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“In God We Trust” Doesn’t Violate Separation of Church and State

Mar 18

Posted by KCM in News

I’m very happy to celebrate with you another victory in the Courts of the United States. This time from the unlikely but important 9th Circuit in California. Most usually thought of as one of the most liberal courts in our Nation Judges from this Court voted 3-0 to uphold “In God We Trust” on coins and currency.

Judge Carlos Bea also affirmed that the Pledge of Allegiance with the words “Under God” does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The Judge stated, “The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our republic was founded.”

We applaud these Judges and the men and women across the United States who stay informed, involved and active in standing up for freedom of faith and religion…the principles upon which America was envisioned, founded and shaped.

May God bless each of you dear partners and May God continue to bless the United States of America,

Dr. Stephen Lowell Swisher
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
www.believersstandunited.com

Connect with Dr. Stephen and Kellie Swisher on their Facebook Fanpage and follow Dr. Swisher on Twitter.

For more information about this Court Case visit this link.

Thank you again for joining us in this endeavor.
Together we’re making a difference!

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The Power To Change

Mar 12

Posted by KCM in Healing, Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Ministry

With all the change going on in the world today, it’s time for Christians to make an impact in the earth. But to walk in the kind of world-changing power necessary to impact our communities, our nation and the world, we must allow the Holy Spirit to change us.

What do we need to empower us to change? Sure, we need knowledge, but knowledge alone isn’t enough. We need the power of God that effects change. Take weight loss, for example. We all know how to lose weight: move more, eat less. But how many are actually doing it? To be truly free from the bondage of weight we have to allow the Holy Spirit to change and empower us to go higher—spirit, soul and body.

Change is deep within the purpose of why God created us. The power to change is within His glory—His presence. A revelation of His glory, of His honor and of the power of His love is enough to change anything. That’s what we need if we are to change.

We are from God. He created us in His image, so we come out of Him, just like natural children come out of their parents and are a combination of their DNA. When we wonder, How do I get God to help me change? we are forgetting that we were created out of Him. We were predestined before the earth was ever created to be like Him. His power is in us.

Marty Copeland – Taken From The Article “The Power To Change” – BVOV March 2010

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2010 Branson Victory Campaign – Watch Online

Mar 4

Posted by KCM in Event, Ministry

Kenneth Copeland Ministries has events in cities around the world, teaching Christians how to live lives full of love, healing, and God’s blessings. Join us March 4-6 for the Branson Victory Campaign at Faith Life Church in Branson, MO – featuring teaching from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland.

Watch online @ http://www.bvov.tv/ – Live feed starting Thursday March 4th @ 6:45 PM

2010 Branson Victory Campaign Schedule

March 4, 2010 7:00 pm Kenneth Copeland
March 5, 2010 9:00 am Kenneth Copeland
2:00 pm Gloria Copeland
7:00 pm Kenneth Copeland
March 6, 2010 9:30 am Gloria Copeland/Healing School
6:30 pm Kenneth Copeland

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Victory for Freedom – For Ministries and Tax Exempt Organizations

Feb 26

Posted by KCM in Kenneth Copeland Ministries, News

NEWARK, Texas, March 1 /Christian Newswire <http://www.christiannewswire.com/> / — During the last week of February 2010 the Tarrant County Appraisal District (TAD) in Fort Worth, Texas, settled a dispute in favor of Kenneth Copeland Ministries <http://www.kcm.org/>  (KCM). Last year TAD denied a request from Kenneth Copeland Ministries for religious exemption from certain property taxes mainly related to aircraft belonging to KCM. Part of the requirement for this exemption was a request for the names, positions and salaries of each of the ministry’s employees (nearly 600 persons) even though the director of the Appraisal District stated publicly that this requirement was not law and that he and his staff never read the documentation.

Because Kenneth Copeland Ministries believes in the right to privacy afforded by the First Amendment as well as the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, KCM took a stand for religious freedom and determined it was not appropriate to surrender salary information of individual employees and invade their right to privacy. Originally TAD had requested a summary of the total compensation for employees, or a statement from an auditor that the Church or ministry’s finances were in proper order, which KCM was willing to provide. However, after a recent change in TAD personnel, a hard line was taken requiring complete and individual disclosure of salaries and employee positions. Because of that change in policy from TAD, KCM had to change their position.

KCM filed suit over this issue for two specific reasons: to protect the right to privacy for all of its employees and to stand up for the general privacy rights for all Churches. Kenneth Copeland Ministries believes that the salary information of Church or ministry employees should not be public record just as an individual taxpayer’s salary is not of public record. In addition, it is our position that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the only governmental agency with the authority to inquire and request this type of information from non-profit organizations, and of course the IRS has strict rules of confidentiality not afforded by other governmental entities.

The decision and settlement from TAD is a victory for Church freedom, the preservation of religious constitutional protections and the privacy rights of Church employees throughout the State of Texas. We appreciate our KCM partners and friends and the Believers Stand United internet response team for their prayers, vocal support and involvement in standing up for freedom and justice for all people of faith.

