His first book, Your Best Life Now, which was released by Time Warner in 2004, debuted at the top of the The New York Times Best Seller list, and has sold more than 4 million copies.
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Ben Tankard is also a noted speaker and has spoken at major venues and events for the National Basketball Association, Joel Osteen, and Bishop T.D. Jakes amongst others.
Past guests for Hillsong Conference Europe have included Joel and Victoria Osteen, Nicky Gumbel, Joseph Prince, Judah Smith, Jentezen Franklin, Joyce Meyer, Michael W. Smith, Israel Houghton, Craig Groeschel, Joel Houston, Hillsong United, Christine Caine and Darlene Zschech.
In 2009, he was invited to speak, alongside Joel Osteen from Lakewood Church, at the 2 Days of Hope Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The station first signed on the air on July 15, 1998, and was originally owned by Charles Dowen Johnson's Humanity Interested Media (alongside KVQT-LD) and then by the Osteen Family of Lakewood Church.
Some of the notable past covers of Texas Family have included Debbie and Roger Clemens, Joel and Victoria Osteen, Dana Vollmer, Ricardo Chavira, Laura Miller, and Whitney Ott.