Billy Joe Daugherty

Billy Joe Daugherty is founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center. Two hundred forty-three Victory Bible Institutes have been started in fifty-nine countries around the world. He is also the interim President of Oral Roberts University as of October 18th 2007.

Daugherty graduated from Magnolia High School in Magnolia, Ark. in 1970.

Victory Christian Center has completed The Tulsa Dream Center, which houses a food and clothing distribution, dental/medical clinic, legal counseling, recreation facilities and other programs to help needy people of Tulsa. Victory Bus ministry brings 1,000-1,200 children and teens from this area each Saturday for Kidz Ministry and S.O.U.L. Youth ministry.

His daily radio and television broadcast, "Victory in Jesus", reaches more than 100 million households in North America as well as via satellite and the internet internationally. He is the author of several books including "Knocked Down But Not Out", "This New Life", "Building Stronger Marriages", "Families" and "Led By the Spirit". He and his wife Sharon have authored over a dozen books.

On November 20, 2005, a 50 year old man named Steven Wayne Rogerscite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176530,00.html|title=Preacher Punched During Service|date=2005-23-11|accessdate=2008-07-01|publisher=FauxNews via FOXNews.com] came forward for an altar call at Victory Christian Center and punched Daugherty twice in the face, opening a cut over his left eye that required two stitches.ref|Register

On October 17, 2007, Daugherty was named "Executive Regent" of Oral Roberts University in the wake of scandals and numerous allegations of impropriety involving ORU President Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsay Roberts. Daugherty's role as Executive Regent currently includes serving as acting president of ORU. ref|Register

His four children, John, Paul, Sarah, and Ruthie and both sons-in-law work alongside him in the ministry.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlCOSUXp7kQ Video of Daugherty being punched]
* [http://www.victory.com Victory Christian Center]
* [http://www.vcstulsa.org Victory Christian School]
* [http://www.vbitulsa.org Victory Bible Institute]
* [http://www.victorymissions.com/html/vwmtc.htm Victory World Missions Training Center]
* [http://www.tulsadreamcenter.org Tulsa Dream Center]

References

#"Minister is punched in the face during worship service", Tulsa World, November 22, 2005, p. A9
#"ORU’s board chairman expresses confidence about the lawsuit while giving the helm to Billy Joe Daugherty", Tulsa World, October 18, 2007, p. A1