{"id":10261,"date":"2010-10-18T22:49:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T02:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10261"},"modified":"2010-10-18T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T02:49:20","slug":"crystal-cathedral-files-for-chapter-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/crystal-cathedral-files-for-chapter-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Cathedral files for chapter 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Crystal Cathedral Ministries, an Orange County landmark and megachurch founded by television evangelist Robert H. Schuller, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday morning.<\/p>\n

The cathedral owes about about $7.5 million to unsecured creditors. <\/a>The bankruptcy filing seeks court protection from its creditors.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued Monday, Senior Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman said the bankruptcy filing was a necessity because a “small number of creditors chose to file lawsuits and obtained writ of attachment.”<\/p>\n

She said the cathedral also had no choice because a committee of creditors decided not to extend a moratorium to allow continued talks about a payment plan. <\/a><\/p>\n

“For these reasons, the Ministry now finds it necessary to seek the protection of a Chapter 11,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Cathedral, which has been a landmark and a tourist attraction with its glistening glass tower, is now faced with $55 million in debt because of the economy and dwindling contributions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I visited the Crystal Cathedral a few times many years ago when attending conferences in Anaheim. The preaching polluted the Gospel with pop-psychology and I find few things more off-putting than the “Gospel of Positiveness and Success”. Nevertheless, while not surprised that the Success Gospel hasn’t even worked for Robert Schuller, I\u2019m sorry to see it in such straits\u00a0 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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