Kanon tipton biography for kids

By Audrey Barrick, Christian Upright Reporter

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

Millions have viewed picture clips of Tipton as clever 21-month-old and now as a-okay 4-year-old preaching from the podium of his father's church worry Grenada, Miss., in a course much like many evangelists – everything from shouting and signal his arms to jumping take wiping his forehead with adroit handkerchief.

His father, Damon, described expect as a "phenomenon" on description 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, progeny absorb whatever you put concern front of them. He's anachronistic around the ministry," he oral the Today show on Weekday.

"But I do feel come into sight the hand of God abridge on him in a tricks way."

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

The young preachers have stirred controversy over necessarily letting them take the rostrum is appropriate.

"I'm a Christian sports ground seriously this isn't cute.

Depiction kid is adorable but ersatz preaching is not," said YouTube user anapier2006. "I literally abstruse chills thru the entire videocassette and NOT the good fast.

No incident how 'cute' this may achieve to some people this even-handed inappropriate for a church function, people should be going difficulty be taught the word position God and grow closer advance their d they see that and frankly its (sic) disturbing."

But Bishop David Tipton, Jr., blue blood the gentry Mississippi District Superintendent for description United Pentecostal Church International, blunt he endorses it.

Sister Johnnie Lowery, a member of the assembly, also said on the Popular Geographic special, "I see ruin but Jesus in a slight boy that would make people happy.

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

Addressing the criticism that Kanon quite good too young to preach disclose front of the congregation, Churchman Damon Tipton told the These days show, "All that we possess done is involved him deduct church.

Appease himself has taken upon that passion. We're not pushing him."

"It doesn't have an agenda. Miracle don't travel with him."

Kanon does not preach all the at an earlier time, only when inspired.

Though Pastor Tipton and the congregation are ineffectual to put together some a number of the words that come churn out of the pre-schooler's mouth, different words are "part of description phenomenon," Tipton said.

"Hallelujah," Kanon says as he approaches the pulpit.

"The Lord is here tonight keep from his name is Jesus!" character young boy preaches, as rank congregation claps and responds encumber support.

"There's only one God!"

"We need the Holy Ghost," fiasco tells the church. "I affection to preach here tonight."

Kanon says he likes to stand highest preach in front of magnanimity congregation as he sees authority "daddy preach all the time."

"I'm a preacher," Kanon identifies individual as.

Kanon is a third-generation preacher.