Kevin Cooper was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, England in 1963. He moved to the USA in 1985 and in 1991 obtained BA in Psychology from Asbury College. Cooper then studied at Asbury Theological Seminary for almost two years before moving to Arizona where he enrolled at The Grand Canyon University. He was awarded a Graduate Fellowship, completed a teacher accreditation in Secondary English while studying for his M.Ed which he obtained in 1998.