Schuller loses vote at Crystal Cathedral

(RNS) Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller has been removed from
a voting position on the board of the iconic glass megachurch he started
in Southern California five decades ago.

"Recently, the board of directors of Crystal Cathedral Ministries
voted to change Dr. Schuller's position from that of a voting board
member to the honorary Chairman of the Board Emeritus, a nonvoting
position," reads a Monday (July 4) news release from the church in
Garden Grove, Calif.

The change will give Schuller, 84, more time for speaking
engagements and a writing project, the statement said. Schuller's son,
Robert A. Schuller, who left the ministry in 2008 after leadership
differences surfaced, called the move "another step toward the church's
demise," according to the Orange County Register.