I know that technically this doesn’t really have much to do with Christian music – other than the fact that the Hour of Power frequently has Christian music artists on the show – but I know many of you have been following the story so I wanted to give you and update.
The Christian Newswire reported that an editorial in the February 2009 issue of Church Executive Magazine contains an editorial from Ron Keener on the change of leadership at the church. The news release also reports that says:

“Executive pastor Jim Poit of the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA, and his wife Linda, who was director of children’s ministries there, have been let go by the church, following by four months the resignation of senior pastor Robert A. Schuller, to whom Poit served as executive pastor of the megachurch. Deb Yurk, who had been brought on board by Poit as pastor of congregational life, was also released from her job.”

From the sounds of it, the ministry might be feeling the economic pinch. The release states:

“Last May the ministry put up for sale its 170-acre property in Rancho Capistrano that served as a retreat center, and earlier this month the four-story office building, known as the Robert H. Schuller Family Life Center, that houses a school and production offices, was put up for sale for $34 million.”

You can read the whole press release about Ron Keener’s editorial on Rev. Schuller on the Christian Newswire site.