Charles Edward Blake Sr. is an American minister and retired pastor who served as the Presiding Bishop and leader of the Church of God in Christ,a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination,that has now grown to become one of the largest predominantly African American Pentecostal denominations in the United States,from 2007 to 2021. On March 21,2007,he became the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ,Inc.,as a result of Presiding Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson's death. In a November 2007 special election,he was elected to complete the unexpired term of his predecessor as Presiding Bishop. In November 2008,Bishop Blake was re-elected to serve a four-year term as Presiding Bishop. In November 2012,Bishop Blake was re-elected again to serve a four-year term as the Presiding Bishop. He was reelected to a third term as Presiding Bishop on November 15,2016. On October 23,2020,Bishop Blake announced that he would not seek a re-election as Presiding Bishop nor as a member of the General Board and that he would retire from the Office of Presiding Bishop and from the General Board in 2021. He officially retired on March 19,2021,and was succeeded by Bishop J. Drew Sheard,Sr. as Presiding Bishop on March 20,2021.
Granville Oral Roberts was an American Charismatic Christian televangelist,who was one of the first to propagate Prosperity Gospel Theology. He was ordained in the Pentecostal Holiness Church until 1947 and in the United Methodist church briefly in the 1960’s. He is considered one of the forerunners of the charismatic movement,and at the height of his career was one of the most recognized preachers in the US. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University.
The Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) is an interdenominational fellowship of Pentecostal and charismatic churches and denominations in North America,existing for the purpose of promoting cooperation and understanding. It is a successor to the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America (PFNA). PCCNA headquarters are in Los Angeles,California.
Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Founded in 1963,the university is named after its founder,Charismatic Christian preacher Oral Roberts.
Billy Eugene Self Jr. is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level and has been the coach of the Jayhawks since 2003.
Harold Vinson Synan was an American historian,author,and alliance leader within the Pentecostal movement. Synan published a total of 25 books,a majority related to Holiness,Pentecostal,and Charismatic movements. He served as General Secretary of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church and later as Chair of the North American Renewal Service Committee from 1985 to 2001. From 1994 - 2006 he served as Dean of the School of Divinity at Regent University in Virginia Beach,Virginia. In 2016,Synan moved back to Tulsa,Oklahoma,to re-join the faculty of Oral Roberts University as Interim Dean of the College of Theology and Ministry,where he served for two years. Following that he served as Scholar in Residence at Oral Roberts University where he worked closely with William M. Wilson,the president of ORU,the World Pentecostal Fellowship,and Empowered21.
Jesse Duplantis is an American preacher from the Christian Evangelical Charismatic movement. He is based in New Orleans,Louisiana,U.S.,and the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries.
Ronald Allan Luce,(born July 11,1961) is the co-founder and president of Teen Mania Ministries which was located in Garden Valley,Texas. Together with his wife Katie,Ron founded Teen Mania in 1986 and led the organization until its bankruptcy in 2015. Luce is now CEO of a new ministry called Generation Next.
Sean Patrick Sutton is an American college basketball coach who last served as an advisor for Texas Tech. Sutton served as the head men's basketball coach Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 2006 to 2008. As a college player and coach,Sutton has been part of over 400 victories,with 391 coming as a coach. As of April 2012,Sean has 39 wins as a head coach at Oklahoma State and 352 as an assistant coach at Mississippi,Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts. In 22 seasons,Sutton has played or coached in 23 NCAA Tournament victories. Oklahoma State advanced to the Final Four in 1995 and 2004 while Sutton was an assistant coach. Also,in 22 seasons as a player or coach,Sutton's teams have participated in postseason play 19 times.
Billy Joe Daugherty was founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa,Oklahoma. He was also the founder of Victory Christian School,Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center. Nine hundred and eighty Victory Bible Institutes have been started in eighty-five countries around the world. He was also briefly the interim president of Oral Roberts University. He graduated from Magnolia High School in Magnolia,Arkansas in 1970.
Richard Lee Roberts is an American television evangelist and faith healer who serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. He previously served fifteen years as the president of Oral Roberts University.
GEB Network is a digital satellite television network,which airs primarily Christian and family programming. Oral Roberts founded it in 1996. GEB is owned by Oral Roberts University and is headquartered in Tulsa,Oklahoma.
Brian C. Stiller is Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance,the global association which represents some 600 million Evangelical Protestants. He is the author of fourteen books.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in Tulsa,in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The team participates in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane are led by head coach Eric Konkol,hired from Louisiana Tech on March 21,2022,to replace Frank Haith who had resigned.
Mart Green is the founder and CEO of Mardel Christian &Education and of Every Tribe Every Nation,and an heir to the Hobby Lobby family of companies founded by his father David Green.
Myles Munroe,was a Bahamian evangelist and ordained minister,professor,author,speaker and leadership consultant. He founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI),and Myles Munroe International (MMI). He was also the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International Third World Leaders Association,and president of the International Leadership Training Institute. Dr Myles Munroe was known for a lot of written books as well.
Mark Rutland is a missionary,evangelist,ordained minister of the International Ministerial Fellowship,and founder of Global Servants,formerly known as the Trinity Foundation. and the House of Grace. He was the third president of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Prior to his election as president of Oral Roberts University,Rutland served as the president of Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God in Lakeland,Florida,from 1999 to 2009. Additionally he has served as pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Orlando,Florida,and as an Associate Pastor at Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta,Georgia. Global Servants is an organization centered on missions and evangelism around the world. The House of Grace is a home for tribal girls threatened by sexual slavery in Chiang Rai City,Thailand. He also has a thirty-minute syndicated radio program titled Herald of Joy. Rutland is married to Alison Rutland and has three children.
Trevor Lloyd Grizzle is a Jamaican academic and professor of New Testament Studies at Oral Roberts University.
Kenneth Franklin Trickey Sr. was an American basketball and baseball coach,best known for his two stints as the head coach for the men's basketball team at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa,Oklahoma. He was especially remembered for ORU's high-scoring "run and gun" teams of the early 1970s,which helped the young,small school attain national attention and competitive success,including a spot in the Elite Eight in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. After his death in 2012,the Tulsa World called him "one of the most influential and colorful characters in this state’s basketball history".
Dana Lewis is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Lewis was selected as the 12th overall pick in the 1971 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but spent his professional career in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) and the Philippines.
