The Rev. Robert A. Schuller is no longer the senior pastor of Crystal Cathedral and hasn’t been for the past two weeks following a quiet resignation that managed to elude the media spotlight until this past weekend.
The older Schuller said he felt called by God to build bridges between Crystal Cathedral Ministries and other powerful ministries and wanted his listeners and followers to hear other "amazing preachers," including Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church and Kirbyjon Caldwell of Windsor Village United Methodist Church.
But the vision to expand the program beyond a single personality in order to reach a broader audience strained relations between Schuller and his son, who disagreed with the move....