page_title: Robert Schuller
section_title: Ministry
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Schuller / Ministry
caption_attribution_description: English: President George H. W. Bush meets with Reverend Robert Schuller, Governor John H. Sununu, and Leigh Ann Metzger.
context_page_description: Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author.
  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 his retirement in 2010. Schuller began broadcasting the program from the Neutra Sanctuary, with the encouragement of longtime friend Billy Graham after Schuller visited him in 1969. He was also the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where the Hour of Power program was later broadcast.
context_section_description: Schuller emphasized what he believed are the positive aspects of the Christian faith. He deliberately avoided condemning people for sin, believing that Jesus "met needs before touting creeds". Once in a relationship with God, Schuller emphasized, someone who is sowing positive faith in his heart and actions will discover that the by-product is a reduction of sin. He was known to say, "Sin is a condition before it is an action." Schuller encouraged Christians and non-Christians to achieve great things through God and to believe in their dreams. He wrote, "If you can dream it, you can do it!"
  As the Crystal Cathedral's founding pastor, Schuller was seen and heard internationally on Sundays on the world's most widely watched hour-long church service, the Hour of Power, 1500 of which were recorded.
caption: Schuller with President George H. W. Bush in 1991
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