Encouraging,
optimistic, always upbeat and energetic—at the young age of 88, Marilyn Hickey
actively ministers internationally, most recently in Sudan, Israel, Jordan,
Egypt, India, China, and Pakistan, as well as domestically in the United States
through Bible Encounters and speaking engagements. Marilyn has had
audiences with government leaders and heads of state all over the world.
She is the first woman to join the Board of Directors of the largest church in
the world, Dr. David Yonggi’s Church Growth International in South Korea.
She has traveled to 137 countries and plans to visit many more in the years to
come. She and her late husband Wallace were married over 50 years,
and have two children and four grandchildren. Marilyn holds the following
degrees of education: Bachelor of Arts in Collective Foreign Languages, from
the University of Northern Colorado, and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from
Oral Roberts University.
In
2015 Marilyn was honored at Oral Roberts University with the prestigious Lifetime
Global Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals or organizations
that have made a significant impact in the history of ORU and in the world in
positive ways as an extension of the university and its mission.
Encouraging,
optimistic, always upbeat and energetic—at the young age of 88, Marilyn Hickey
actively ministers internationally, most recently in Sudan, Israel, Jordan,
Egypt, India, China, and Pakistan, as well as domestically in the United States
through Bible Encounters and speaking engagements. Marilyn has had
audiences with government leaders and heads of state all over the world.
She is the first woman to join the Board of Directors of the largest church in
the world, Dr. David Yonggi’s Church Growth International in South Korea.
She has traveled to 137 countries and plans to visit many more in the years to
come. She and her late husband Wallace were married over 50 years,
and have two children and four grandchildren. Marilyn holds the following
degrees of education: Bachelor of Arts in Collective Foreign Languages, from
the University of Northern Colorado, and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from
Oral Roberts University.
In
2015 Marilyn was honored at Oral Roberts University with the prestigious Lifetime
Global Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals or organizations
that have made a significant impact in the history of ORU and in the world in
positive ways as an extension of the university and its mission.
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