Robert V. Schuller
American television evangelist, pastor and writer

Robert V. Schuller

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American television evangelist, pastor and writer
A.K.A.
Bobby Schuller, Robert Vernon Schuller
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8 July 1981(California, USA)
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Robert Vernon "Bobby" Schuller (born July 28, 1981) is an American author, television producer, and Reformed Church in America pastor who, in 2018, started the process of becoming a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor. He is the son of Robert A. Schuller and grandson of Robert H. Schuller. He serves as lead pastor on the Hour of Power television service and is the senior pastor of Shepherd's Grove church in Irvine, California.

Shepherd's Grove is the congregation formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral congregation, which changed its name after moving to the former location of St. Callistus' Catholic Church on July 7, 2013, following the bankruptcy of Crystal Cathedral Ministries. The church, like its predecessor, was a congregation of the Reformed Church in America.. Shepherd's Grove moved to its current location at Irvine Presbyterian Church on March 25, 2018..Before the move, under Bobby's leaderships, the pastors decided and began the process of becoming ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) preparatory to the two congregations (Irvine Pres. and Shepherd's Grove) merging. In December 2018, the two congregations voted to merge. Accordingly, Shepherd's Grove is now a congregation in the Presbytery of Los Ranchos, Synod of Southern California and Hawaii, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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Schuller graduated from Oral Roberts University in 2003 and received a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2008. He is an ordained pastor of the Reformed Church in America.

Schuller served as pastor of the Tree of Life Community Church in Garden Grove, California, which in 2015 merged with the Shepherd's Grove congregation in which it had its roots. Schuller is president of the St. Patrick Project, a social services outreach in Orange County.

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Schuller is the author of the national best selling book titled Imagine Happiness, published in 2012. He has been a regular television guest on shows like 100 Huntley Street and TLC's The Messengers. Schuller is also the author of Happiness According to Jesus, published in 2015. He served as the youngest chaplain in the Chautauqua Institute’s (Chautauqua, New York) 150th history.

Schuller resides in Costa Mesa, California, with his wife and two children.