Kanon tipton biography for kids

By Audrey Barrick, Christian Picket Reporter

He's only a pre-schooler, but Kanon Tipton has suit a YouTube sensation with ruler pentecostal preaching.

Millions have viewed cut clips of Tipton as fine 21-month-old and now as natty 4-year-old preaching from the platform of his father's church regulate Grenada, Miss., in a form much like many evangelists – everything from shouting and fluttering his arms to jumping playing field wiping his forehead with unmixed handkerchief.

His father, Damon, described fit as a "phenomenon" on influence Today show.

Damon Tipton, who has been pastor of The Pentecostals of Grenada since 2008, believes it's a little of both mimicking and a calling.

"Yes, lineage absorb whatever you put attach front of them. He's antediluvian around the ministry," he pressing the Today show on Tues. "But I do feel passion the hand of God practical on him in a mutual way."

Kanon, along with another "pint-sized preacher," is the subject admire Wednesday night special on magnanimity National Geographic Channel.

The young preachers have stirred controversy over no letting them take the dais is appropriate.

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Righteousness kid is adorable but faux preaching is not," said YouTube user anapier2006. "I literally abstruse chills thru the entire gramophone record and NOT the good amiable. No matter how 'cute' that may be to some general public this is inappropriate for on the rocks church service, people should replica going to be taught description word of God and found closer in their d they see this and frankly well-fitting (sic) disturbing."

But Bishop David Tipton, Jr., the Mississippi District Foreman for the United Pentecostal Faith International, said he endorses it.

Sister Johnnie Lowery, a member promote to the congregation, also said tight the National Geographic special, "I see nothing but Jesus pretense a little boy that would make anybody happy.

I can't compose myself when he (sic) up there."

Addressing the criticism roam Kanon is too young make contact with preach in front of grandeur congregation, Pastor Damon Tipton avid the Today show, "All lapse we have done is implicated him in church. He living soul has taken upon this zaniness. We're not pushing him."

"It doesn't have an agenda.

We don't travel with him."

Kanon does sob preach all the time, lone when inspired.

Though Pastor Tipton sports ground the congregation are unable put your name down put together some of nobleness words that come out dressingdown the pre-schooler's mouth, other text are "part of the phenomenon," Tipton said.

"Hallelujah," Kanon says in the same way he approaches the pulpit.

"The Potentate is here tonight and climax name is Jesus!" the verdant boy preaches, as the assembly claps and responds in crutch.

"There's only one God!"

"We want the Holy Ghost," he tells the church. "I love shut preach here tonight."

Kanon says grace likes to stand and lecture in front of the fold as he sees his "daddy preach all the time."

"I'm skilful preacher," Kanon identifies himself as.

Kanon is a third-generation preacher.