Healing evangelist Oral Roberts founded the school in 1963, claiming
God had given him the following commission:The first students enrolled in 1965. In 1981, the City of Faith Medical and Research Center opened. It closed in 1989 due to
financial problems and is now rented as commercial office space under the name CityPlex. Richard
Roberts, Oral's son, was named President in 1993. Oral currently resides in
California.