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Pastor Bill Hybels to Speak at ORU Commencement 2009


Pastor Bill Hybels will give the commencement address for the Oral Roberts University class of 2009. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m. at the ORU Mabee Center. His address is titled "When God Whispers."

Hybels, founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, is well-known for his relevant and insightful Bible-based teaching. He is the author of 17 books, including Rediscovering Church and Fit to Be Tied (both co-authored with his wife, Lynne), Too Busy Not to Pray, Becoming a Contagious Christian (with Mark Mittelberg), and The God You're Looking For. He is chairman of the Willow Creek Association's board of directors. Hybels received a bachelor's degree in biblical studies and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Trinity College.
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