Granville Oral Roberts Research Paper

Dr. Charles Stanley was born in Dry Fork, Virginia on September 25, 1932. Charley and Rebecca Stanley became the parents of a baby boy. Nine months after his birth, his father died at the age of 29 leaving his mother to raise their only child. Stanley was married to Anna Stanley and had a son name Andy. After forty years of marriage the couple was divorced. In spite his difficulties and circumstances in life. Stanley dedicated his life to God’s word. At an early age, Stanley made a commitment to serve God and to preach his word.

cancer. When he was 16, Merton’s dad died, and he grew up not practicing any faith.

In 1997, four men were accused of killing 15-year-old John Hartman in Fairbanks, Alaska. The four men were George Frese, Kevin Pease, Eugene Vent, and Marvin Roberts also known as the “Fairbanks Four”. Three of the men are Native Alaskans, and the forth is Native American, which they claim they were wrongfully accused due to racial discrimination and an outdated form of police interrogation. Marvin Roberts is currently out on parole while the other three are sentenced between 38 to 64 years. Since the beginning of the accusations in 1997, the four men denied killing Hartman. Furthermore, in 2012 William Z. Holmes signed an affidavit stating him and four of his classmates beat up Hartman after driving around town looking for trouble. If the

Rory Coleman is only two of 40 spring walk-on tryouts to make the UCF football team. Before arriving to UCF and stepping on the football field to earn his uniform however, Coleman found himself on entirely different field in an entirely different uniform.

Prior to the establishment of New Breakthrough, Apostle Coleman served at the Trinity Deliverance Church. Under the leadership of the late Apostle V. Benjamin Washington he became a licensed minister in 1983. In January of 1993, Apostle Coleman became an ordained

Throughout John Robertson life, it was his friends, family and his search for spiritual fulfillment that would play a major role in his life. Returning from the war fighting for the Confederates, John would start a new life as a seeker. “But it was not riches he sought, nor was it adventure. Although he was only eighteen, he had seen, as a rebel soldier and home guardsman, all the excitement, and danger he cared to see” (Ash location 903). So he decided to attend a Baptist church not far from

Dr. Ron Crandall holds a doctoral degree in Pastoral Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He retired in 2008 from Ashbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, where he was a professor of evangelism and practical theology. He has served as an Elder in the United Methodist Church and is now the Executive Director of ABIDE. ABIDE the program that he helped come up with to revitalize churches. Crandall has researched and written in the areas of evangelism, leadership, and church growth. He is best known for WITNESS: Learning to Share Your Christian Faith, and Turnaround And Beyond: A Hopeful Future for Small Membership Churches.

Born on March 29, 1962, in Linden, Alabama, just 90 miles outside of Montgomery, Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was the tenth of twelfth offspring born to William and Louivery Abernathy. His family was more fortunate than most due to the fact they owned a 500 acre farm, which provided a certain measure of independence. Abernathy exhibited evidence of inheriting his father’s spiritual and leadership skills by joining the church at the age of 7 and serving in the army during World War II at the age of 18, where he quickly earned the rank of sergeant. After serving in the war, Abernathy attended Alabama state college, where his political awareness began to flourish. He was elected as president of his student council and led protests to secure suitable student living conditions and quality food in the dormitories. He then graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1950 and also achieved religious training by obtaining a masters degree in sociology from Atlanta University. Remaining committed to church and education, Abernathy became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where he met his wife Juanita Odessa Jones and he became Dean of Men at Alabama State University at the young age of 26.

As the Christ-centered Leader of one of the fastest growing Church’s in Houston, Texas, pastor Keion (pastor k.) Dwayne Henderson is No stranger to change or Leadership. He has grown his church by over 3,500% in less than five years. He has spent countless hours preaching the gospel to audiences in the USA, London, Africa, and around the World via television. Pastor k. has become both a pillar of Faith and a beacon of hope for all who hear his message. Pastor Henderson was called to Ministry in 1995 at the age of 14, just Prior to his freshman year of high School. He attended Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne in his home state of Indiana where he distinguished himself as an athlete and campus leader. During his high school Career he won

Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr. was born on November 27, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Lucile Robinson and Jesse Ernest Wilkins Sr. His mother had a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago and was a school teacher. His father was a lawyer, even though he had his Bachelor’s in Mathematics from the University of Chicago, he later became the President of the Cook County bar association and Assistant Secretary of Labor by president Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Eisenhower administration, he became the first African American to hold a sub-cabinet position in the U.S. government. Wilkin’s grandfather was also notable for founding St. Mark Methodist Church in New York City. Living up to his parents’ expectations, Jesse Ernest Wilkins

As his life began, Robert Matthews seemed to have had the makings of a radical, religious man. In 1788, he was born into the religious New England Scottish town of Colia, where his family belonged to a Scottish Presbyterian sect known as the Anti-Burgher Secession Church. As a young boy, he began with odd visions and dreams that he claimed where to be from God, “In 1835, an enterprising Manhattan journalist disclosed that, as a boy, Robert Matthews had his own conversations with supernatural spirits and impressed his friends with feats of clairvoyance (56).”

The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. A. J. Smith Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008.

Patricia Bath is an African American woman who was called to” make the blind see”, a gift and anointing that could only be imparted by God himself. Patricia at a young age had an interest in science. Her mother who took notice of her interest and purchased a chemistry set for her and reinforced the pursuit of education. Her father, who was a newspaper columnist, taught Bath about the importance of exploring the world and new cultures. While developing and obtaining knowledge her craft and her academic career led her to meet professional people and obtain victories that “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (I Corinthians 2:9).

“The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole” starts off by saying “When I was a young, I had very early Convictions.” Cole became excited when he heard news that George Whitefield was arriving to preach just a few miles down the road. Although many colonists were completely stunned by Whitefield’s looks and demeanor, his sermons were what really changed Cole’s and many other colonists’ life for the better. Cole says “And my hearing him preach, gave me a heart wound; By God’s blessing: my old Foundation was broken up, and I saw that my righteousness would not save me.” This event was one of The Great Awakening’s proudest times as George Whitefield was a prime figure in this movement.

On April 1, 1950, he gave at speech at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. At two o'clock in the morning, he left the city with three other doctors in the car, to travel back home after an exhausting day. He fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road. He