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'''Oral Roberts''' (born [[January 24]], [[1918]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Charismatic]] [[Christian]] [[evangelist]].

He was born in [[Pontotoc County, Oklahoma]] as Granville "Oral" Roberts, the fifth and youngest child of Rev. and Mrs. Ellis M. Roberts. His mother was 1/4 Cherokee

He left high school and his further education consists of about two years of college study undertaken at Bible schools in [[Oklahoma]] on a part-time basis. In [[1938]], he married a preacher's daughter, Evelyn Lutman Fahnestock. Their marriage lasted 66 years until her death on [[May 4]], [[2005]]. They expanded his preaching in tents to preaching on radio, and eventually on television, with a vast viewership. He has written more than 120 books, including his autobiography, ''Expect a Miracle'', and ''Miracle of Seed-Faith.''