, the divorce was a scandal at Crystal Cathedral. And you must not even think of the Crystal Cathedral as a church. The gospel calls sinners to confess not that they are worthless, but rather that they are unworthy of Gods forgiveness and loving kindness because of their sin. But Jesus is not just that. The Crystal Cathedral was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County in 2012. Robert Schuller Jr rebuilding 'significant father-son relationship Traditionally, as Schuller understands it, the church sees every unbeliever as a condemned sinner, utterly worthless, who must be threatened with the eternal punishment he so richly deserves.