Hundreds gather for memorial service for TV evangelist, university founder Oral Roberts

Hundreds gather at service for Oral Roberts

TULSA, Okla. — Hundreds of mourners have gathered to remember evangelist Oral Roberts at a service in Tulsa, Okla.

Among the early arrivals for the Monday afternoon memorial service at Oral Roberts University were husband and wife Mark and Paula Sterns, alumni who flew from Dallas for the event. Mark Sterns says Roberts changed their lives forever, adding that 19 members of their families attended the university at some point.

Roberts died last week in California at age 91.

Roberts chartered ORU in 1963 as a place where Pentecostals could live, study and pray together. The school became the first Pentecostal university in the world, taking the fiery brand of Christianity to the mainstream through radio and television.

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of people are waiting to get into the memorial service for evangelist Oral Roberts.

Among the early arrivals for the afternoon service at Oral Roberts University were husband and wife Mark and Paula Sterns, alumni who flew from Dallas for the event. Mark Sterns says Roberts changed their lives forever, adding that 19 members of their families attended the university at some point.

Roberts died last week in California at age 91.

Roberts chartered ORU in 1963 as a place where Pentecostals could live, study and pray together. The school became the first Pentecostal university in the world, taking the fiery brand of Christianity to the mainstream through radio and television.