by Ronnie Dauber

Created on: July 04, 2010   Last Updated: July 05, 2010

Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty was a servant of Christ who lived his life with God, through His Spirit and for us. He promoted God’s Word and brought His people together into an unyielding congregation of followers who were inspired by the enthusiasm and encouraged by the hope of the high calling of God.

Reverend Daugherty was the founding pastor of Victory Christian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma which holds a membership of 17,000 people. It’s the largest church ever established in Tulsa. He also founded the Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute that has over 900 campuses spread throughout 93 countries, and Victory World Training Center which is responsible for sending out thousands of missionaries to countries around the world.

He established the Tulsa Dream Center which is a food and clothing distribution bank that has a dental and medical clinic, as well as a legal counseling office and a large recreation facility made available for the needy people of Tulsa. The Victory Church bus ministry brings over 1200 children and teens from the neighborhoods around this facility every Saturday to take part in the Kidz Ministry and S.O.U.L. Youth Ministry.

His inspiring television show called Victory in Jesus was seen by 100 million households weekly in North America alone. He’s also the author of more than a dozen inspiration books that he co-wrote with his wife, Sharon Daugherty.

Billy Joe Daugherty was born on April 23, 1952, grew up in Magnolia, Arkansas and attended Oral Roberts University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Christian education. In the 1970’s he was the youth pastor at Sheridan Christian Center and later became the senior pastor in 1976.

His dynamic personality not only gleamed of his love for God but also of his love for God’s people, and it drew individuals and families into his congregation by the dozens. By 1980 the congregation had grown from 300 to over 2000, and when it became necessary to consider moving to a larger location, it also became the time that he would split and begin his own church. And that’s when Victory Christian Center was born.

By 2007 the church had grown so large and so wealthy that finances permitted the pastor to build a new Victory Christian Center without having to borrow any funds. It is the current location of the church that offers a 5000 seat worship center.

In 2005 he became the interim president of Oral Roberts University while Richard Roberts took a

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