http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23980/prosperity-teacher-oral-roberts-dies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23980/prosperity-teacher-oral-roberts-dies#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:20:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23980 Oral Roberts, the Pentecostal evangelist whose televised faith-healing ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide and made him one of the most recognizable and controversial religious leaders of the 20th century, died Tuesday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 91.

He was the patriarch of the “prosperity gospel,” a scam that promotes the idea that Christians who pray and donate with sufficient fervency will be rewarded with health, wealth and happiness. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23980/prosperity-teacher-oral-roberts-dies/feed 0 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 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 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19717/oral-roberts-university-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19717/oral-roberts-university-12#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:37:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19717/oral-roberts-university-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19717/oral-roberts-university-12/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2628/oral-history http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2628/oral-history#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2003 01:21:43 +0000 Editor http:/?p=2628 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2628/oral-history/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1882/oral-roberts-suffers-heart-attack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1882/oral-roberts-suffers-heart-attack#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:25:56 +0000 Editor http:/?p=1882 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1882/oral-roberts-suffers-heart-attack/feed 0