For questions or more information, please contact Dr. Stephen Swisher at media@kcm.org or 817-252-2792.

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Love Is Not An Option

Feb 25

Posted by KCM in Ministry

Have you ever wondered why Jesus commanded us to live by love? It’s because He desires for us to succeed and be blessed—spirit, soul and body. And He knows love is the primary key to that success.

If we actually understood the blessing that walking in love brings, we wouldn’t be so willing to abandon it when we encounter pressure or aggravation. If we knew, for example, that becoming fretful or resentful was going to cost us a great, supernatural revelation, we might be more apt to set those unloving attitudes aside.  “What does love have to do with spiritual revelation?” you ask.  Plenty! Read Colossians 2:2 and you can see for yourself how closely they are tied together. But the benefits of love don’t stop with wisdom and revelation. They also include divine power. Jesus said in John 14:21 that He will manifest Himself to the person who walks in love.

I think this verse in John is very interesting, especially in light of how eager we are to have Jesus manifest Himself among us in power. We long for Him to reveal Himself by signs and wonders and miracles. And, surely, as the time of His Second Coming draws closer, those signs and wonders must come in greater manifestation.

But do you know where they will manifest in greatest power? Among the people who are living and walking in love. That’s what happened in the book of Acts. God poured out His Spirit in mighty power at Pentecost with tongues of fire and the sound of a mighty, rushing wind, not upon people who were squabbling and arguing with one another, but among people who “continued with one accord” (Acts 1:14).

He shook the building and filled every believer with the Holy Ghost and boldness— not when the Church was fussing and working up denominational splits, but when they were “of one heart and of one soul” (Acts 4:32).  Need power in your life today? Need harmony in your family, in your marriage and among your children? Then walk in love. Walk in love at all costs… walk in love and decide that for your life, love is a command, not an option.

Gloria Copeland

(This article was reprinted from the devotional book by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland Pursuit of His Presence. To order a copy of this faith-filled devotional, please click here or call 800-600-7395. You can also read the daily devotion online by going clicking here.)

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Kenneth Copeland Ministries Partners to Send Medical Supplies to Haiti

Feb 4

Posted by KCM in News

In a continued effort to help support the people of Haiti, Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM) announced today that it has partnered with several ministries to send a flight to Haiti with $2.7 million of medical supplies, and 7,000 pounds of much-needed antibiotics. KCM has joined forces with Pastor Keith Moore of Faith Life Church, Branson, Mo., Billye Brim of Prayer Mountain in the Ozarks, Buddy Shipp of American Samaritan, Dale McCowan, a businessman from Tulsa, Okla., and Glen Hyde, who coordinated this mission, to send an aircraft to Haiti and deliver the important medical supplies and antibiotics.

According to Mr. Hyde, the flight will land at Cap-Haïtien on the northwest coast of Haiti. The supplies will be distributed to the following ministries: Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, International Healthcare Network (led by Dr. Paul Williams), and the Christian Haitian Outreach Orphanage. Kenneth Copeland Ministries and its partners on this mission are working diligently to assist on the ground in Haiti, aiding in relief efforts alongside other ministries and agencies from the United States and around the world.

In addition to this mission, KCM has been supporting the Haitian people for over 10 years, by sending monthly funds to support a Haitian orphanage and related outreaches. In regard to the present disaster relief needs, KCM has sent relief funds to Christian Haitian Outreach, Operation Blessing, American Samaritan and Mission Harvest America.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries and its partners and friends remain dedicated to meeting the needs of people by putting feet to our faith and proclaiming to the world that Jesus is Lord.

We will be posting video from this mission as soon as it is available from Haiti, right here at www.kennethcopelandministries.org.

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Kenneth Copeland Ministries Partners With United Theological Seminary to Offer Advanced Degree

Feb 4

Posted by KCM in News

A historical collaboration has just occurred between the United Theological Seminary (UTS) and Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM), one of the world’s largest faith-based ministries, to provide a practical, hands-on, biblically based doctor of ministry degree in preaching and media. The classes will be held at the KCM headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as UTS in Dayton, Ohio. The five-semester, 2 ½-year program will involve advanced preparation for the practice of ministry.  Each class will be held to a maximum of 15 students to ensure the best possible experience and growth for each participant.

In this program, pastors and leaders from across denominational lines will gain practical experience in how to build and grow their ministries and positively impact their communities. Students will learn how to use social media, build and sustain local, national and international television ministry, create a ministry magazine from start to finish, and preach faith in a way that impacts the listener. In addition, a unique strength of this doctor of ministry program is its mentor-based approach. Mentors are involved with the students and are readily available to help the pastor or leader navigate through this educational adventure.

For nearly 140 years, United Theological Seminary has trained leaders for the Church of Jesus Christ. Originally an outgrowth of the United Brethren Church, the motion for its founding was made by Bishop Milton Wright, the father of Orville and Wilbur Wright who would later impact the world through their creation of the Wright airplane. In 1968, when the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodist Church, UTS became one of the 13 official United Methodist seminaries.

