Who is Robert H. Schuller

Schuller was born in Alton, Iowa to a family of Dutch ancestry and, after finishing his studies at Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, was ordained as a minister in the Reformed Church in America. He worked in Chicago before moving to Garden Grove, California where, after humble beginnings, the Garden Grove Community Church was opened in 1955 in the Orange Drive-In Theatre, which Schuller rented for $500.

Many consider this the first "seeker-sensitive" church in the world. Renamed the Crystal Cathedral in 1980, it is the denomination's largest congregation in terms of membership, and easily the most renowned. Indeed, given the Hour of Power's massive worldwide audience of 20 million people each week, many believe that the Crystal Cathedral is the most famous church in the world....

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