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These events stream live on Copeland's website, kcm.org, as well as being shown on Christian television stations such as GOD TV and the Daystar Television Network. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland also preach and minister at other conventions and conferences throughout the world. KCM still holds an annual Southwest Believer's Convention in his hometown of Fort Worth during the first week of August. Since 1967, Copeland's ministry has held three-to-six-day conventions across the United States. He has claimed in an interview that the ministry has "brought over 122 million people to the Lord Jesus Christ". The ministry's motto is " Jesus is Lord". Hagin's Pastor Seminars, Copeland and his wife Gloria founded Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM) in Fort Worth, Texas. In the fall of 1967, he enrolled in Oral Roberts University, where he soon became pilot and chauffeur to Oral Roberts. Copeland devoted his life to the gospel and ministry work. CareerĬopeland was a recording artist on the Imperial Records label, having one Billboard Top 40 hit ("Pledge of Love", which charted in the Top 40 on April 20, 1957, stayed on the charts for 15 weeks, and peaked at #17). He was raised in West Texas near a United States Army Air Forces airfield, which inspired him to become a pilot. Kenneth Max Copeland was born in Lubbock, Texas, to Aubrey Wayne and Vinita Pearl (née Owens) Copeland. He later made claims to have destroyed the virus and to have ended the ongoing pandemic. He stated that followers should continue paying tithes if they lost their jobs in the economic crisis that the pandemic caused. He has been criticized for his use of donations and tax exempt status to finance a mansion, private jets, an airport and other lavish purchases.ĭuring the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Copeland claimed that the pandemic had ended or would soon end and that his followers would be healed from the virus.
Copeland has written that parishioners will get a "hundredfold" return on their investment through giving to God. He has been identified as preaching the prosperity gospel and as part of the Word of Faith movement. Copeland has also written several books and resources. Copeland's sermons are broadcast across the US and worldwide on the Victory Channel. (EMIC), is based in Tarrant County, Texas. The organization he founded in 1967, Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. Kenneth Max Copeland (born December 6, 1936) is an American televangelist, and author associated with the charismatic movement.