One of our members brought Trudy an article from The Economist dated April 11th 2015, titled Schumpreter I Retail Religion. The lead was "Robert Schuller, an entrepreneur of Televangelism and megachurches died on April 2nd"
I favor the article in the NY Times, story on 4/3/15 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/re ... at-88.html
The Economist writer disparaged Shuller's use of the Title of ''Dr. Schuller' despite the fact that Schuller has been honored with numerous awards, a few of which include: the Freedom Award, presented at the America's Freedom Festival at Provo, Utah; the Horatio Alger Award, presented by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans; Freedom Foundation Awards; Clergyman of the Year, presented by Religious Heritage of America; Awards of Excellence for Religion in Media; the Napoleon Hill Gold Medal Award for Literary Achievement; The Golden Plate Award, presented by the American Academy of Achievement; the Outstanding American Award, presented by The Los Angeles Philanthropic Foundation; the 20th Annual Humanitarian of the Year Award, presented by the National Conference of Christians and Jews; honorary membership to American Institute of Architects; both Dr. and Mrs. Schuller were honored with The Edith Munger Leadership Award presented by the Munger Center for Psychological Services. Dr. Schuller's affiliations include: Member of the Guild of Architects of the American Institute of Architects; Board of Counselors of the Y.M.C.A. of the USA; Advisory Board Member, Church Growth International, Seoul, Korea; Honorary Member, National Association of Christian Psychotherapists and Counselors, Inc.; Advisory Board of the Highpoint Cancer Education Center; Advisory Board of the Salvation Army; Board of Director, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans; Member of the American Academy of Achievement; Founder and Honorary Chairman, Churches Uniting in Global Mission.
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His honorary doctorate degrees include those from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California; Hope College, Holland, Michigan (his Alma Mater);C; Pepperdine University, Malibu, California; Barrington College, Barrington, Rhode Island; Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio; and Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
The Economist Writer repeatedly refered to him as Mr. Schuller ignoring his Education at hope College and Western theological Seminary. {note} In 1950, after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hope College and a Master of Divinity at Western Theological Seminary, he fulfilled his dream when he was ordained by the Reformed Church in America, the oldest Protestant denomination in the United States.
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Ed: I do not, did not worship Dr. Schuller and questioned some of his methodology but he is in my top twenty favorite pastors of the 20th century. When I had reached a point of near total despair re; American Christianity, his messages persuaded me that their are Christians who truly care about others.
By the way the 1st Reformed Church in America is located in Albany, Ny. John Pierce and I took a self guided tour of their building when he was here a few years ago as the featured speaker for the BFNE Spring Meeting.