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Robert Harold Schuller (September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015) was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. He was ordained as a minister, who rocketed to stardom in 1955 preaching from the roof of a concession stand at the drive-in movie theater, displaying a passion and a marketing towards other people. He had been incorporating elements of psychology, into each of his messages and for many in the Christian community, he was serving up a "feel-good gospel" and that the money he was spending on buildings was to be put to better use by giving it to the poor. In his five decades of television, Schuller was principally known for the weekly ''Hour of Power'' television program, which he began hosting in 1970, until he ended in 2010. Schuller began broadcasting the program from the Neutra Sanctuary, with the encouragement of Billy Graham.〔( ''Hour of Power'' website. )〕 He was also the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where the ''Hour of Power'' program was later broadcast. == Early years == Robert Harold Schuller was born on September 16, 1926, near Alton, Iowa, the second son of Jennie (née Beltman) (1891-1970) and Anthony Schuller (1882-1964). He was the youngest of five children. All of his grandparents were Dutch immigrants,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anthony "Tony" Schuller (1882 - 1964) - Find A Grave Memorial )〕 and he was raised on his parents' farm nearby in a small-knit community of Dutch-Americans, without running water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rev. Robert Schuller, Founder of Crystal Cathedral Megachurch in Garden Grove, Dies at 88 )〕 As a 6 month old infant, Schuller wore the gown on the day of his baptism at a Reformed Church, in Newkirk, Iowa, where he was raised.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Schuller rose from Iowa farm to world fame )〕 In 1931, just weeks before his 5th birthday, a visiting uncle, who was a minister, told him to be an evangelist. Schuller called it the "single most defining moment of my early life."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='It was a life well-lived': Rev. Robert Schuller, leader of Crystal Cathedral and 'Hour of Power,' dies at 88 )〕 After graduating from Newkirk High School in Newkirk, Iowa, in 1944,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Schuller Biography )〕 Schuller studied at Hope College and received a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary, which follows the theological tradition and Christian practice of John Calvin, in 1950. He was ordained as a minister in the Reformed Church in America. He worked at Ivanhoe Reformed Church in Riverdale, Illinois, before moving to Garden Grove, California. There, he opened the Garden Grove Community Church, in 1955, in a drive-in movie theater. He also rented a 300-seat former Baptist church, about four miles (6 km) from the drive-in theater. Schuller presided at a service in the chapel at 9:30 on Sunday mornings and then drove his organ to the drive-in to preside at another service.〔Penner, James. ''Goliath: The Life of Robert Schuller'' (1992), p. 119.〕 As the size of the congregations grew, Schuller purchased of land at 12141 Lewis Street in Garden Grove for a "walk-in, drive-in" church, serving both congregations. Ground was broken September 10, 1958, for construction of the new church designed by international architect Richard Neutra. The church was completed in 1961, at a cost of $3,000,000.〔Penner, p. 155.〕 The dedication service was held November 5, 1961.〔Schuller, Robert H. "My Journey"〕 The design of the new church building enabled Schuller to preach his sermons to worshipers in 500 cars, as well as to members of the congregation inside the church. A "Tower of Hope" building was added on the north side of the drive-in church building in 1968; the Tower of Hope rose 13 stories (approximately 130 to 150 feet in the air, the highest structure in Orange County at that time, and was topped by a cross. The illuminated cross that stood atop the Tower of Hope was 90 feet tall. That same year, Schuller purchased the walnut grove that bordered the north side of the Garden Grove Community Church for the construction of the much larger "Crystal Cathedral", designed by architect Philip Johnson. The church, which has glass walls and ceiling, was dedicated on September 14, 1980. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert H. Schuller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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