Tommy Lee (T.L.) Osborn
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, March 03, 2013
3/03/13 at 5:52 AM
June 10, 1943 – February 14, 2013 Dr. T.L. Osborn was born December 23, 1923 to Charles Richard Osborn and Mary (Brown) Osborn on the family farm in Pocasset, Oklahoma. He stepped through the veil into eternity peacefully at home surrounded by four generations of his beloved family on February 14th 2013 shortly after asking His Lord Jesus, “Take me home!” He was 89. Tommy married Daisy Marie Washburn on April 5, 1942 and together they carried the Gospel of Christ to tens of millions of unreached people in over 100 nations declaring with faith and confidence, “Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.” They pioneered many successful methods of evangelism that have become commonplace today. T.L. Osborn was a man of many accomplishments including: world missionary evangelist, statesman, teacher, author, publisher, linguist, designer, pianist, and administrator. With his wife & associate-minister, Dr. Daisy, they established their headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1949. T.L. & Daisy proclaimed the Gospel to tens of millions of unreached people in over 100 nations for well over half a century of world-changing missionary-evangelism. Together they preached daily to multitudes from 20,000 to 300,000 people with God confirming his word by many astounding miracles. Tommy Lee Osborn was the first missionary evangelist that went to open fields or parks, in non-Christian nations, to proclaim Christ and to pray for miracles as proof that He is alive. These practices have become standard procedure today. The Osborn DocuMiracle Films (now digitized to video) were translated into 70 different languages and have been shown in thousands of villages and towns in one hundred and fifteen nations, influencing millions to believe the Gospel. The Osborn National Missionary Assistance Program has sponsored over 30,000 national men and women as full time missionaries to unevangelized tribes and villages. Over 150,000 new churches have been established and have become self-supporting through this evangelism program. As a prolific writer, Dr. Osborn’s books have stimulated today’s worldwide miracleevangelism and Soulwinning awakening in the developing nations. His living classic, “Healing the Sick”, has been a faith-building best seller since 1951, and well over one million copies are in print in English alone. Several of Dr. Osborn’s books such as “Soulwinning”, “God’s Love Plan”, “The Good Life” and especially his latest book, “The Message That Works”, are pacesetters in lifting people to positive faith and super living. They have become textbooks in Bible Schools around the world and are esteemed as prime reference material for successful pastors and church leaders. It has been said that Tommy Lee Osborn truly changed the world. This kind gentle man was truly a Man of God. His spirit touched every person he met and to know him, was to love him. He will be deeply missed. International Memorial Service and Tribute Celebration will be held March 6, 2013 – 2:00 p.m. at Christ’s Chapel on the campus of Oral Roberts University, 7777 S. Lewis, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ninde Brookside Chapel ninde.com 918-742-5556 ninde.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 3/3/2013.
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