Richard Roberts (evangelist)
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| Born |
Richard Lee Roberts November 12, 1948 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Residence | Sarasota, Florida |
| Education | Bachelor's degree in communication arts, Oral Roberts University 1985; master's degree, Oral Roberts University(School of Theology and Missions) 1992; Doctor of Ministry, Oral Roberts University, 2002 |
| Occupation | Evangelist, broadcaster, educator |
| Salary | $330,014 |
| Title | President and CEO of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association |
| Predecessor | Oral Roberts |
| Spouse(s) | Lindsay Roberts Patti Thompson (divorced) |
| Children | Christi, Juli, Richard Oral (deceased 1984), Jordan, Olivia and Chloe |
| Parent(s) |
Oral Roberts (deceased) Evelyn Roberts (deceased) |
| Website | http://www.oralroberts.com/ |
Richard Lee Roberts (born November 12, 1948) is chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and previously served as president of Oral Roberts University (ORU) for 15 years.
Richard Lee Roberts was born on November 12, 1948, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of evangelist Granville Oral Roberts (died 2009) and school teacher Evelyn Lutman Roberts (died 2005). The third born of four Roberts children, he had an older sister, Rebecca Ann, who along with her husband, Marshall Nash, was killed in a plane crash in 1977, and an older brother, Ronald David, who died in 1982 in what was determined to be suicide. Robert's younger sister, Roberta Jean Potts, is a practicing attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
As a young boy, Roberts watched his father travel the United States and the world conducting healing meetings where he would preach and pray for the sick. At times, his father and mother were gone for periods as long as six weeks. When school permitted, Roberts accompanied his father on trips and dreamed of having a healing ministry of his own; many times walking by his side as his father prayed for people in the "invalid tent". During the portions of the services where people were getting prayed for, Roberts was often standing on his chair clapping when people were healed.
At a young age, Roberts’s music talent was evident to those around him.
At the age of 5 he had his first public performance at an Oral Roberts crusade in Baltimore, Maryland, standing on a chair in front of several thousand people singing "I Believe." Also at an early age, his father began to teach him the game of golf. With his first swing of the club, while in their front yard, he sent a ball right through the living room window of their home. In his book, Expect A Miracle My Life and Ministry by Oral Roberts, Oral talks about the bond they gained through the game of golf. Roberts eventually became an excellent golfer and played with notable celebrities.
Though drawn to ministry, Roberts was made uncomfortable by all the attention his father received. He was often teased by classmates and even teachers, and even got into fights about his father. "I came home from school many a day with my shirt torn and my nose bloodied from being in fights with the other kids who made fun of me, my dad and the healing ministry of Jesus Christ." As a teenager, with the negative press his father was receiving and pressure from his father to sing at crusades, he began to pull away from involvement with his father’s ministry and began pursuing other talents and interests, such as singing.
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