She will be preaching occasionally as well:

And in ways that she never imagined until recently, Sheila Schuller Coleman — not her younger brother and former heir apparent — will be the one “to help my dad finish strong.”
Earlier this month, Schuller anointed his eldest daughter as the church’s co-leader and the person who would carry the Crystal Cathedral’s banner into the future. The announcement capped a tumultuous year for the Schullers and their admirers, as a father-son split over “a lack of shared vision” led the younger Robert Schuller to surrender his senior pastor status and leave the church after his father stripped him of his role in the TV ministry.
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But the ministry has fallen on hard times. Hurt by the economy and, perhaps, changing viewer tastes, church attendance and TV viewership have declined. Schuller, who handed his son the reins in 2006, told the congregation this month that he will return to a prominent role and put in two more years. But in the future, he said, it will be his daughter “who’s making this church, not the preacher.”

The reason for the decline is obvious, there’s a new guy selling the same positive thinking, non-gospel gospel. Joel Olsteen. Olsteen is Robert Shuller’s real heir apparent, he should sell him the ministry instead of trying to bequeath is to his kids.
I wonder how many of the congregants will be upset that a woman will be “mothering” them instead of pastoring them?

“I know it’s going to sound very different,” she says, “but I believe my role is to mother this ministry. Which means to nurture the congregation, the staff.”

Mothering? Let’s check the definition of pastor:

1. A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
2. A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.
3. A shepherd.

Hmmmm…mom seems to be missing.
And don’t expect her to include much in the way of Scripture in her sermons:

“My messages will be very light on Scripture. They’ll be stories, primarily, with lessons. They’ll be biblical concepts, but my platform on the ‘Hour of Power’ and the cathedral on Sunday mornings is as an outreach to the unchurched.”

Yeah, that’s what the unchurched need, less Scripture. I guess Paul didn’t know that it was biblical concepts and stories with lessons that lead people to Christ:

ESV Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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