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Granville "Oral" Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009) was an American Methodist-Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic.
Read More at Wikipedia ›National Interest Evangelist, University Founder Oral Roberts Dies at Age 91Published December 15, 2009| APTULSA, OklahomaOral Roberts, the evangelist who rose from humble tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university bearing his name, died Tuesday.
He was 91.Roberts died of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, California, according to his spokesman, A. Larry Ross. The evangelist was hospitalized after a fall on Saturday. He had survived two heart attacks in the 1990s and a broken hip in 2006.Roberts was a pioneer on two fronts — he helped bring spirit-filled charismatic Christianity into the mainstream and took his trademark revivals to television, a new frontier for religion.Roberts overcame tuberculosis at age 17 and credited that triumph with leading him to become one of the country's most famous ministers.He gave up a local pastorate in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1947 to enter an evangelistic ministry in Tulsa to pray for the healing of the whole person ...Brandon King had a home run and three RBIs, and senior Mark Guest threw the first complete game of his career as Oral Roberts topped Dallas Baptist 7-2 on Sunday nig...
Dominique Morrison scored 19 points Sunday, leading Oral Roberts to a 64-42 victory over previously unbeaten Xavier, which couldn't do much with three of its starter...
Oral Roberts doesn't mind the asterisk that will get attached to this one.Dominique Morrison scored 19 points Sunday, leading the Golden Eagles to a 64-42 victory ov...
Dominique Morrison scored 25 points as Oral Roberts defeated Centenary 81-61 on Tuesday night, extending the nation's longest active losing streak to 33 games.Damen ...
Dominique Morrison scored 18 points to lead Oral Roberts past Centenary 78-65 on Saturday night, stretching the Gents’ losing streak to 26 — longest in NCAA Division...
Warren Niles scored 25 points and made all five 3-point attempts as Oral Roberts shot 65 percent from the field and defeated South Dakota State 90-82 on Saturday nig...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Seth Baldwin and Levi Michael both homered in the fifth inning and North Carolina eliminated Oral Roberts with a 12-4 victory Sunday to advanced...
Will Hudson's 22 points and nine rebounds helped Oakland , Mich., survive Oral Roberts for its eighth straight victory, an 88-85 decision Thursday night.Reggie Hamil...
Ben Botts scored 20 points and IPFW repelled a late charge to beat Oral Roberts 76-73 on Tuesday night.Botts made 8 of 9 shots, including all three 3-point attempts,...
Oakland , Mich., scored 20 unanswered points in the first half but had to stave off an Oral Roberts rally Thursday night to remain undefeated in Summit League play, ...
Mike Felt scored 22 points and sank eight consecutive free throws in the closing stretch to lead North Dakota State past Oral Roberts 80-74 on Thursday night.Michael...
Nikola Cvetinovic scored 17 points to lead six Akron players in double figures as the Zips defeated Oral Roberts 84-80 Monday night.The Zips (9-5), who led by as man...
A small airplane that crashed in southeast Kansas was carrying five people with connections to Oral Roberts University to a Christian youth rally in Iowa, a friend o...
The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago -- and through which the retired Penn State assistant football coach met the bo...
The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago — and through which the retired Penn State assistant football coach met the boy...
The Southland Conference will be sending visitation teams to three universities to examine future membership possibilities.The visits to Abilene Christian University...
A small airplane that crashed in southeast Kansas was carrying five people with connections to Oral Roberts University to a Christian youth rally in Iowa, a friend o...
An Oklahoma Marine made the ultimate sacrifice when he pulled a friend out of a fiery plane wreck, saving her life but suffering fatal burns over 90 percent of his b...
Ron Luce didn't recognize the voice of the woman who phoned Friday to say his daughter Hannah was with her, and was fine.Her words didn't make any sense to the Texas...
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