BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Humble Beginnings It began as a journey of faith, when in March 1967 Kenneth stood in the dried-up Arkansas riverbed and received God’s call to ministry: “He told me exactly what He was calling me to do,” Kenneth would recall years later. “He was calling me to preach the gospel to the nations…. He said nations would be won in a day—some of them even by this ministry.” For Kenneth, preparing to preach to the nations would begin the summer of that year, but not in a pulpit or behind a podium. Kenneth took his first step toward answering God’s call by picking up his Bible and walking from the bedroom to the living room of the little house he and Gloria occupied in Tulsa, Okla. With no money, and no meetings scheduled, that was as far as he knew to go. God had given him specific instructions never to ask people for money or a place to preach. Sitting down to study his Bible, Kenneth announced to God: “LORD, I’m on call.” Not long after that, the calls for Kenneth to minister started coming. And they have been coming ever since. Everywhere they go, Kenneth and Gloria continue to preach the uncompromised Word to the nations—bringing people from the milk to the meat of God’s Word and shaping the course of an entire generation of believers. Growing a Ministry The 1970s were tremendous years of growth for the newly established Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association, later to become Kenneth Copeland Ministries. The first issue of "Believer’s Voice of Victory," the first of several voices to come, was published in September 1973 as a four-page newsletter distributed to about 3,000 people. Today, 46 years later, the publication has evolved into a 32-page, full-color magazine, distributed free each month to nearly 400,000 subscribers worldwide—in 202 different countries and territories on five different continents. KCM Africa has printed its own "BVOV" magazine since late 2000. Since 2001, KCM Europe has been translating and printing a German version of the magazine, initially six times a year but monthly since 2007. Australia began printing its own magazine in March 2006. KCM Ukraine began printing a four-page Russian "BVOV" bimonthly in early 2000, that today has become a 16-page monthly publication. A digital version of the "BVOV" magazine goes out in French on a monthly basis. In February 2012, KCM began mailing the printed version of "La Voz de Victoria del Crevente" ("BVOV" in Spanish) to subscribers. More than 7,550 households were receiving the magazine in Spanish by 2014. And in January 2016, KCM Latin America began producing and mailing the printed version of the Spanish magazine in Colombia for the entire region. * * * * article continues on p. 6 * * * * TIMELINE: 1967…Kenneth preaches his first message 1973…First "BVOV" newsletter was printed 1976…KCM Canada opened ............Radio broadcast began 1978…First Believers’ Convention 1979…Sunday broadcast began ............KCM Australia opened 1981…First Southwest Believers’ Convention 1982…First worldwide satellite Communion Service .........KCM Europe & KCM Africa opened 1983… Monthly Partner Letter began 1986…Eagle Mountain International Church began 1989…Daily TV broadcast began 1993…Broadcast began airing in Eastern Europe 1994…KCM Ukraine opened 1996…KCM.org launched 2005…Disaster Relief began 2006…Spanish Sunday broadcast began 2008…24/7 prayer line began 2011…Asia magazine began .......Sunday broadcast in German began 2012…Spanish magazine began 2014... Chinese website launched 2015…Colombia office opened ........Spanish radio began ........Believers’ Academy launched ........Online Partner Community launched 2017... Believer’s Voice of Victory Network® began ........50 years of ministry 2018... Kenneth Copeland Bible College™ began 2019... BVOVN® became VICTORY™ BVOV : 5

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