Yesterday marked the passing of well-known evangelist Oral Roberts; he was 91. Oral Roberts made an indelible mark on evangelical Christianity, not only in his home town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he erected his eponymous University, but around the world.
The Takeaway talks to Dr. Mark Rutland, the current President of Oral Roberts University, about the legacy Roberts leaves behind.
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What killed Oral Roberts?
See:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/dc-legalizes-gay-marriage-oral-roberts-drops-dead/
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