Robert A. Schuller - Personal Information

Personal Information

Schuller was raised in Garden Grove, California, where he attended Santa Ana High School. He then graduated in 1976 from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. He was also employed at the Crystal Cathedral, leading worship services on Sunday evenings, developing a 24-hour prayer group and organizing small group fellowships and appearing on the Hour of Power reading scripture and occasionally preaching. In 1980, Schuller became an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, after receiving a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He received an honorary doctorate degree from National Hispanic University in San Jose, California in 1996. He received another honorary doctorate from the California Graduate School of Theology in 2008.

Schuller has four grown children and one granddaughter and one grandson. He lives in Laguna Beach, California. His oldest son, Robert Vernon ("Bobby"), is a graduate of Oral Roberts University, as well as having a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Bobby Schuller is teaching pastor of the Tree of Life Community, an interdenominational church in Orange, California. His youngest daughter, Christina, graduated from the University of Southern California as a theater major in 2008. She is an actress, a high school tutor, and a fitness instructor. She was a cast member during the first season of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Another daughter, Angie, is also a graduate of Oral Roberts University. She holds a graduate degree in counseling. His youngest son, Anthony is a senior at Vanguard University of Southern California and he plans on going into international mission work after his graduation. Schuller's first marriage ended in divorce in 1983 and he married his current wife, Donna, on November 10, 1984.