- Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland is a world renowned author and minister. She is known for her much celebrated healing books and recordings. Believers and unbelievers alike travel from all over the world to attend her Christ centered healing crusades. She and her husband,
Kenneth Copeland , co-founded Kenneth Copeland Ministries inFort Worth, Texas , in 1967. She has three children and Copeland's oldest daughter, Terri, is married to pastorGeorge Pearsons , [cite news | url=http://www.emic.org/about/george_terri_bio.php | title=Our Pastors: Terri and George | publisher=Eagle Mountain International Church |date= October 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-10-17] who served until January 2008 as the ORU Board chairman. [http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2007/oru-lawsuit/ORU_pdf_p10.pdf]Gloria has produced more than 70 teaching series covering a wide variety of issues. She has ghost-written many best-selling books including "Hidden Treasures," "Hearing From Heaven" and her latest, "Blessed Beyond Measure." In honor of her achievements Gloria was selected as “Christian Woman of the Year” by the Christian Woman of the Year Association in 1994.
On November 6, 2007, United States senator
Chuck Grassley ofIowa announced an investigation of Copeland's ministry by theUnited States Senate Committee on Finance . Grassley asked for the ministry to divulge financial information to the committee to determine if Copeland made any personal profit from financial donations, and requested that Copeland's ministry make the information available by December 6, 2007. The investigation also scrutinized five other televangelists:Benny Hinn ,Paula White ,Eddie Long ,Joyce Meyer , andCreflo Dollar . [cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/06/cbsnews_investigates/main3462147.shtml | title=Televangelists Living Like Kings? | publisher=CBS News |date= November 6, 2007 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-09-17] It should also be noted that no misconduct or charges have been brought against any of these ministries.Books
*"Living Contact" (Kenneth Copeland Publications, April 1997) ISBN 1575621495
*"From Faith to Faith: A Daily Guide to Victory" (Kenneth Copeland Pub, March 1994) ISBN 0881148334
*"Blessed Beyond Measure: Experience the Extraordinary Goodness of God" (Harrison House, October 2004) ISBN 1577946812, ISBN 978-1577946816
*"God's Master Plan For Your Life" (Putnam Adult, May 2008) ISBN 0399154736, ISBN 978-0399154737References
External links
* [http://www.kcm.org/ Kenneth Copeland Ministries] - official website
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