Oral Roberts University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Oral Roberts is a Christian based institution dedicated to giving a whole person education. The mission of Oral Roberts University is to educate the whole person in spirit, mind, and body, thereby preparing its graduates to be professionally competent servant-leaders who are spiritually alive, intellectually alert, physically disciplined and socially adept. The university seeks to synthesize the best practices of liberal arts, professional and graduate education with a charismatic emphasis to enable students to go into every person's world.