The recent financial crisis not only hit secular businesses but also churches like Crystal Cathedral Church, California.
Foundered by Robert Schuller who wrote a popular book "Tough times never last, but tough people do."
Here is the report :
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – Crystal Cathedral, the megachurch birthplace of the televangelist show "Hour of Power," filed for bankruptcy Monday in Southern California after struggling to emerge from debt that exceeds $43 million.
In addition to a $36 million mortgage, the Orange County-based church owes $7.5 million to several hundred vendors for services ranging from advertising to the use of live animals in Easter and Christmas services.
The church had been negotiating a repayment plan with vendors, but several filed lawsuits seeking quicker payment, which prompted a coalition formed by creditors to fall apart.
"Tough times never last, every storm comes to an end. Right now, people need to hear that message more than ever," Sheila Schuller Coleman, the Cathedral's senior pastor and daughter of the founder, told reporters outside the worship hall decked with a soaring glass spire.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101018/ap_on_re_us/us_crystal_cathedral;_ylt=ArP2k0F0Q22xQPn91hCSsrR0fNdF
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