Wow:
Sheila Schuller Coleman still can’t believe that she was chosen to lead the megachurch her father founded.
During Sunday’s service at the Crystal Cathedral, Coleman’s father and Crystal Cathedral founder, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller announced that his eldest daughter will take over leadership of the entire ministry at the cathedral and help implement his vision.
Coleman said she never thought she’d head this church, particularly because she is a woman and the Crystal Cathedral is a rather conservative Christian church.
“Our church didn’t even start ordaining women until 1973,” she said today. “I’m proud of my dad for doing this and I hope I can serve as a role model for younger women who want to get things accomplished in this church.”
Her mother, Arvella Schuller, was a force behind the cathedral, but she worked mostly in the background, Coleman said.
“There was just no place for women in a church and that’s the way it’s been for a long time.”
The older Schuller told his congregation Sunday that the cathedral is going in a new direction toward a brighter future under his daughter’s watchful eyes, according to transcripts of the service.
“(Sheila) has earned a doctorate degree in administration and leadership and that’s the kind of power leadership this church is going to need today and tomorrow,” he said
June 11th, 2009 7:05 pm
sorry I don’t believe in women preachers….Do you?
July 5th, 2009 9:07 am
Last month I went to “Worship in the City”, a 90min Friday night Catholic praise and worship service in the Crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. It ran pretty much like a Hillsong service including all of the songs being from Hillsong. The two preachers were women. At the end they asked the priest (obviously male) sitting in the congregation to give the final blessing and said he would be available to hear confession. I know of at least two other similar Catholic services in Sydney.
I’m not thinking for even 1 second that the Catholic Church will have female priests, nor to let a woman preach during Mass, but it is interesting that there are Catholic Church sanctioned services that have females preaching.
July 5th, 2009 9:10 am
Sorry, i’ve just worked out what i did wrong – Your comments system can’t handle copy and paste from Microsoft Word, whereas your old blog could. I’ll have to work out another way to spell-check!
June 11th, 2009 7:11 pm
Deb, I have to make the distinction between women preachers/deaconesses and women pastors. I have yet to see women pastors in the bible.
July 5th, 2009 9:10 am
Wow! Thanks for the info, NT. I might would have liked to have seen that.
BTW, do you copy and past your comments?
July 5th, 2009 9:20 am
Keep doing what you are doing. I’ll fix it.