Reverend Robert H. Schuller passed away at a nursing facility in California today after a long battle with cancer. He was 88 years old.
Schuller - one of the first "televangelists" to bring the church experience to at-home audiences - is best known for launching the "Hour of Power" sermon series in the early '70s.
Schuller also helped build the 2700-seat Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California in 1981. He retired as senior minister there in 1981, and his daughter is now the head of the church.
Schuller's death was announced by his daughter-in-law, who issued a statement saying, "My father-in-law passed away peacefully early this morning. He was a great Dad and a great man of God."
Born in an Iowa farmhouse with no running water, Schuller moved to California shortly after starting a family of his own. There, he started his career in the ministry by renting out a drive-in movie theater and preaching from the roof of the snack bar.
His unique brand of preaching focused more on encouragement than on condemnation, and he eventually gained a following of millions, as even non-believers tuned in to his sermons in search of inspiration.
Schuller eventually became so famous for his sermons that celebrities such as Muhammad Ali have approached him and asked him for his autograph.
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