Over the past 43 years, Kenneth Copeland Ministries has become one of the foremost leaders in teaching the principles of faith to meet the needs of people worldwide—proclaiming from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around that Jesus is Lord. Though primarily a media-based teaching ministry, KCM invests millions of dollars each year into helping people around the world. As part of its outreach, KCM provides financial support and other means of assistance to over 100 ministries and agencies in more than 120 countries on a regular basis, including churches, evangelistic outreaches, orphanages, youth programs, and rehabilitation centers.

KCM utilizes a variety of media to share the message of Jesus Christ, including television, the Internet, books, audio and video materials, and a monthly magazine. Through its television ministry, which extends across the United States and into over 70 nations around the world, KCM reaches a potential audience of 965 million people worldwide with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. Its free monthly publication, the Believer’s Voice of Victory magazine, has a circulation of more than 500,000. In addition, KCM regularly provides free resource materials to over 50,000 inmates to encourage them, answers more than a million letters each year, and responds to the spiritual needs of thousands of callers each month through its 24-hour prayer line.

The mentor for the program will be Dr. Stephen Swisher, who is a graduate of UTS and holds two doctorate degrees. Dr. Swisher has served as a senior pastor for over 15 years in churches ranging in size from 100 to over 6,000 members.  He currently serves as a senior manager at KCM.  Special guest instruction will be given by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, as well as other distinguished church and ministry leaders. The first class will begin August 2010.

You may apply for this program online by visiting www.kcm.org/uts or you can contact United Theological Seminary at 937-529-2275.

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God – The Open Book

Jan 6

Posted by KCM in Kenneth Copeland Ministries

God never has and never will do anything apart from His Word. That’s an eternal, everlasting fact. It cannot be changed. Yet, we act as though that isn’t true when we try everything we can think of to get hold of God. We cry, we pray, we fast – we do all sorts of things. But we don’t stop and realize that the …Word – the written Word of God – is just as much God as the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are God. – Kenneth Copeland

Taken from “God the Open Book” pg. 23 BVOV January 2010
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The International Believer’s Voice of Victory

Sep 25

Posted by KCM in Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Ministry

You may have heard that Kenneth Copeland Ministries Headquarters sends out nearly half a million copies of the Believer’s Voice of Victory magazine around the world. But did you know each KCM international office sends out its own version of BVOV to its region—enabling us to reach more souls than ever?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries magazineEach month, KCM Africa sends the BVOV magazine to nearly 21,000 people. KCM Australia mails the publication to more than 21,000 households in over 40 countries on three different continents, and KCM Canada reaches another 18,484 households. KCM Ukraine translates the magazine into Russian and distributes it to nearly 48,133 homes in 57 countries. And KCM Europe sends out more than 21,000 copies of BVOV to 40 countries. There is also a German edition of BVOV that is sent to 2600 households, predominantly in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

In addition to reaching individual households, the BVOV magazine is regularly distributed to prisons, airports, secular businesses, mission outreaches and other areas. And now, the full BVOV magazine is also available online each month in downloadable format, making it available literally everywhere! That’s because of the generous partnership of believers like you—a partnership reaching more people in more places through every available voice, including the powerful printed word!

To view the BVOV magazine online or subscribe to the free printed version, visit Kenneth Copeland Ministries magazine page.

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Part 2 of Kenneth Copeland’s “Jonah” Experience

Sep 18

Posted by KCM in Kenneth Copeland Ministries

This story is continued from Kenneth Copeland’s “Jonah” Experience

Shortly after the car wreck Kenneth and Gloria attended an Oral Roberts partner meeting and that’s where Kenneth Copeland received his anointing for ministry.

At the end of the five-day meeting, Oral Roberts laid his hands on Kenneth. Moments later, while sitting in a chair, Kenneth looked up and saw a transparent vision of the people in the meeting. On the inside, their spirits looked weak and starved, but their heads were grotesquely enormous.

“It hit me so hard, I began to weep. I cried and asked, ‘What is this? What’s the matter with these people?’” Kenneth Copeland recalled.

And the Lord replied, These are people whose spirits-even though born again-are so untaught and so unfed with the Word of God, and their heads are so full of religion and tradition, they’re so untaught and their faith is so shriveled, they are spiritually helpless. Then the Lord added, Kenneth, you’re looking at the cream of the crop right here. You ought to see the bad ones…I have called you and anointed you to do something about this.

That’s when Kenneth Copeland learned what he was called to do.

“When Oral Roberts laid hands on me, that was the moment this ministry was born in my spirit.” Then Kenneth added, “Well, to tell you the truth, I think it was in there before. Because the day I was born, they brought me in to my mother and she took me in her hands and the first thing she did…she held me up and dedicated me to the ministry of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, there isn’t any way you can get away from that.”

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