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Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy signals end of megachurch era
The Crystal Cathedral and its Hour of Power face Chapter 11 as debts exceed 43 million dollars. Founder Robert A Schuller and family struggle to adapt with the church’s 2,900 seat Glass Cathedral, 40 acre grounds, and fading attendance of about 5,000 weekly. The intergenerational clash and delayed embrace of new media contributed to the decline.
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Glass Crystal Cathedral
Schuller
Times
America
Scott Thumma
Hartford Institute of Religion Research
Thumma
Crystal Cathedral
John Charles
Philip Johnson
Southern
California
Rick Warren
Bill Hybels
Kurt Fredrickson
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena
Robert A. Schuller Jr
Charles