Televangelist and faith healer Oral Roberts dead at 91

Oral Roberts (pictured), a pioneer in televangelism and founder of a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91.

His “faith healing” ministry began early in his career.

He gave up a local pastorate in Enid in 1947 to enter an evangelistic ministry in Tulsa to pray for the healing of the whole person - the body, mind and spirit. The philosophy led many to call him a "faith healer," a label he rejected with the comment: "God heals - I don't."

His ministry hit upon rocky times in the 1980s. There was controversy over his City of Faith medical center, a $250 million investment that eventually folded, and Roberts' widely ridiculed proclamation that God would "call me home" if he failed to meet a fundraising goal of $8 million.

A law school he founded also folded.

He once even claimed to raise a child from the dead.

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