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Published: July 27, 2008
AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper
Associated Press

NEWARK , Texas (AP) -- 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-...

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