Word: robertses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Colleagues denied that Roberts had any health problems, and he repeated the give-now-or-else plea on his show last week. It was reinforced by his evangelist son Richard, 38, in a mass mailing that contained an entreaty for cash. Wrote Richard: "Let's not let this be my...
Oral Roberts has long aroused controversy, not only during his 21 years as a touring faith healer but in his subsequent career as university president and medical administrator. The death revelation, however, was certainly the oddest of the messages from on high that Roberts has reported since he launched his...
Aides to the evangelist denied that Roberts' sensational new appeal indicated financial problems in his spiritual empire. The ultramodern buildings of the 4,650-student university and adjacent medical complex are largely debt free, but obtaining enough income to keep the enterprises operating has proved difficult. The Tulsa Tribune reported...
The steep costs have been worsened by the low daily average of 125 patients in the 294-bed hospital. A Roberts aide says the hospital (excluding the research center and clinic) operated in the black for the first time last month. To cut costs, 140 of the 1,000 medical...
By some published accounts, contributions plummeted from $88 million in 1980 to $55 million last year. Another index of trouble: Arbitron ratings indicate that Oral Roberts' weekly TV congregation has dropped by more than half since 1977, though that is partly counterbalanced by an added daily show with his son...