- APThis Oct. 27, 2011 photo shows the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – The
Crystal Cathedral is getting a new name and the congregation of the
financially struggling Orange County megachurch will relocate, its
senior pastor announced Sunday.
The ministry will be renamed Hope Center of
Christ, Sheila Schuller Coleman said in a short video posted on the
Crystal Cathedral website.
An announcement regarding the new location will be made in the next few weeks, she said.
The church sold its iconic glass-paned
cathedral to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange last month to emerge
from federal bankruptcy protection.
"We're going to need a new home sooner than we thought. And we're moving full speed ahead," the pastor said.
She gave no indication whether or not the
congregation would remain in Orange County, the ministry's home since
its founding by the pastor's father, Dr. Robert Schuller, at a drive-in
movie theater 42 years ago.
Robert Schuller retired in 2006 after seeing the ministry evolve into a global televangelist empire.
On Saturday he and his wife, Arvella,
announced they were stepping down from the Crystal Cathedral board of
directors. The couple cited a breakdown in negotiations over financial
claims against the church as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.
Robert Schuller's attorney, Carl Grumer, said Saturday the pastor's future role with the ministry was "up in the air."
Calls to a Crystal Cathedral spokesman over the weekend were not immediately returned.
The church raked in millions in donations
through its "Hour of Power" broadcasts, but a series of financial
setbacks led to the megachurch's filing for bankruptcy in October 2010
and the forced sale of its 40-acre campus.
Turmoil in the ministry included the firings of Schuller's daughter Gretchen Penner and two sons-in-law last week.
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