{"id":3610,"date":"2007-10-18T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/oral-roberts-president-to-take.html"},"modified":"2007-10-18T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T13:30:00","slug":"oral-roberts-president-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/oral-roberts-president-to-take.html","title":{"rendered":"Oral Roberts President to Take Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like Richard Roberts will be stepping down for awhile<\/a>, which seems prudent given the fact that he probably has lost the confidence of the board, students and professors:<\/p>\n

Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts has asked the school’s board of regents for a leave of absence amid accusations of lavish spending at donors’ expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Roberts, 58, said he would continue in his role as chairman and chief executive of Oral Roberts Ministries.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know how long this leave of absence will last, but I fully trust the members of the Board of Regents,” Roberts said in a statement released by the university. “I pray and believe that in God’s timing, and when the Board feels that it is appropriate, I will be back at my post as president.”<\/p>\n

An Oct. 2 lawsuit filed by three former ORU professors says they were wrongfully dismissed and alleges the spending at donors’ expense, including numerous home remodels and a senior trip to the Bahamas for one daughter on the ministry’s dime.<\/p>\n

It also accuses Roberts of illegal involvement in a local political campaign, which would violate the university’s nonprofit status.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The board has accepted his resignation<\/a> and Joe Daughterty, senior pastor of Victory Christian Center will be acting president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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