Oral Roberts Biography

Oral Roberts biography

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NAME: Granville Oral Roberts
OCCUPATION: Evangelist
BIRTH DATE: January 24, 1918
DEATH DATE: December 15, 2009
EDUCATION: Oklahoma Baptist College

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ada, Oklahoma
PLACE OF DEATH: Newport Beach, California

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Radio and television evangelist Oral Roberts believed he had direct communications from God. In 1963, he founded Oral Roberts University.

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Oral Roberts was born to a Pentecostal preacher on January 24, 1918, near Ada, Oklahoma. Roberts followed his father’s footsteps and became a pastor, building up the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He studied at Oklahoma Baptist College and in the late 1940s, he began to claim direct communications from God. In 1963, he founded Oral Roberts University where he served as chancellor. He died in 2009.