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	ORAL ROBERTS
		Oral Roberts stated that he received a revelation from God (when he claimed to have seen the 900 foot tall Jesus Christ), and that Jesus Christ specifically told him to build the City of Faith and that it would be successful.
		Oral Roberts' claim is that God's definition of success is failure and the merging of His "healing streams" into the world is to build and then close down hospitals, medical training and research centers.
		Oral Roberts claimed direct revelation from God regarding Jim Bakker's innocence, in relation to words he gave in his defense of Jim Bakker against the Assemblies of God denomination, Jimmy Swaggart (before his two-time falls), and the Charlotte Observer newspaper who were involved in the disclosure of Jim Bakker's illegal financial dealings.
	www.ondoctrine.com /10robero.htm (3307 words)

	Oral Roberts
		Born in Ponototoc County,Oklahoma, Roberts was reared in abject poverty, the son of a Pentacostal Holiness preacher.
		Roberts success in false healing fake evangelism, thrust him to the leadership of a generation of revivalists who took their heretical messege of fake divine healing around the world after 1947.
		Oral Roberts emphasis on "Seed Faith" teachings is a departure from biblical faith, which relies on human psychology and pragmatic subjectivism, NOT based on the revealed will of God in scripture.
	www.gospelgrace.com /falseprophets/oralroberts/OralRoberts.html (3139 words)

	Oral Roberts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oral Roberts, B.A., M.Div, LL.D., founder of Oral Roberts University, is recognized as one of the outstanding personalities of his generation.
		Roberts is the founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
		Roberts was born January 24, 1918, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the fifth and youngest child of Rev. and Mrs.
	www.oru.edu /university/campus/history/oral (692 words)

	Oral Roberts - Founder and Chancellor
		Oral Roberts, B.A., M.Div, LL.D., founder of Oral Roberts University, is recognized as one of the outstanding personalities of his generation.
		Roberts is the founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, a non-profit evangelistic ministry now under the leadership of his son, Richard Roberts.
		Roberts was born January 24, 1918, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the fifth and youngest child of Rev. and Mrs.
	orm.cc /oral (565 words)

	Oral Roberts breaks his hip in fall - Boston.com
		Roberts was taken in an ambulance to a hospital, where he was expected to undergo surgery.
		His son, Richard Roberts, was informed by a physician that the hip injury was a clean break and a full recovery is expected, the release said.
		Roberts is widely known for his evangelistic crusades that have been hosted in six continents, and for founding Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, where more than 5,000 students are enrolled.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/03/25/oral_roberts_breaks_his_hip_in_fall (157 words)

	Oral Roberts University - A Christian College, based in Tulsa Oklahoma.
		Oral Roberts University - A Christian College, based in Tulsa Oklahoma.
		TULSA—Oral Roberts University golfers Jessica Gibson (Tulsa, Okla.) and Sharon McAlpine (Ft. Worth, Texas) have been named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar team, it was announced on Wednesday.
		Former Oral Roberts University track national champion Andretti Bain earned a spot on the 2008 Bahamas Olympic squad by finishing second in the 400 meters at the Scotia Bank Bahamas Olympic Trials, Saturday at Thomas Robbins Stadium in Nassau.
	www.oru.edu (165 words)

	Oral Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma as Granville "Oral" Roberts, the fifth and youngest child of the Rev. Ellis M. and Claudia (----) Roberts.
		He later founded Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1963, stating he was obeying a command from God.
		In 1980, Oral Roberts said he had a vision of a 900-foot-tall Jesus who encouraged him to continue the construction of his City of Faith Medical and Research Center, which opened in 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oral_Roberts (598 words)

	Exposed!: Unmasking the Agenda of the Radical Religious Right: Dismantling the Constitution of the United States of ...
		Roberts and his wife, who had both grown up in poverty, had become involved with a denomination that believed that in order to be truly Christian, one had to be poor.
		Roberts claimed that God told him that 10 months ago that he had one year to raise $8 million dollars or God was going to "call him home." Roberts said he had already raised $3.5 million of that and only needed to raise $4.5 million more.
		Oral Roberts: Founder of ORU[Note: This is on the Oral Roberts Ministries homepage.
	rainbowsendpress.com /exposed/roberts.html (1986 words)

	Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts University - USATODAY.com
		Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations in a lawsuit that threatens to engulf this 44-year-old Bible Belt college in scandal.
		Richard Roberts is accused of illegal involvement in a local political campaign and lavish spending at donors' expense, including numerous home remodeling projects, use of the university jet for his daughter's senior trip to the Bahamas, and a red Mercedes convertible and a Lexus SUV for his wife, Lindsay.
		Roberts — who is a member of the board of regents and is referred to as ORU's "first lady" on the university's website — frequently had cell-phone bills of more than $800 per month, with hundreds of text messages sent between 1 a.m.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2007-10-05-oral-roberts-univ_N.htm (976 words)

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		Oral Roberts was born in 1973 and grew up on the beautiful island of Trinidad, West Indies.
		Oral began to write reggae and calypso gospel songs and knew that God had a specific plan for his life.
		Oral said, "The power of God came down, as I gave my testimony and I prayed with young people, who were going through the same things I went through.
	www.bangtheory.biz /oralroberts.asp (348 words)

	Wife of evangelist Oral Roberts (Evelyn) dies Please pray a prayer for their family :: World's Largest Prayer Board ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Evelyn Roberts died a day after she fell in the parking lot of a dentist’s office, striking her head on the pavement and causing massive internal bleeding, said Jeremy Burton, a spokesman for Tulsa-based Oral Roberts University.
		Oral and Evelyn Roberts married more than 66 years ago, and she worked with her husband to build his television ministry and university.
		Evelyn was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca Ann and Marshall Nash, and a son, Ronald David Roberts, a sister, Ruth Swank and a brother, Bob Fahnestock and one grandson.
	www.annointed.net /Article875.html (765 words)

	Oral Roberts Biography (Evangelist) — Infoplease.com
		Oral Roberts was the first evangelist to lead large televised revivals in which worshipers claimed to be miraculously healed.
		Roberts pastored churches from 1941 to 1947, then became a full-time traveling preacher, holding revivals in tents seating as many as 18,000.
		His fame grew with the 1965 opening and 1971 accreditation of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an academic institution with Pentecostal convictions.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/oralroberts.html (494 words)

	Tulsa World: ORU Lawsuit
		Roberts says in his court filing that he did not employ former professors Tim and Paulita Brooker, so he cannot be sued for their alleged wrongful termination.
		Oral Roberts University and its president's wife, Lindsay Roberts, issued written statements Saturday saying that claims and accusations added to a lawsuit Friday are untrue.
		Roberts is the founder of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
	www.tulsaworld.com /webextra/content/2007/oru-lawsuit/default.html (1883 words)

	Oral Roberts University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oral Roberts University or ORU, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the largest charismatic Christian university in the world.
		Oral Roberts helped pioneer the concept of "Seed Faith." Coming from a rural farming area, Roberts associated personal acts of God as a result of previous investment into God's will, like a plant grows from the investment of a seed.
		Oral Roberts University is a member of the Mid-Continent Conference, and the men's basketball team, coached by Scott Sutton, went to the 2006 NCAA tournament as the #16 seed, but lost in the first round to #1 seeded Memphis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oral_Roberts_University (1248 words)

	cbs4.com - Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts Resigns Amid Scandal
		Roberts and the university have come under fire since a lawsuit was filed by three former professors last month.
		Roberts, son of school founder and televangelist Oral Roberts, had been on temporary leave from the evangelical university, fighting the accusations against him.
		Roberts publicly endorsed Miller, but said then that he was doing so as a private citizen and not as an ORU representative.
	cbs4.com /national/OralRoberts.president.resigns.2.594512.html (840 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Oral Roberts expected to recover from fall at SoCal home
		TULSA, Okla. – University founder and evangelist Oral Roberts is expected to recover from surgery to repair a broken hip he suffered in a fall at his home near Palm Springs, Calif., his son said.
		Roberts fell Thursday night while walking to the kitchen of his Southern California home, where he had been watching NCAA basketball, officials said.
		Roberts is widely known for his evangelistic crusades that have been hosted in six continents, and for founding the Tulsa university, where more than 5,000 students are enrolled.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20060325-0131-oralroberts-injury.html (340 words)

	ORAL ROBERTS AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING FALSE ... A reprinting of a letter sent to Oral Roberts regarding statements he ...
		One year after TV evangelist Oral Roberts raised $8.7 million by saying God would "call me home" unless he found money for full medical scholarships at his university, the money is gone and the scholarship students might have to foot bills up to $71,000 each.
		Robert's son, Richard, yesterday called the charges of misrepresentation "baloney" and "absolutely false." He said his father had made clear during his appeal last year that the money would be used "to operate the medical school for one year.
		Oral, if this letter seems to hit you hard, please believe that it was written in a spirit of love and concern for your spiritual welfare.
	www.believersweb.org /view.cfm?ID=556 (3850 words)

