Tommy Lee Osborn popularly known Dr. T.L. Osborn was a globe missionary evangelist, statesman, teacher, author, publisher, linguist, designer, pianist, and administrator most known for his mass-miracle ministry to millions of people. In 1949, he and his wife, Dr. Daisy Washburn Osborn, established their headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For well over a half-century of world-changing missionary-evangelism, they preached the Gospel to millions of unreachable people in over 90 nations, speaking daily to crowds ranging from 20,000 to 300,000 people, with God confirming his message by numerous incredible miracles.
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Dr. Osborn was the first missionary evangelist to go to non-Christian nations’ open fields or parks to preach Christ and performed diverse kinds of miracles as confirmation that Jesus is alive. It is now considered conventional practice. The Osborn DocuMiracle films and videos have been shown in thousands of villages and towns throughout 150 countries, encouraging millions to believe the Gospel. Over 30,000 national men and women have been sponsored as full-time missionaries to unevangelized tribes and towns through the Osborn National Missionary Assistance Program. Through this evangelism initiative, over 150,000 new churches have been created and have become self-sustaining.
Dr. T.L. Osborn’s publications, as a prolific writer, have fueled today’s international miracle-evangelism and Soulwinning awakening in the developing world. Since 1951, his book “Healing the Sick” has been a faith-building best seller, with over one million copies in print in English alone.
Several of Dr. T.L.’s publications, including “Soulwinning,” “God’s Love Plan,” “The Good Life,” and, most notably, “The Message That Works,” have set the standard for inspiring people to live positive lives. They have become textbooks in Bible Schools all around the world and are regarded as essential reading for successful pastors and church leaders.
Tommy Lee Osborn was born on a modest family potato farm in Grady County, Oklahoma, on December 23, 1923. He was the seventh and youngest son of Charles Richard Osborn and Mary, the parents of thirteen children. His parents, as well as several of his siblings and sisters, were musicians, and Tommy Lee began composing music at a young age. Growing up in the latter half of the 1920s, he witnessed his large family struggle through the Great Depression. When Osborn was six years old, his father relocated the family to Skedee, Oklahoma, in quest of a better-paying farm.
He met future televangelist Oral Roberts in a church in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and the two were lifelong friends until Roberts’ death in 2009. Osborn frequently accompanied Roberts to evangelical meetings. Osborn did everything else, including playing the accordion and piano for the musical portion of the meetings, while Roberts did the majority of the preaching.
Osborn became a Christian when he was 13 years old, when his older brother led him to a Pentecostal church in Mannford. Each of his six siblings gradually moved out of the family home, until TL was the only son left living with his parents and working on the potato farm with his 60-year-old father. Until one day in the farm, he had an encounter with God and fell to his knees, praying and asking God what was going on. He declared the Lord had called him to be an evangelist while laughing and crying at the same time, overcome by what was happening to him. After finishing eighth grade, he dropped out of high school and went on the road with E.M. Dillard also an evangelist.
Osborn was in charge of organizing evangelistic gatherings as well as youth services in the evening. He traveled through three states with Dillard. The last one was in California, and he met Daisy Washburn during one of the gatherings in Los Banos, California. It was 1941, and he was only 17 years old when he fell in love.
Profile summary:
Full Name: Tommy Lee Osborn
Gender: Male.
Date of birth: December 23, 1923
Place of birth: Grady County, Oklahoma, United States.
Died: 14th of February, 2013 (aged 89)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Nationality: American
Occupation(s): Evangelist, singer, songwriter, author, educator, and designer
Years of operation: 1949-2013
well-known for: Author of the books Worldwide Miracles-Evangelism and Soul Winning Awakening in Developing Countries.
Notable for: miracles, Healing The Sick Television.
Television station: Good News Daily
Acknowledgment: Doctor (honorary)
Spouse: Daisy Washburn (married 1942–1995; her death)
Children: 2
Website: www.osborn.org
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