Robert Harold Schuller was born on the 16th September 1926, in Alton, Iowa USA, and was a televangelist as well as a pastor, author and motivational speaker. He was widely recognized for his “Hour of Power” – weekly broadcasting program which he hosted for 40 years, ’til he retired in 2010. Robert passed away in 2015.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this Christian televangelist accumulated for life? How rich would Robert H. Schuller be nowadays? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Schuller’s net worth, as of mid-2017, would exceed the sum of $5 million, primarily acquired through his TV broadcast program which was active between 1970 and 2010.
Robert H. Schuller Net Worth $5 million
Robert was the youngest of five children of Jennie and Anthony Schuller. He attended Newkirk High School before enrolling at Hope College, from which he graduated with the Master of Divinity degree in 1950. He began his career in the Reformed Church in America, serving as a minister. He later transferred to Ivanhoe Reformed Church, before settling in Garden Grove, California, where in 1955 he bought a drive-in theater which he converted into the Garden Grove Community Church. This served as the foundation for building a prosperous empire in the following years, which earned Schuller an impressive amount of money.
In order to follow the growth of the congregation, Schuller in 1958 began constructing a new “drive-in” church which would accommodate 500 cars and as many worshipers. Three years and $3 million later, the church was completed in 1961, then in 1968, the church was expanded with the “Tower of Hope”, a 13-stories high building, topped with a 90 ft (27m) tall illuminated cross. Later that year, Schuller began constructing a new church in order to further expand his Garden Grove Community Church – a “Crystal Cathedral”. This had glass walls and ceiling, worth over $18 million, and was finished in 1980. All these achievements helped Robert H. Schuller to massively increase his popularity as well as his net worth.
Schuller based his ministry on what he stated as the positive aspects of Christianity, avoiding condemning people for their sins, but encouraging them to achieve good things through faith. In 1970 Schuller began broadcasting “Hour of Power” – a weekly television program, which contributed to the total of Robert H. Schuller’s net worth by a large margin.
Schuller also published more than 30 books, of which six were rated bestsellers by The New York Times, including “Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!”, “Success Is Never Ending, Failure Is Never Final” and “The Be Happy Attitudes”, among plenty of others. It is certain that all these achievements increased Robert H. Schuller’s net worth by a significant sum.
When it comes to his personal life, Schuller was married to Arvella De Haan, who was also responsible for the music department at the “Crystal Cathedral”, and served as the producer of the “Hour of Power”. From this marriage, which lasted from 1950 until Arvella’s death in 2014, Schuller had five children. Robert H. Schuller passed away at the age of 88, due to esophageal cancer, on the 2nd April 2015 in Artesia, California.
