Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology Volume 3 Article 4 Number 2 Oral Roberts Centennial 2018 Why Oral Roberts Studies? Wonsuk Ma Oral Roberts University,
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[email protected] Introduction y own experience with Oral Roberts University (ORU) is relativelyM short, about two years at this writing. Although I grew up as a Pentecostal believer, later a minister and missionary from Korea, my academic pursuits in Pentecostal studies did not intersect with Oral Roberts (OR). My first attention was to Asian Pentecostalism with an established platform of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Philippines, and Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies.