Oral Roberts (1918–2009) was a preacher, revivalist, healer, radio and television evangelist, and university founder. He is one of the most consequential figures in the development of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. His story is emblematic of changes that occurred from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Roberts was part of a post-World War II generation of American Christians that no longer wanted to perpetuate the small, sectarian congregations they had been raised in. Through accommodating hi…