Billy Joe Daugherty (April 23, 1952 – November 22, 2009) was founder and

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of Victory Christian Center (now Victory Church) in

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. He was also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center (now Victory College). Nine hundred and eighty Victory Bible Institutes have been started in eighty-five countries around the world. He was also briefly the interim president of

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. He graduated from Magnolia High School in

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in 1970. Victory Christian Center built 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's 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. Daugherty's 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 was the author of ''Knocked Down But Not Out'', ''This New Life'', ''Building Stronger Marriages'', ''Families'', and ''Led By the Spirit''. He and his wife Sharon authored over a dozen books. On November 20, 2005, a 50-year-old man named Steven Wayne Rogers 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. Daugherty stumbled back onto the stage away from Rogers and prayed that God would forgive Rogers and bless him. Later that evening Daugherty visited Rogers in the Tulsa county jail to discuss the reasons for the attack. Rogers showed no remorse for what he had done. "He said he'd do whatever he wants, to whomever he wants, whenever he wants," Daugherty said. Daugherty did not press charges against Steven Rogers for the assault."Minister is punched in the face during worship service", ''

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'', November 22, 2005, p. A9 On March 4, 2007, Daugherty dedicated the church's new 4500 seat sanctuary on the church's property. Within weeks all services were moved from the

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on the grounds of

across the street to the new sanctuary. On October 17, 2007, Daugherty was named "Executive Regent" of Oral Roberts University in the wake of numerous allegations of impropriety involving ORU President Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsay Roberts. Daugherty's role as Executive Regent included serving as acting president of ORU for a short time until ORU Provost Ralph Fagin assumed the position. In 2009, the church launched a 13-episode television show on TBN called "360 Degree Life" which featured street interviews, animations, testimonies and preaching. As of January 2010, Victory Christian Center reported an average Sunday attendance of 9,612, and was reported to be the second largest church in Tulsa.

Personal life

He and his wife, Sharon, had four children. In October 2009, Daugherty was diagnosed with

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, of which he died at the

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, aged 57 on November 22, 2009. Pastor Daugherty's last appearance at Victory Christian Center was on October 17, 2009, as he officiated youngest son Paul's wedding to his wife Ashley McAuliff. A memorial service for Daugherty was held at the Mabee Center in Tulsa on November 30.Bill Sherman
"Mourners gather in Tulsa to celebrate Daugherty's legacy"
''

'', November 30, 2009.

References

External links

Info about the television show
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Victory Christian CenterVictory Christian SchoolVictory Bible InstituteTulsa Dream Center
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daugherty, Billy Joe 1952 births 2009 deaths American Christian clergy Christians from Oklahoma Deaths from cancer in Texas Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma Magnolia High School (Arkansas) alumni Oral Roberts University alumni Oral Roberts University people People from Magnolia, Arkansas People from Tulsa, Oklahoma 20th-century American clergy