3 in Schuller Family Fired From Crystal Cathedral
Three members of Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller’s family were fired from their leadership positions in the ministry, officials confirmed yesterday.
Schuller’s daughter, Gretchen Penner, was terminated as one of the producers of the Hour of Power television show, said a cathedral spokesman. Her husband, Jim Penner, was fired from his post as executive producer of the Hour of Power. And Jim Coleman, the husband of senior pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman, was fired as director of creative services.
Robert H. Schuller and his wife, Arvella, abstained from the vote by the board on the terminations, the spokesman said. “So this isn’t a family dispute,” he said.
It is unclear whether Mrs. Coleman will give the sermon on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Hour of Power program, which once reached millions of viewers across the world, will replay previous episodes for the next few weeks while leaders “determine a new direction for the show.”