Welcome
Mission
The Holy Spirit Resource Center preserves materials related to the Holy Spirit, the healing ministry, and the history of the Spirit-empowered movement — inspiring new generations to study and embrace the work of the Holy Spirit today.
History
Founded in 1962 under ORU President Oral Roberts, the HSRC was established to preserve Pentecostal and charismatic materials at risk of being lost. Today it houses one of the largest and most comprehensive Pentecostal-Charismatic collections in the world, spanning classical, neo-Pentecostal, "Third Wave," and related movements — as well as their critics.
The Collection
The HSRC holds:
- 15,000 books on the Holy Spirit, healing, sanctification, spiritual gifts, and prayer
- 1,300 periodicals from U.S. and international ministries, some dating to the movement's origins
- 9,000 audio/video preaching and teaching materials
- 33,000 subject files containing tracts, pamphlets, newsletters, and unpublished papers
- Hundreds of archival items: sound recordings, films, photographs, and microfilms
- Thousands of freely accessible digital materials via the ORU Digital Showcase
All materials are non-circulating and must be used on-site. Scholars from across the U.S. and internationally have used this collection for dissertations and major published works.
To donate archival materials, library resources, or funding, contact: 918-495-6899 or hsrc@oru.edu.
The primary source materials here require that all of the materials be used in the Holy Spirit Resource Center. The Center holds a special, non-circulating collection.