Background
Copeland, Kenneth Edward was born on August 7, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Leola (Coley) Copeland.
Copeland, Kenneth Edward was born on August 7, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Henry and Leola (Coley) Copeland.
Bachelor in English-Rhetoric, University of Illinois, 1984; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1987; Master of Divinity, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1992.
Intern Alameda County Legal Aid Society, Oakland, California, 1987. Public defender Kankakee (Illinois) County, 1987-1988. Partner Sacks, Albrecht, Copeland, Herzog & Sacks, Kankakee, 1987-1988, 92—.
Minister of music, youth director Cornerstone Baptist Church, Oakland, 1989-1992. Assistant pastor Morning Star Baptist Church, Kankakee, since 1992. Associate Julius Echeles, Chicago, summer 1985.
Intern Kankakee County State Attorney' General’ s Office, summer 1986. Instructor choir workshop National Black Gospel College, Atlanta, since 1988, National Evangelism Movement Workshop, Los Angeles, since 1988. Clinician/guest artist biennial Black Sacred Music Symposium, University Illinois, Champaign, since 1991.
Site coordinator after school tutor program project SPIRIT Cornerstone Baptist Church, Oakland, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association.
Married Starla Lynne Starks, August 5, 1989. 1 child, William Jibri.
