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>> OPENING DAY FOR THE CATHEDRAL
DID NOT GO AS PLANNED.
>> MY FATHER DELIVERS HIS
MESSAGE FROM THE CATHEDRAL AND
NOBODY CAN HEAR ANYTHING.
THE SOUND SYSTEM IS SO BAD, IT’S
A COMPLETE FAILURE.
MY FATHER WAS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATED.
>> IT APPEARED REFERENCE DREAM
WAS SHATTERED.
>> THAT NIGHT WAS REALLY
CUMULATING AND EMBARRASSING.
THE SOUND WAS A HUGE PROBLEM.
>> HE SPENT ANOTHER FORTUNE
TRYING TO CORRECT THE COMPLEX
AUDIO ALBUM BUT THE SOLUTION
TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH SIMPLER.
>> WHEN THE GUEST BAND CAME AND
PERFORMED IN THE CATHEDRAL PUT
UP THEIR OWN SOUND SYSTEM, IS
HUNDRED RATE.
IT WAS A $1000 SOUND SYSTEM ANDO
WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND
DOLLARS, I’M TRYING TO CORRECT
OUR SOUND SYSTEM.
>> ONCE WE GOT THE PA SYSTEM,
THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT THAT WORKED
WORKED, IT BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN.
>> AT LAST, THE CATHEDRAL WAS
READY FOR PRIME TIME AND IT WAS MAGNIFICENT.
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>> WE BUILT THE WORLD’S LARGEST
ORGAN.
THE CHURCH SERVICES WOULD OPEN
WITH A LOT OF POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> THE NEXT THREE DECADES, THE
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL WAS HOME TO
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
MINISTRIES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> WE WERE REACHING 20 MILLI-
PEOPLE EVERYRY SUNDAY.
>> SERVICES WERE PACKED FROM A
PARKING LOTT FULL.
>> THE CATHEDRAL WAS A TRUE
CULMINATION OF WHAT DAD’S
MINISTRY WAS.
>> WORLD LEADERS SHOWED UP FOR
PRAYER AND A PHOTO OP.
>> IT WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME, WE
COULDN’T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT
SOMEBODY RECOGNIZING US.
>> AS THE MINISTRY GROUP, HE
KEPT EXPANDING.
1990, HE ADDED A $5 MILLION
PRAYER WITH A 52 BEL KATTER.
A FEW YEARS LATER, FIRST INTERIOR JUMBLE OFFICER WHEREVER
INTERIOR JUMBLE OFFICER WHEREVER
YOU SAT, YOU FELT CLOSE TO THE
SURFACE.
IN 2001, HE ADDED 20 MILLI-ER
DOLLAR BUILDING COLD CENTER FOR
POSSIBILITY THINKING.
THE HECTIC SCHEDULE AND LAVISH
SPENDING COULD NOT LAST.
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>> WE RAN INTO FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES THAT WE COULD NOT DIG
OURSELVES OUT OF BACK IN 2010,
BUT THE CATHEDRAL WENT BELLY UP
IN BANKRUPTCY COURT PUT UP FOR
AUCTION.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED SOMEONE WASE
IN THE MARKET FOR SUCH A DEFINED
STRUCTURE.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
>> AT THE TIME WERE GOING TO
BUILD A NEW CATHEDRAL.
>> THERE IS A SECOND BUYER.
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY.
THE OUTFIT THEIN CHURCH BUT THE
FAMILY MADE A PLEA.
>> I WANTED THEM TO HAVE IT SO
IT WOULD REMAIN CHURCH IF NOT
BECOME A UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THE
HISTORY OF UNIVERSITIES ARE
HISTORICALLY, THEY ALWAYS BECOME
SECULAR INSTITUTIONS.
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>> THE CATHOLICS DOCTOR
CATHEDRAL AND LIKE MANY NEW
HOMEOWNERS STARTED TO REDECORATE
REDECORATE.
ARCHITECT SCOTT JOHNSON, NO
RELATION TO PHILIP, LED THE
EFFORT.
>> TOOK TIME TO UNDERSTOOD THE
TECHNICAL ISSUES AND THE THINGS
ADDRESSED.
>> THE INTERIOR WITHOUT OFFERING
THE THOUGHT, THE TRIANGULAR
PANELS AND HUNG THEM INSIDE THE COMPUTER.
>> ITES RESONATES THE ACOUSTICS
YOU CAN TELLIN BY THE QUALITY OF
LIFE, IT CUTS DIRECT SUNLIGHT
OUT WHICH ALSO HAD THE EFFECT OF
REDUCING THE HEAT LOAD AND
TECHNICAL THINGS AND IT FEELS
LIKE THE EXTRACTION OF THE SKY.
>> THERE’S MORE.
AFTER ALL, SUNDAY MASS IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE HOUR OF POWER
POWER.
>> IT WAS NEVER BUILT TO BE A
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL SORT DID NOT
HAVE THE LITURGICAL FEATURES IT
NEEDS.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO RENOVATE WHAT
WAS AT THE CATHEDRAL SO IT WOULD
BE SUITABLE FOR CATHOLIC
WORSHIP.
>> IN ADDITION, JOHNSON AND
FATHER CHRISTOPHER INSTALLED A
MARBLE ALTAR WITH A THOUSAND
POUND CRUCIFIX HANGING UP OF IT.
>> IT’S CLEARLY THE SAME
LANDMARK BUILDINGS, THE SAME
IMAGINATION.
ONCE YOU GO THROUGH A THRESHOLD,
IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
INSIDE.
>> THE $72 MILLION RENOVATION
WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL WAS
RECHRISTENED AS CHRIST CATHEDRAL
CATHEDRAL.
>> THE SENSE OF MAGNIFICENCE
WALKING INTO IT FOR THE FIRST
TIME IS THE SAME AS THE CRYSTAL
CATHEDRAL.
>> HE PASSED AWAY
IN 2015 BUT
HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN CHRIST
CATHEDRAL.
>> HE BELIEVED GOD DESERVE THE
BEST. HE DIDN’T THINK GOD WANTED OUR
HE DIDN’T THINK GOD WANTED OUR
SECOND-BEST.
>> WRAP UP TO.
>> START LIFE.
>> TODAY THE CATHEDRAL IS OPEN
FOR WORSHIP BUT THE 90-FOOT
ELECTRONIC DOORS ARE BEING
SEALEDNG SHUT SO IF YOU WANT DRI