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Granville Oral Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009〔) was an American Methodist-Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University. As one of the most well-known and controversial American religious leaders of the 20th century, Roberts's preaching emphasized ''seed-faith''. His ministries reached millions of followers worldwide spanning a period of over six decades.〔 His healing ministry and bringing American Pentecostalism into the mainstream had the most impact, but he also pioneered TV evangelism and laid the foundations of the prosperity gospel and abundant life teachings. The breadth and style of his ministry, including his widely publicized funding appeals, made him a consistent subject of contention among critics and supporters.〔 ==Early life== Granville Oral Roberts was born on January 24, 1918, in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the fifth and youngest child of the Reverend Ellis Melvin Roberts and Claudius Priscilla Roberts (née Irwin) (d. 1974). According to an interview on ''Larry King Live'', Irwin was of Cherokee descent. Roberts was a card-carrying member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://centralca.cherokee.org/ )〕 Roberts began life in poverty and nearly died of tuberculosis at age 17. After finishing high school, Roberts studied for two years each at Oklahoma Baptist University and Phillips University. In 1938 he married a preacher's daughter, Evelyn Lutman Fahnestock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10919187 )〕 Roberts became a traveling faith healer after ending his college studies without a degree. According to a ''TIME Magazine'' profile of 1972, Roberts originally made a name for himself with a large mobile tent "that sat 3,000 on metal folding chairs" where "he shouted at petitioners who did not respond to his healing." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oral Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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