Televangelist Oral Roberts dead at 91


TV evangelist Oral Roberts has died at the age of 91, a day after he was hospitalized following a fall at his California home.

Roberts was a pioneer in televangelism, with his first revivals broadcast in 1955. Roberts founded Oral Roberts University in 1963, and served as president of the school until 1993. USA Today posted the following comment from Roberts’ son Richard Roberts:

“Oral Roberts was the greatest man of God I’ve ever known,” said his son, Richard Roberts, according to Tulsa TV station KTUL. “A modern-day apostle of the healing ministry, an author, educator, evangelist, prophet, and innovator, he was the only man of his generation to build a worldwide ministry, an accredited university, and a medical school.”

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