Knowra Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1918–2009) was an American Pentecostal evangelist and televangelist who founded Oral Roberts University and the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.
Pentecostalism : A Christian movement emphasizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit, including speaking in tongues and healing. Roberts’s ministry emerged from Pentecostal beliefs and practices.
Divine healing : The belief that God can heal illness through prayer or other spiritual means. Roberts presented healing as a central expression of God’s power.
Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association : The religious organization founded by Oral Roberts to conduct evangelistic and media ministries. It organized the campaigns and broadcasts that carried his message nationally.
Pentecostal television : Television programming produced by Pentecostal churches, evangelists, and ministries. Roberts’s broadcasts helped bring Pentecostal preaching into American homes.
Holiness movement : A Protestant revival movement stressing sanctification and a disciplined Christian life. Its emphasis on spiritual renewal helped shape the religious world Roberts inherited.
Tent revival : A large religious meeting held in a temporary tent, often featuring preaching, music, and prayer. Roberts used tent campaigns to reach crowds before expanding into broadcasting.
Oral Roberts University : A private Christian university in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founded by Oral Roberts in 1963. Roberts built the university as an institutional expression of his Christian mission.
Religious broadcasting : The transmission of religious services, preaching, and programming through mass media. Roberts’s media work became part of a broader transformation in American religious communication.
Healing revival : A postwar Protestant revival in which evangelists held public campaigns centered on divine healing. Roberts became one of its most prominent evangelists after World War II.
Televangelism : The use of television to broadcast religious preaching, worship, or fundraising. Television extended Roberts’s evangelism beyond the crowds at his meetings.
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