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Granville Oral Roberts was born January 24, 1918, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the fifth and youngest child of Rev. and Mrs. Ellis M. Roberts. He is proud of his Oklahoma and Indian heritage, and in 1963 he was honored as "Indian of the Year" by the American Indian Exposition. In 1973 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1974 he was named "Oklahoman of the Year" by the American Broadcasters Association. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Centenary College in 1975 and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 1988. He has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in Society, Who's Who in Religion, Current Biography, Contemporary Authors, Webster's American Biographies, New York Times Biography Edition, Biography Index, Celebrity Register, and the World Almanac Book of Who.

Oral Roberts, founder of Oral Roberts University, is recognized as one of the outstanding personalities of his generation. Educator, evangelist, businessman, author, and television personality are among the many titles for which Roberts has gained acclaim.

He received his formal education at Oklahoma Baptist and Phillips universities. In 1947 he resigned his pastorate to enter an evangelistic ministry to pray for the healing of the whole man. Since then he has conducted more than 300 evangelistic and healing crusades on six continents and has appeared as a guest speaker for hundreds of national and international meetings and conventions.

Roberts’ “darling wife” Evelyn, to whom he was married for more than 66 years, went home to be with the Lord on May 4, 2005. Oral and Evelyn Roberts are the parents of four children: the late Mrs. Rebecca Nash, the late Ronald Roberts, Richard Roberts, and Mrs. Roberta Potts. They have 13 grandchildren, one of whom is in heaven, and several great-grandchildren.

I remember in 1986 my family and I went to the Campus of ORU as we had moved to Tulsa to attend RHEMA Bible Training Center, and we were able to walk thru a building on the grounds that was called "Walk Through The Bible Diorama" and it was wonderful starting out in Genesis and going thru Noah's ark it was something to see, the walk is long gone now and I can't seem to even find any pictures of it I guess because of the time and the cost it was to much to maintain, but this is just one of the many innovative ideas that may not have all worked the way he wanted them to but I say thank God for Oral Roberts.

I remember the first time I ever heard Oral Roberts speak in a live meeting the anointing on him was strong as he ministered to the people he made mention of a fact I thought was very powerful he said "only two people have built a a great university and a hospital that is John Hopkins and Oral Roberts this was in 1987.

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The Prayer Tower

I have been to the prayer tower many times and it always proves to be a blessing, many time I would go late at night and sit in the gardens that surround the the tower and pray and walk or just sit in the cool night air and meditate on the things of God, you can feel the anointing here, the air is charged with the atmosphere of long gone days of the tent meeting's of bro. Roberts, but it is still there an under current of revival. 

Some excerpts from ORU website about Oral Roberts Ministry and wikipedia