The 10,664 windows did not get washed this year at the Crystal Cathedral, the iconic glass church founded by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, one of the original religious broadcasters. Volunteers are tending the church’s 40 landscaped acres, now that the gardeners have been laid off. And its renowned Christmas pageant ”” with live camels and horses, and angels flying overhead on cables ”” has been canceled for now.
The empire that Mr. Schuller built may be in jeopardy, tarnished by an unseemly family feud and a $43 million debt that even by megachurch standards is serious.
A very sad story, that tends to make Christians look bad in general in the eyes of a skeptical, unchurched public. Fortunately, in this case, it looks like the son has far more personal integrity than in the case of another failed succession of celebrity preachers, i.e., when Richard Roberts inherited control of Oral Roberts University, only to squanter the inheritance.
David Handy+