page_title: Richard Roberts (evangelist)
section_title: Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Roberts (evangelist) / Career / Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association
caption_attribution_description: English: Richard Roberts and Pat Boone at the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan
context_page_description: Richard Lee Roberts is chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and previously served as president of Oral Roberts University for 15 years.
context_section_description: At 19, Roberts joined his father's ministry and became immediately involved in several areas of the ministry including radio, television and traveling with his father on domestic and international crusades.  His first trip was in December of the same year to Haiti singing with the music team, Oral Roberts Collegians. His first area of responsibility was reorganizing and developing the Collegians music group into the World Action Singers.  Roberts and this group would be featured in the new Sunday morning television program, taped in Los Angeles and prime-time television specials that were taped in different locations around the world. 
  
  Over the next decade Roberts sings on the television programs and produces more than 15 record albums. 
   When not involved in television production Roberts travels the US and around the world performing in concerts and speaking at ministry sponsored events, as the ministry continues to raise funds to complete the building of the University.  In addition, Roberts travels and sings in numerous healing meetings with Kathryn Kuhlman from 1973-1975.Kathryn Kuhlman from 1973-1975. 
  Roberts’ world falls apart after his wife (Patti) files for divorce.  In the book Expect a Miracle, Oral Roberts remembers his son coming to his office devastated, explaining what had just happened, asking what was to become of him and his work in the ministry.  Oral notes that numerous individuals, including close friends and ministers, advised Oral to remove Richard from the Ministry, send him overseas for a number of years and even disown him.  After prayer, Oral believed that God was not through with Richard and he was still to be involved in the ministry.
  Roberts remarries and continues traveling doing concerts and singing on television.  The concerts transform into a combination of music, preaching and ministry events where Roberts is praying for people and people are testifying they have been healed.  In 1982, Roberts holds the first of many international crusades starting with South Africa.  According to the ministry website, oralroberts.com, Roberts has ministered in over 40 countries on six different continents including: Russia, India, Brazil, Australia, Niger, and Indonesia.
  
  Roberts continues holding domestic meetings and ministering on television programs.  In 1984, Roberts begins a live daily one-hour program called Richard Roberts Live that combines ministry, music and special guests such as Richard Kiel, known for his role as Jaws in the James Bond movies and Donna Douglas, best known as Elly May Clampett in the television show The Beverly Hillbillies.
  In 1985, Oral Roberts steps down and Richard Roberts is elected president of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (OREA) by its Board of Directors.   In 1986, Roberts works with his father and helps found the International Charismatic Bible Ministries to support independent churches and ministries and to help expand opportunities for student recruitment for ORU.
  In 1987, Roberts is elected as the executive vice president of Oral Roberts University and is involved in all areas of administration and presides over the ORU chapel services.  During the same time period, Roberts continues daily television, domestic crusades with his father, his own international crusades and speaking at churches and conferences across the country. In 1992, Oral Roberts announces to the Board that he will be stepping down as President of ORU.
caption: Pat Boone Richard Roberts in Japan
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