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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

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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

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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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Take it or Leave it

Feb 18

Posted by KCM in Ministry

You can’t depend on someone else’s faith. You must let God build your faith. As He is doing it, He’s preparing you to receive even bigger and better things. He’s preparing you to be a channel for Him to use to help others take what their faith is expecting.

You see, God uses people! So, while none of us can depend on someone else’s faith, we all do have a connection of faith. It’s a connection that will speak God’s Word to me when I know someone is in need, to “love your neighbor as yourself.”  Remember, faith works by love…out of a loving heart!  Love fuels faith in our own lives and in the lives of people God brings across our path. “When we stand praying,” Jesus said, “forgive.” Why? Because that’s what love does.  When we understand and believe that God’s ultimate purpose in our having faith in Him is to bless someone else, then nothing is impossible. When our faith “takes” all God has to give, we can be the next person to whom He can say, “OK, you’ve got it, now give some of it away!”

Nothing is better than living by faith in God! He will never run out of the stuff His people need and desire. When we see that His plan is to use each of us to be a participant in His blessing, why would we want to leave anything on the table?  Starting today, put your faith on something you need or desire according to God’s Word, then ask for more! Look around you: Someone out there needs it, too. They are using their faith and asking Him. And He is going to use you to give to them—to help their faith take it! It’s a great plan, a great reason to take everything God has to give us—so we can be part of all He is doing. And He gets the praise and glory for it all!

Gloria Copeland – Taken from “Take it or Leave it”  – Believers Voice of Victory Magazine – March 2010

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Let Him Complete You!

Feb 15

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Proverbs 20:24 tells us the Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? He’s got our path lined out for us. His goal is to complete the master- piece of you!

He’s taken care of everything. In the garden He pro- vided Adam and Eve’s food, clothing, their spouse and even their occupation. He gave them THE BLESSING. He gave them seed because He had already planted everything and made it to grow. He did all the work. They didn’t have to toil at all. They just had to do what He said and THE BLESSING would make it all work. All Adam and Eve had to do, and all we have to do, is “keep it.” Keep THE BLESSING. Keep the promise. Keep the plan. Philippians 2:12-13 makes it clear: “…Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (NLT).

God is watching over that plan He designed. He’s working in you, giving you the desire and the power to paint the picture—to do what pleases Him. And what pleases Him is for you to be what He designed you to be and do.

He has provided every tool we will ever need to paint our lives according to His plan. He’s given us His Word… the complete and true picture of each of us. He has given us His Spirit…not just our step-by-step instruc- tor, but our moment-by-moment power source. He has given us Jesus—our example of what living the good life God planned is all about. He has given us the Body of Christ—the ones who encourage us that we can and will be all He has designed us to be.

You are not out there alone, trying to accomplish a near-impossible task. God loves you so much, He has master-planned your good life and totally supplied every good thing you need to pick up that brush and see your life turn out just as He desires it to be. You are God’s masterpiece. You are His good work in progress!

Kellie Copeland Swisher – Taken from “You Are A Good Work” – Believers Voice of Victory Magazine – February 2010

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Kellie Copeland Swisher is an executive at Kenneth Copeland Ministries where she supervises several departments alongside her husband, Dr. Stephen Lowell Swisher. Through their ministry, Kellie and Steve fulfill the mission of drawing people of all ages into a personal, growing and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ. Doctor and Mrs. Swisher have four children and reside in Fort Worth, Texas.

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You Have Hope!

Feb 11

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You may be in the deepest hole of your life. But if the Word says you have hope, then, glory to God, you have hope!

You may think your circumstances are tearing you apart, but I have news for you. Your circumstances are not the problem! All circumstances, I don’t care what they are, must bow their knee and submit to the Name of Jesus and the Word of God when faith, hope and love are brought to bear on them.

When circumstances are very bad, get your Bible and some teaching tapes and go off by yourself until you stop negative thoughts from bombarding your mind. Gloria and I have done that many, many times. Years ago, we did that where our children were concerned. It was obvious from the circumstances that the devil was after them and the pressure was getting worse and worse.

Finally, we decided to deal with the situation head-on. We spent time piled up in the middle of the bed with our Bibles and our notebooks, looking up every scripture we could find about children. We wrote them all down, prayed over them and made an irrevocable declaration.

We said, “On the basis of the promises of God and by the blood of Jesus, our children are not going to hell. The Word of God says our children are taught of the Lord and great is their peace, and that settles it forever.”

Then, no matter what happened, we stood our ground in the Name of Jesus. To keep from wavering, we had to cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalted itself against the Word God had given us about our children. We had to bring all our thoughts into captivity and into obedience to that Word. All our thoughts!

“Well, I try to do that, but sometimes I just can’t help what I think.”

You most certainly can. God’s Word says you can (Philippians 4:8). God’s Word tells you to choose what you think, and cast down what you shouldn’t think. When you do that, hope will have a place to work. In fact, if you’ll guard your mind, there will come a moment when hope suddenly rises up. Add to that, faith and the love of God, and complete the transaction in the realm of the spirit. Suddenly, that hole you are in won’t be deep at all. You can walk right out.

When that happens, you’ll suddenly know that what you’re hoping for is yours. It’s yours and all the demons of hell can’t keep you from receiving it. You’ll find yourself saying, “It’s done! It’s mine, glory to God!”

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast…. – Hebrews 6:19

This article was adapted from the devotional book by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Pursuit of His Presence.

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Kenneth Copeland Ministries Partners to Send Medical Supplies to Haiti

Feb 4

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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

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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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