Oral Roberts Ministries Memorial Service
Evangelist Oral Roberts‘ memorial service was opened to the public at the Oral Roberts University Mabee Center on Monday, Dec. 21st. Roberts died last Tuesday at the age of 91, at his home in Newport Beach, California, with complications of pneumonia. Oral Roberts was the founder of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University (ORU). Photo Slideshow below.
Pat Robertson Opens in Prayer for Oral Roberts Memorial
The service opened with a prayer by Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network. Robertson described Oral Roberts as a man who walked with God but never gave up the common touch.
Tulsa World reports that “Spontaneous hand-clapping broke out during a video that told the Oral Roberts story, sprinkled with tributes from Jerry Lewis, Roy Clark, Coach Eddie Sutton, Jimmy Carter, President George H.W. Bush and other notable people from the world of entertainment, politics and sports.”
Photo credit: Evangelist Pat Robertson gives the opening prayer at a memorial service for evangelist Oral Roberts on the campus of Oral Roberts University on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Roberts died Dec. 15 at the age of 91. (AP Photo/David Crenshaw)
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