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Robert Schuller's son leaves Crystal Cathedral
GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) — The Rev. Robert A. Schuller has resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in southern California two months after his father yanked him from the church's long-running Christian television program, Hour of Power.
Schuller, who resigned last month, plans to start his own ministry, according to a press release on the Crystal Cathedral's website. Juan Carlos Ortiz, founder of the Crystal Cathedral Hispanic Ministry, will take over as senior pastor until a permanent replacement is found.
"It is expected that Robert will make an announcement soon regarding plans for his new ministry," the Crystal Cathedral said in the press release. "The leadership and congregation wishes him all the best as his plans unfold."
The Crystal Cathedral, with its glittering landmark megachurch, was founded by Schuller's father, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, who upon arriving in Southern California in 1955 gained attention when he began preaching from a drive-in movie theater in Orange County.
The upbeat Schuller, who stresses harnessing God's help through positive thinking, began broadcasting his weekly sermons on hisHour of Power program in 1970. He opened the Crystal Cathedral in 1980.
In a much heralded announcement nearly three years ago, he named his son to succeed him as the 10,000-member cathedral's senior pastor. He removed his son from the Hour of Power broadcasts in October, however, after the church said the younger Schuller had refused his father's requests to rotate the show's preaching duties with other ministers.
The church said "lack of shared vision" led to the split between the younger Schuller and his 82-year-old father.
The Crystal Cathedral is a part of the Reformed Church of America, of which the younger Schuller remains in good standing.
Another Reformed Church pastor, Rick Mysse, told the Los Angeles Times that Hour of Power has lined up more than two dozen speakers for the show, including prominent pastors like Lee Strobel and Bill Hybels.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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