Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University or ORU, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, is the largest charismatic Christian university in the world. The school has an enrollment of over 5,000 students from every state in the US and attracts a significant number of international students.

Unique architecture

Futuristic architecture trims the campus. The Avenue of Flags is the main entrance to Oral Roberts University, and is lined with lighted flags representing more than 50 nations from which ORU students have come. The centerpiece of the Avenue of Flags is the 60 ft (18.2 m), 30 ton Praying Hands, the largest bronze structure in the world. The main campus building, the 900,000 square feet (80,000 m²) John D. Messick Learning Resource Center / Marajen Chinigo Graduate Center, is styled after King Solomon's Temple. The 3,500 seat Christ's Chapel is the location of bi-weekly university chapel services and was constructed in a drape-like fashion as an homage to Oral Roberts' early tent revivals. In the center of campus is the Prayer Tower, which is said to resemble "an abstract cross and crown of thorns." It also houses the campus visitor center. The Mabee Center, an arena seating over 11,000 people, is located at the southwestern edge of the campus and is home to basketball games, concerts, church services, and satellite television productions. In 1981, the City of Faith Medical and Research Center opened, but it closed in 1989 due to financial problems and is now rented as commercial office space under the name CityPlex.

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