http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26265/crystal-cathedral-to-be-used-as-college-campus-in-bankruptcy-deal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26265/crystal-cathedral-to-be-used-as-college-campus-in-bankruptcy-deal#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:11:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26265 The problem-plagued Crystal Cathedral has endorsed selling its sprawling campus to a university as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan.

Under the plan, the church would be able to continue to use a number of buildings on the Garden Grove campus and possibly repurchase them at a later date. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26265/crystal-cathedral-to-be-used-as-college-campus-in-bankruptcy-deal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26154/judge-lets-crystal-cathedral-bankruptcy-plan-proceed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26154/judge-lets-crystal-cathedral-bankruptcy-plan-proceed#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:18:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26154 The judge in the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy case agreed Wednesday to move forward with an exit plan that calls for the sale of the church's Garden Grove property.

>In the next month, about 400 creditors will vote on an exit strategy.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26154/judge-lets-crystal-cathedral-bankruptcy-plan-proceed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25741/schuller-family-list-jonbenet-ramsey-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25741/schuller-family-list-jonbenet-ramsey-home#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:45:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25741 for sale again.

The house, purchased in 2004 by Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller's son-in-law, Tim Milner and daughter Carol Schuller Milner, has been listed at $2.3 million.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25741/schuller-family-list-jonbenet-ramsey-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25230/crystal-cathedral-megachurch-home-of-hour-of-power-files-for-bankruptcy-in-california http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25230/crystal-cathedral-megachurch-home-of-hour-of-power-files-for-bankruptcy-in-california#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:59:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25230 Turns out positive thinking alone is not enough: Crystal Cathedral, the megachurch birthplace of the televangelist show "Hour of Power," filed for bankruptcy Monday in Southern California after struggling to emerge from debt that exceeds $43 million.

Hundreds of creditors could be owed between $50 million and $100 million, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Santa Ana on Monday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25230/crystal-cathedral-megachurch-home-of-hour-of-power-files-for-bankruptcy-in-california/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24204/vendors-say-crystal-cathedral-owes-them-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24204/vendors-say-crystal-cathedral-owes-them-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:54:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24204 Vendors who helped produce popular Christmas and Easter pageants at the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in Garden Grove said Thursday that they are owed tens of thousands of dollars for their work.

"They simply quit paying us," said one vendor. "We're all astounded by this."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24204/vendors-say-crystal-cathedral-owes-them-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23281/crystal-cathedral-suicide http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23281/crystal-cathedral-suicide#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:43:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23281 A man shot himself in the head Wednesday morning at the altar of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove and died at the scene, police said.

Church ushers said that a middle-aged man entered the church, saying he wanted to pray. The unidentified man walked up three steps to the altar area, knelt before a gold cross and put the gun to his head, said John Charles, director of public relations for the church.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23281/crystal-cathedral-suicide/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23234/robert-schuller-televangelism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23234/robert-schuller-televangelism#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:07:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23234 Once one of the nation's most popular televangelists, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is watching his life's work crumble.

His son and recent successor, the Rev. Robert A. Schuller, has abruptly resigned as senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral -- home to the "Hour of Power" broadcast.

The church is in financial turmoil: It plans to sell more than $65 million worth of its Orange County property to pay off debt.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23234/robert-schuller-televangelism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23050/robert-schuller-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23050/robert-schuller-2#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:37:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23050 The Rev. Robert A. Schuller, ousted in October as the preacher of the long-running Christian television program "Hour of Power," has resigned as senior pastor at the Crystal Cathedral and plans to open his own ministry.

Church founder Robert H. Schuller removed his son as the sole preacher on the 39-year-old television show after the younger Schuller, three years into the job, refused to rotate his role with other pastors, the church said. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23050/robert-schuller-2/feed 0