	Oral Roberts' son denies he misspent school funds - CNN.com
		The Roberts defended themselves against the suit's allegations, including one accusation that the family used a university jet to send one of their daughters and her friends on a trip to the Bahamas.
		Richard Roberts said his daughter and her friends accompanied him on a preaching trip to Florida and the Bahamas, aimed at recruiting students to ORU.
		Lindsay Roberts said she routinely allows her daughters and their friends to use her cell phone, and it was likely the messages were from them to other youths.
	www.cnn.com /2007/US/law/10/10/oru.suit/index.html (1024 words)

	Oral Roberts Kin: We've Done No Wrong, Oral Roberts Says Outside Contractor Will Probe Allegations Of Impropriety - CBS ...
		Oral Roberts was surprised by allegations that the university he founded is being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said in his first public comments on the case.
		Roberts phoned CNN's "Larry King Live" on Tuesday to weigh in on the accusations leveled in a lawsuit by three professors who claim they were fired from Oral Roberts University for questioning the school's spending and students' involvement in a political campaign.
		The younger Roberts also said a Bahamas trip that the professors describe as his daughter's senior vacation was a business trip, and that his daughter and others accompanied him as part of a university recruiting effort.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/10/10/national/main3351446.shtml (560 words)

	Oral Roberts President Exits Amid Scandal, Richard Roberts To Take Leave After Being Accused Of Lavish Spending At ...
		Richard Roberts, son of Oral Roberts, is under investigation for misusing funds from the university his father began.
		Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked the school's board of regents for a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.
		Oral Roberts, 89, said last week that the allegations against his family had blindsided him, "but we have been through some tough experiences in building Oral Roberts University in the 1960s, and we have surprised them all and have built a university that we believe is for the glory of God."
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/10/17/national/main3377995.shtml (912 words)

	The Life And Ministry Of Oral Roberts
		Oral protested: `Billy you can't afford to have me pray.' As they rode, Billy told Oral that he and Cliff Barrows had visited a Roberts campaign in Florida a few months before, slipping in and out unnoticed, and they had been blessed by it.
		Roberts was content to be a member of the Methodist Church even though a scientific survey taken at that time showed that only about 50 percent of the Methodist clergy accepted the resurrection of Christ as a historical fact.
		Oral `dispatched' the angel to bring the `poor, needy and the sick' to the City of Faith, opening the hospital to indigent patients.
	cnview.com /on_line_resources/the_life_and_ministry_of_oral_roberts.htm (4578 words)

	ABC News: Oral Roberts President Steps Aside
		Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked for and was granted a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.
		Richard Roberts, president and chief executive officer of Oral Roberts University, is shown in...
		Roberts asked the school's board of regents Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 for a temporary leave of absence, three weeks after a lawsuit accused his family of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a local political campaign.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=3741430 (544 words)

	Oral Roberts University president quits amid lawsuit - CNN.com
		Roberts' decision was effective immediately and came as the school fought a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by three professors who accused him and his wife of misconduct.
		Roberts and his wife, Lindsay, have denied the allegations.
		The suit also claimed Oral Roberts University gave a "convicted sexual deviant unrestricted access to students" and evidence in the case had been shredded -- charges the university has denied.
	www.cnn.com /2007/US/11/23/roberts.resignation/index.html (377 words)

	GM Futurliner - Cathedral Cruiser - Oral Roberts Ministries
		He inquired at the library as to the validity of the story that Oral Roberts had used a Futurliner in his crusades.
		Oral Roberts renamed the Futurliner the Cathedral Cruiser and converted it into a multipurpose vehicle that served as a bus, presentation stage, living quarters and truck.
		The articles that were given to us from the archives of the Oral Roberts University Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma, thanks to the visit of Futurliner volunteer Howard Sullivan, describe the Cathedral Cruiser as being used in places such as Mexico, Central, South America and in the southwest United States.
	www.futurliner.com /oralroberts.htm (438 words)

	ABC News: Faith Tested at Oral Roberts University
		Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla., a school built on faith, is now having its faith tested.
		The professors' lawsuit alleges that Roberts took money from the university's coffers and remodeled his family home 11 times in 14 years, spent more than $26,000 on his daughter's senior trip and even required university employees to complete her homework.
		Roberts is the son of Oral Roberts, who started his namesake's ministry in Southern tent revivals and grew it into one of America's largest evangelical empires.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/story?id=3706360 (442 words)

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