Dr. K. Edward Copeland

Rev. Dr. K. Edward Copeland is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.A.in English/Rhetoric 1984) the University of California, Berkeley (J.D. 1987), Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. 1992) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (D.Min. 2017).

In his local community he has served as a commissioner for the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, as a founding member of Rockford’s Alternative Drug Strategy, the Fun Safe Summer Partnership, and the Rockford Area Violence Elimination Network. From its inception in 2009 until the end of 2016 he served as Governing Board Chairman  and has served on the Operating Board of Alignment Rockford, a public school support organization.  He also serves on the board of Advance Illinois, a statewide education policy advocacy organization.  He also serves on the Winnebago County Mental Health Board and the Swedish American Hospital Board of Trustees.

Nationally, he has served as a founding council member and board member for the Gospel Coalition and as a speaker for the National Network for Safe Communities and the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice.  He currently serves on the board of directors for Administer Justice and as an independent consultant for the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U. S. Department of Justice.

He and his wife Starla have been married for 35 years and they have three adult children.