Roberts Liardon wears many hats, including author, public speaker, spiritual leader, friend, church historian and agent for justice and societal change. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Valentine’s Day. As the first male child born at Oral Roberts University—a large charismatic Christian college in the Midwest—his mother named him in honor of the university founder, Oral Roberts. In the intervening years, Roberts became one of the most recognized and sought after Christian authors and orators of the 20th century, selling over 6,000,000 books worldwide in over 50 languages. As the 21st century continues dawning, Roberts has been seeking God and making new friends around the world. He sees new challenges, paradigm shifts, and fresh direction in his life and in the global community at large.

Roberts got started in his vocation early in life, giving his first public address at his grandparents’ church in North Carolina at the age of thirteen. Not too long after, he began a lifelong love of words. By the time he was eighteen, spiritual communities and organizations from around the world were inviting him to share his life and message. His passion and burden catapulted Roberts into the public eye, which has proved to be a respectable burden of great responsibility.

After several years of experience sharing God’s love and hope, Roberts began to realize the value of spiritual pioneers of times past. His personal speaking and ministering life became highlighted with a new accent: researching and sharing about fascinating men and women from bygone eras. This has manifested in a church history lecture tour, the publication of rare spoken messages from Christian leaders from the past, and an acclaimed book and DVD series, God’s Generals, which has become one of the best-selling church history series of all time. Roberts is counted as one of today’s most popular church history communicators.
Growth and Change

Roberts Liardon has always found his center and confidence in the good news of Jesus Christ, but he’s always felt an acute discomfort when faced with the prospect of living life in a religious ghetto. Because of this, his life’s journey has taken him to over 100 nations around the world, seeing the image of God in each person he encounters. Equally at home with kings and religious leaders as with slum lords from the Philippines, Roberts enjoys his neighbors in California as much as having audience with former President Ronald Reagan, former Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher, and Billy Graham. Because of this versatility and willingness to spend time with “whosoever,” his notoriety has increased outside the boundaries of conventional Christendom.

You can find out more about Roberts on his website: www.robertsliardon.org