About Robert Schuller
Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. Over five decades, Schuller pastored his church in Garden Grove, California starting in 1955. The weekly broadcast of Hour of Power television program followed, which he hosted as a taped version of his weekly Sunday service, began in 1970, and he led until his retirement in 2006. His grandson, Bobby Schuller, carries on the Hour of Power, which has aired for over fifty years. During his time as a minister, Schuller oversaw the construction of two churches in Garden Grove, California. The first church built under his tenure was the Garden Grove Community Church chapel which seated 500, and the second was the much larger Crystal Cathedral, which has a capacity of 2,200. Schuller's weekly telecast was one of the first instances of weekly televised church services, and became the world's most widely watched hour-long church service. To Schuller apparently the gown had represented the day that his life had first been dedicated to God. Like his good friend Billy Graham, the Schuller organization never became closely associated with any major scandal.
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