Kenneth Copeland Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Facilities=== Kenneth Copeland Ministries is located in Fort Worth, Texas, on a {{convert|33|acre|adj=on}} property that was once the [[Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake]] (MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake), a [[United States Marine Corps]] air station, valued in 2008 at $554,160 ({{Inflation|US|554160|2008|fmt=eq}}) by Tarrant Appraisal District. The site includes the [[Eagle Mountain International Church]], television and radio production facilities, warehouse and distribution facilities, residences for the Copeland family, and [[Kenneth Copeland Airport]].<ref name="usatoday1" />{{Failed verification|date=October 2021}} Approximately 500 people are employed by KCM.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} Copeland's son John Copeland was the ministry's chief operating officer until his divorce from Marty Copeland in 2017. He remains a consultant to the ministry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denton County Records Inquiry |url=https://justice1.dentoncounty.gov/PublicAccessDC/default.aspx |access-date=September 2, 2021 |website=justice1.dentoncounty.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Resume |url=https://johncopeland.consulting/s/John-Copeland-Resume.docx |website=John Copeland Consulting}}</ref> KCM also owns a 1998 [[Cessna Citation II|Cessna 550 Citation Bravo]], which it received from a donor in October 2007 and is used for [[domestic flight]]s, and a 2005 [[Cessna Citation X|Cessna 750 Citation X]], which it uses for [[international flight]]s. They also acquired a [[Gulfstream V]] in 2018 that was formerly owned by [[Tyler Perry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutierrez |first=Lisa |date=July 15, 2019 |title='Word from the Lord': Televangelist's ministry buys Tyler Perry's Gulfstream jet |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article195841759.html |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=The Kansas City Star}}</ref> It also is [[Maintenance, repair, and operations|restoring]] a 1962 [[Beechcraft Model 18|Beech H-18 Twin]], which the ministry plans to use for [[Disaster response|disaster relief efforts]].<ref name="flightaware1" /><ref name="private-aircraft" /> In February 2007, Copeland was accused of using his ministry's Citation X for personal vacations and friends.<ref name="Jetrecords" /> The Copelands' financial records are not publicly available, and a list of the board of directors is not accessible as these details are protected but known confidentially by the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref name="Jetrecords" /> Responding to media questions, Copeland pointed to what he asserted was an accounting firm's declaration that all jet travel complies with federal tax laws.<ref name="Jetrecords" /> In December 2008, KCM's Citation Bravo was denied tax exemption after KCM refused to submit a standardized [[Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts|Texas Comptroller]] form that some county appraisal districts use to make determinations, which would have required making public the salary of all ministry staff.<ref name="jet-not-exempt" /><ref name="CLG 2010-03-11" /> KCM subsequently [[lawsuit|filed suit]] with the Tarrant Appraisal District in January 2009 and its petition to have the aircraft's tax-exempt status restored was granted in March 2010.<ref name="CLG 2010-03-11" /><ref name="sued-over-tax" /><ref name="settle-suit" /> Kenneth Copeland Ministries has utilized the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] program that keeps flights private from tracking websites, and the ministry owns five such aircraft whose flights are kept private, including the Cessna 750 Citation X noted above and a [[North American T-28 Trojan]].<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday.com" /> [[United States Senator]] [[Chuck Grassley]] has questioned some of the flights taken by these aircraft, including layovers in [[Maui]], [[Fiji]], and [[Honolulu]].<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday.com" /> The ministries say that the stopovers were for preaching or for allowing pilot rest.<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday.com" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page