Twenty-one-month-old Kanon Tipton begins preaching - VIDEO

Pint-sized preacher Kanon Tipton shot to fame before his second birthday when a video of him preaching in Mississippi was posted on the internet by his family.

The video of the then 21-month-old baby first taking the microphone at his family's church has been watched millions of times online since being posted by his parents three years ago.

Following in the footsteps of both his pentecostal preaching father and grandfather, the confident young Kanon is warmly recieved as he paces back-and-forth, shouting and gesticulating as he goes.

Now four-years-old, and having swapped his playsuit for more formal attire, Kanon is still preaching. His proud parents insist they do not force him to perform, rather they simply allow him to take to the stage when he feels like it.

When asked in a television interview if he thought the young preacher is inspired by mimicry or by a higher power, Kanon's father, Pastor Damon Tipton, said, "I think it's a little of both ... I do feel like the hand of God is on him in a special way."


/The Telegraph/

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