sorry....I was wrong.
A lot of us are learning new stuff on this thread, I know I am.
I predict that soon the Crystal Cathedral will become above criticism and that to use it as an example of an ostentatious “mega church” will become a sign of “anti-Catholic bigotry”.
The Catholic Church bought it recently after it went into bankruptcy proceedings. Hobby Lobby bought their retreat property, and Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church leased it back from them to continue the ministry that was being done there.
Before the Catholics bought it, it was Protestant (Rev. Schuller was ordained into the Reformed Church.)
So we’re all right. And we’re all wrong. It’s been that kind of thread. ;-)