BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

************************************ ************************************ “We were on television in Muslim countries. How can you do that? You can’t but we were. Faith in God will cross any border. Love will break down anything.... You know why they kept us on the air in Muslim countries? Because we paid our bills on time. Our money that came from God through you [Partners], kept those stations opened.... We paid on time and we paid in cash. It kept the stations opened.”—Kenneth Copeland ************************************** ************************************** * * * * article from p. 5 continues * * * * Taking Up the Cause Over 30 years ago, a new concept in children's ministry at KCM was born with the creation of Commander Kellie and the Superkids. The characters for this cartoon/animation feature first appeared in audiobook adventure format, but after three albums listeners wanted more. By 1992, the first Superkid movie, "The Intruder," debuted. That same year Wichita Slim, with Kenneth Copeland as the title character, rode onto the screen in "The Gunslinger." “We set out to do full-length motion pictures, and in those motion pictures, train and teach the power of The WORD of God,” Brother Copeland recalls. Great success, coupled with the delight of both parents and children, resulted in three more Superkid movies: "Armor of Light," "The Sword" and "Judgment: The Trial of Commander Kellie," and two additional Wichita Slim movies, "Covenant Rider" and "The Treasure of Eagle Mountain." Then, in April 1993, the first children's activity page appeared in the "Believer's Voice of Victory" magazine. A year later, in May 1994, "Shout! The Voice of Victory for Kids" magazine debuted, growing from 5,000 subscriptions to over 150,000 when its last issue was distributed in 2006. For more than a decade, "Shout!" not only won awards, but it also brought the Word of God to tens of thousands of children regularly. When its run was complete, funds for "Shout!" were funneled to other children's ministry projects. Superkid Academy is now a mainstay each year at the Southwest Believers’ Convention, attracting hundreds of children. Another New Course, and Voice KCM launched its radio ministry in May 1975, broadcasting on 10 stations, and a short time later, the Lord told Brother Copeland to put forth the Word “on every available voice.” Within a year, the broadcast was being heard on more than 500 stations in the U.S. and Canada. Television became the next “available voice” for KCM in 1979, as the ministry aired its first one-hour, weekly TV broadcast on May 27. Leading up to that were five tapings of "The Word of Faith" in 1971, and then 50 tapings of "The Prayer Group," which aired on TV between 1972 and 1978. The programs opened with a traditional hymn, but what followed was unexpected and refreshing: “The WORD will energize your faith, and faith will energize your prayers,” declared a young Kenneth Copeland. Soon, those early programs had grown to become "Believer’s Voice of Victory," a one-hour Sunday broadcast, taped during Kenneth Copeland Ministries’ Victory Campaigns and meetings held across the nation. But God had greater expectations for KCM and its TV ministry. In 1988, the Lord reminded Kenneth and Gloria of something He said to them in 1967 that put them on a course toward destiny. Then, He said to them: 'I told you that I was coming so soon that I wanted this uncompromised message of faith on every available voice. I have not changed. I have not released you from that assignment.' God then added a new and seemingly impossible direction, giving them an assignment that would be the biggest step of faith they had ever taken: 'I want you to begin airing daily, 30-minute broadcasts through which you will teach believers who they are in Christ Jesus. Bring them from religion to reality.... Use these programs to teach, not preach.' They didn’t have the money to go on daily television, nor did they have the personnel, the equipment or a studio. What they had, however, was that one word from God. And they had their faith. That was all God needed! Reaching Around the World! Those early efforts to get the uncompromised Word of God onto daily television laid a solid foundation for how KCM’s television ministry has evolved. Kenneth explains it so well: “So, how did we jump from weekly television to a daily broadcast? By faith. We meditated The WORD. We confessed our success. We built our faith. We called those things that be not as though they were. We did all the same things you’ll have to do to reach your next faith goal...we looked to God. As always, God was faithful to His WORD.” Produced by the KCM television department, the "BVOV" broadcast is often a newcomer’s first glimpse into KCM’s mission to “preach the uncompromised Word of God through every available voice, from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around the middle,” helping believers grow in the things of God by teaching them the Word of Faith. Today, "BVOV" is broadcast 858 hours per week around the world on over 240 stations, six days a week. With a potential viewership of over 885 million, it’s reaching areas like Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, India/Middle East, South America, Latin America, New Zealand and the U.S. 6 : BVOV

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