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Legendary evangelist Oral Roberts dies
Legendary evangelist Oral Roberts died today, Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Newport Beach, Calif., due to complications from pneumonia, according Tulsa World.
The 91-year-old is the founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University.
Roberts’ son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side, according to a press release.
“Oral Roberts was the greatest man of God I’ve ever known,” Richard Roberts said. “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.”
A public memorial service is being planned in Tulsa, Okla.
The televangelist was hospital Saturday after falling at his home in California.
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By Lisa
December 15, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this
The good Lord has taken him home. He is in the arms of the heavenly father. Well deserved right of passage for a very devoted servant.
By Lisa
December 15, 2009 3:42 PM | Link to this
The good Lord has taken him home. He is in the arms of the heavenly father. Well deserved right of passage for a very devoted servant.