Robert Schuller

==Final years and death==
On October 18, 2010, Coleman announced that the Crystal Cathedral was seeking bankruptcy protection, in the midst of what became known as the [[Great Recession in the United States|Great Recession]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/crystal-cathedral-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-mounting-debts.html | title=Crystal Cathedral files for bankruptcy amid mounting debts |first=Shelby |last=Grad | work=Los Angeles Times | date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref>

In May 2011, the senior Schullers, along with their daughter Carol and her husband Tim, were dismissed from the ministry at the Crystal Cathedral.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kopetman |first1=Roxana |title=Crystal Cathedral: Schullers go to court |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/11/01/crystal-cathedral-schullers-go-to-court/ |website=The Orange County Register |date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> They filed for bankruptcy. The court would eventually allow them approximately 20 percent of what they were owed.<ref>[https://www.ocregister.com/2012/11/28/crystal-cathedral-schullers-lose-in-court/ Crystal Cathedral],  ''[[Orange County Register]]'' Roxana Kopetman, November 28, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref> The creditors would be paid in full plus interest. In July 2011, it was reported in the ''[[Orange County Register]]'' that Schuller had been ousted from the Crystal Cathedral board.<ref>{{cite news |title=Schuller ousted from Crystal Cathedral board |url= http://www.ocregister.com/news/schuller-306881-church-board.html |first=Deepa |last=Bharath |date=August 17, 2011 |work=The Orange County Register |access-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> In July 2011, Coleman attempted to reverse the decision that had been made in her absence, saying, "Dad will continue to provide leadership for this ministry through me for as long as possible" and, "I have and will continue to defer to his wisdom and honor him for his unprecedented accomplishments."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crystalcathedral.org/events_news/media/press_releases/press_07272011.php|title=Dr. Robert H. Schuller Honored as Chairman of the Board Emeritus|date=Jul 2011|publisher=Crystal Cathedral|access-date=August 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122063536/http://www.crystalcathedral.org/events_news/media/press_releases/press_07272011.php|archive-date=November 22, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On March 11, 2012, after months of attempting to change the attitude of the ministry's board, Coleman told the Crystal Cathedral congregation that she was leaving to start a new church because of "a hostile work environment".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/crystal-cathedral-schuller-commends-daughter-for-leaving-church.html | title=Crystal Cathedral: Robert Schuller commends daughter for leaving church|date=Mar 2012|access-date=March 12, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The ''[[International Business Times]]'' reported that this came following "a bitter fallout between the ministry and its founding family".<ref name=ibn>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/split-crystal-cathedral-sheila-schuller-launches-hope-center-christ-movie-theater-426854|title=Split Crystal Cathedral: Sheila Schuller Launches 'Hope Center of Christ' in Movie Theater|website=[[International Business Times]]|date=March 19, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> According to the Religion News Service, the founders were left with little to no assets; their home was fully mortgaged.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

On January 24, 2013, the Crystal Cathedral's board of directors voted to make [[Bobby Schuller]], Schuller's grandson (son of Robert Anthony Schuller), the new pastor for the ''Hour of Power''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hourofpower.org//|title=Hour of Power|publisher=Crystal Cathedral|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430051700/http://hourofpower.org/|archive-date=April 30, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> television program as well as a non-voting member of the board.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cathedral-409279-schuller-church.html| title= Bobby Schuller is new 'Hour of Power' pastor | date=Jan 2013|access-date=January 25, 2013|work= Orange County Register}}</ref>

In late August 2013, Robert H. Schuller was diagnosed with [[esophageal cancer]] that had spread to the [[lymph node]]s. A follow-up examination in September 2013 presented Schuller with the possibility of undergoing [[chemotherapy]] and [[radiation therapy]] that could extend his life.  Schuller then agreed to receive the cancer treatments, which may have been responsible for extending his life by nearly two more years as had been predicted by his physicians.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ff-schuller-cancer-20130906,0,1342887.story |title=Doctors say Robert Schuller has cancer, could live another two years — Los Angeles Times | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 5, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/crystal-cathedral-founder-rev-robert-schuller-undergoing-cancer-treatment/ Crystal Cathedral Founder Rev. Robert H. Schuller Undergoing Cancer Treatment] CBS/ KCAL News.  Sept. 4, 2013.  Assessed 2023-05-23.</ref>

Arvella Schuller died on February 11, 2014, aged 84.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/11/arvella-schuller-wife-crystal-cathedral-founder-dies-at-84/|title=Arvella Schuller, wife of Crystal Cathedral's founder, dies at 84|date=February 11, 2014|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]}}</ref> The Schullers had been married for 63 years.

Schuller died peacefully, early on the morning of April 2, 2015 at a nursing facility in [[Artesia, California]], aged 88. His funeral was held at Christ Cathedral, the former campus of the Crystal Cathedral. He is interred next to his wife at the Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Garden Grove, California.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/04/01/televangelist-robert-schuller-is-in-critical-condition-not-expected-to-make-it-through-the-week/ |title=Televangelist and Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller has died|newspaper=The Washington Post|date= April 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-robert-schuller-20150403-story.html |title=Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date= April 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/02/us/robert-schuller-death/index.html ‘Hour of Power’ televangelist Robert Schuller dies] CNN.  By Daniel Burke.  April 3, 2015.  Assessed 2023-05-23.</ref><ref name="rutgersuniversitypress.org"/>