Religion News Blog » Oral Roberts University http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Trustee gives $1 million to ORU scholarship fund http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23413/oral-roberts-university-oru http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23413/oral-roberts-university-oru#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:42:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23413 Oral Roberts University A trustee of Oral Roberts University and his wife have given a $1 million gift to the school’s scholarship fund that, when matched through a fundraising campaign, will whittle its debt from more than $50 million to around $2.5 million, school officials said Thursday.

The debt grew as the university struggled in 2007 amid lawsuits alleging financial and administrative scandal.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23413/oral-roberts-university-oru/feed 0 Judge tosses fraud claim, but Oral Roberts University lawsuits still alive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23289/oru-lawsuits-oral-robert-university http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23289/oru-lawsuits-oral-robert-university#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23289 Oral Roberts University A Tulsa County district judge dismissed a former Oral Roberts University accountant's claim of fraud Thursday but kept other elements of the lawsuit alive.

In a former student's lawsuit, which also was heard Thursday, the judge made no ruling and set separate hearings in March to continue argument]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23289/oru-lawsuits-oral-robert-university/feed 0 Oral Roberts: Son did nothing wrong in scandal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23271/oral-roberts-university-26 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23271/oral-roberts-university-26#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:54:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23271 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts says he does not think his son, who has been accused of misspending funds at the university the evangelist founded, did anything wrong.

The younger Roberts, a televangelist, was accused along with his wife, Lindsay, of spending money on shopping sprees, home improvements and a stable of horses for their daughters at a time when ORU was badly in debt. Both have denied wrongdoing.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23271/oral-roberts-university-26/feed 0 Suit: Oral Roberts University Funneled $1B a Year http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20580/oral-roberts-university-25 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20580/oral-roberts-university-25#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:51:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20580/oral-roberts-university-25 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20580/oral-roberts-university-25/feed 0 ORU board reborn in new bylaws http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20561/oral-roberts-university-24 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20561/oral-roberts-university-24#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:36:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20561/oral-roberts-university-24 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20561/oral-roberts-university-24/feed 0 ORU gets checks for $62 million http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20500/oral-roberts-university-23 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20500/oral-roberts-university-23#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:28:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20500/oral-roberts-university-23 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20500/oral-roberts-university-23/feed 0 ORU faces a revised lawsuit http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20443/oral-roberts-university-22 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20443/oral-roberts-university-22#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:44:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20443/oral-roberts-university-22 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20443/oral-roberts-university-22/feed 0 Oral Roberts University takes $62M gift http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20364/oru-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20364/oru-4#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:49:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20364/oru-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20364/oru-4/feed 0 Two resign from ORU board of regents http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20328/oral-roberts-university-21 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20328/oral-roberts-university-21#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:25:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20328/oral-roberts-university-21 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20328/oral-roberts-university-21/feed 0 Green’s proposed changes for ORU include power-sharing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20193/oral-roberts-university-20 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20193/oral-roberts-university-20#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:42:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20193/oral-roberts-university-20 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20193/oral-roberts-university-20/feed 0