BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Growing a Ministry The 1970s were tremendous years of growth for the newly established Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association, later to be known as Kenneth Copeland Ministries. The first issue of "Believer’s Voice of Victory" magazine, the first of several voices to come, was published in September 1973 as a four-page newsletter and distributed to about 3,000 people. Today, 49 years later, the publication has evolved into a 32-page, full-color magazine, distributed free each month to nearly 400,000 subscribers worldwide—on five different continents. Last year, more than 3.8 million free issues of "BVOV" were distributed to 159 countries in six languages. 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. 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 four more Superkid movies: "Armor of Light;" "The Sword;" "Judgment: The Trial of Commander Kellie;" and "Superkid Academy: The Mission;" plus 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, 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. New Courses and Voices 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. 10 : BVOV

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