History Of Kenneth Copeland Ministries
filed in Causes and Organizations on Mar.03, 2010
Ken Copeland was born at Lubbork, Texas on December 6, 1939. He was the founder of a Christian Organization called Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Ken had converted to Christianity on November 1962 and was a well known author, speaker and a televangelist.
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.
He was dedicated with Christian ministry work after his conversion to Christianity. He became a pilot and chauffeurs for Oral Roberts in the 1960s and got enrolled in Oral Roberts University 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.
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.
His most famous teaching was to praise god during morning, noon and night. He wanted everyone should praise god during the day. Praise him for the freedom, healing and for Calvary. People questioned Ken Copeland the meaning of the phrase “Born Again” which was given for the first time by Lord Jesus.
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.
March 3rd, 2010 on 10:41 am
In truth, immediately i didn’t understand the essence. But after re-reading all at once became clear.