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History Of Kenneth Copeland Ministries

March 3rd, 2010

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.

Oral Roberts University Boards of Regents was one of the board formed at Oral Roberts University with Ken Copeland being its main member till 2008. Later on a different board came up which assured a higher standards of financial accountability. This new board was created due to a case which blamed the University for performing wrong financial and political acts during October 2007. George Pearson who was the chairman of the board of Oral Toberts University till January 2008 got married with Ken Copeland\’s eldest daughter named Terri.

During 1970\’s the Kenneth Copeland Ministries became more popular and in 1979 the \”Believer\’s Voice of Victory\” made its first appearance on television. The ministries Headquarter are based in Newark, Texas and its international locations are in Australia, Africa, Canada, United Kingdom and Ukraine. In about 23 Countries these ministries have been active in ministry of prison inmate.

Although he was a popular writer but he also faced some criticism on his teachings. One of his article \”Word Faith Movement\” which claimed that faith healing and Bible believers will getting hundredfold returns on their giving\’s(as per 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) was criticized by people.

Ken Copeland taught us to praise God all the time be it the morning, noon or night. He said that those who have not yet praised god in their lifetime should start praising him. We have to praise him for the freedom, for healing and for Calvary. On basis of Lord Jesus being the first person who mentioned in the phrase \”Born Again\” everyone asked Ken Copeland the exact meaning of that phrase.

An Airport with the name \’Kenneth Copeland Airport\’ has been established at Texas. This Airport was established by the Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Some very well known work of Ken are: 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. Being a great author and believer of Christianity he had projected his views and ideas in his books. These and his other online publications can be browsed through the internet.

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.