Ken Copeland, a great author, speaker, televangelist and the founder of the Christian organization Kenneth Copeland Ministries was born at Lubbork, Texas on 6′th December 1939. His conversion to Christianity took place in November 1962.
Ken Copeland was a recording artist of partial Native American decent before he converted to Christianity. His work was often appreciated and made entries in list of top charts. His work of Billboard made it in the list of top 40 hits. In Apr 1957 his performance of “Pledge of love” was in the list of top 40 and stayed there for 8 weeks. His most admired performance had ranked 12 the in the charts.
After conversion he worked hard on Christian Ministry works. He was the chauffeur for Oral Roberts in the 1960s. Later he did get an enrollment at Oral Roberts University which is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
When he was at the Oral Roberts University he got to become the main member of the Oral Roberts University Boards of Regents. He remained the main member of the board till 2008. A new board was raised later on to ensure higher standards of financial accountability. Previously during October 2007 the University was blamed for performing wrong financial and political acts. Ken Copeland’s eldest daughter Terri got married to George Pearson. George Pearson was the chairman of the board of Oral Toberts University till January 2008.
The Kenneth Copeland Ministries created by Ken Copeland came up during 1970′s. His work “Believer’s Voice of Victory” was released and came on television in 1979. Newark and Texas was the main headquarters of his ministries. The ministries even had international sites at Australia, Africa, Canada, United Kingdom and Ukraine. These ministries were active in about 23 countries on prison inmate.
Some people had criticized the teachings of Ken Copeland on different issues. In “Word Faith Movement” he said that claim on faith healing and Bible believers will get returns for their giving ( Refer : Genesis 26:12, Mark 4:20, Mark 10:29-30, Luke 6:38, II Corinthians 9:6-12 and Galatians 3:13-14 of the Bible). This work of Ken was widely criticized.
Ken taught to praise god during morning, noon and at night. He said that we have to praise him for freedom, healing and for Calvary. He wanted people who have not worshipped god in their lifetime should start praising him during the day. Based on his teachings, lot of people asked him the meaning of the phrase given by Lord Jesus for the first time which said “Born Again”.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries had established an Airport in Texas and it is known as the Kenneth Copeland Airport. Ken has written some famous books like: You are healed, A ceremony of marriage, Prayer: Your foundation for success, Becoming subject to authority of Jesus, How to discipline your flesh and the wake-up call. These books and other online publications can be browsed and bought on the net by which we can view and understand the ideas given by Ken Copeland.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries enable you to learn more about the Words of God and put meaning into your life by making you spiritually fulfilled. You will know more about it if you become one of its partners.