AP Impact: Televangelist's Relatives Profit From Ministry

Kenneth Copeland, top, and his wife Gloria lay hands on fellow evangelist Oral Roberts during last month's International Charismatic Bible Ministries conference in Tulsa, Okla. Copeland, 71, pioneered the prosperity gospel, which teaches that God wants his followers to be financially successful. By ERIC GORSKI The Associated Press Published: July 26, 2008 NEWARK, Texas - Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper. Over the years, a circle of Copeland's relatives and friends have done just that, The Associated Press has found. They include the brother-in-law with a lucrative deal to broker Copeland's television time, the son who acquired church-owned land for his ranching business and saw it more than quadruple in value,... [read full story]