Evangelists Health

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

In the first Sunday services at Crystal Cathedral since the Rev. Robert H. Schuller underwent emergency brain surgery in Amsterdam, followers prayed en masse for their ailing pastor and listened to brief messages from his wife and two daughters. In an international phone call, broadcast live over the church's sound system, Arvella Schuller told the 8:30 a.m.

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

In the first Sunday services at Crystal Cathedral since the Rev. Robert H. Schuller underwent emergency brain surgery in Amsterdam, followers prayed en masse for their ailing pastor and listened to brief messages from his wife and two daughters. In an international phone call, broadcast live over the church's sound system, Arvella Schuller told the 8:30 a.m.

The condition of Rev. Robert H. Schuller worsened Thursday after doctors discovered that medication to deal with a complication from the minister's emergency brain operation did not take effect. Michael Nason, a Schuller spokesman, said physicians at the Free University Hospital reclassified the minister's condition from stable to guarded, a change he described as relatively minor. Despite the complication, Nason said, physicians have told family members that Schuller will make a full recovery.

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

The condition of Rev. Robert H. Schuller worsened Thursday after doctors discovered that medication to deal with a complication from the minister's emergency brain operation did not take effect. Michael Nason, a Schuller spokesman, said physicians at the Free University Hospital reclassified the minister's condition from stable to guarded, a change he described as relatively minor. Despite the complication, Nason said, physicians have told family members that Schuller will make a full recovery.