BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 1 3 Eagle Mountain had long since been abandoned: The planes that had soared over it, a distant memory. The more than 8,000 people who once called it home, all gone. By 1970, not much remained but a few ramshackle buildings and a sunbaked stretch of runway. Yet it was that year, while fl ying home from a meeting, Brother Copeland heard words he'd never forget. "It was nighttime, and I was alone in the airplane," he recalls. "All of a sudden, I heard a voice in my spirit, as clearly as if it were coming over my radio. The voice said, Coming to you from The Revival Capital of the World. "I thought to myself, There is an Entertainment Capital of the World—Hollywood. There is a Political Capital of the World—Washington, D.C. But where is The Revival Capital of the World?" Puzzling over the question that night, Brother Copeland had no answer. Little did he know that the property he was fl ying over at the time—a dusty old airbase 23 miles north of Fort Worth on Eagle Mountain Lake that was formerly the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station—was what the Lord was calling The Revival Capital of the World. He didn't know anything about the property. And he wouldn't for another three years. When There Seems To Be No Way With Kenneth Copeland Ministries growing rapidly, by 1973 Brother Copeland knew they'd eventually need a site with plenty of space to accommodate the ministry's expansion. When a board member of the then Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association heard about a choice piece of property for sale on Eagle Mountain Lake, he drove Kenneth and Gloria out to see the property. The moment Brother Copeland stepped onto the property he heard the voice of the Lord, once again calling things that didn't exist as though they did. THIS is The Revival Capital of the World, and you are going to build it, the Lord said. In the natural, that looked like an impossibility. At just six years old, Kenneth Copeland Ministries didn't have anywhere near enough money to take on such a challenge. The cost of the land alone far exceeded the current ministry budget. Not to mention the cost of renovating the old structures on the property and adding the new ones that would be needed. What's more, the property. The moment Brother Copeland stepped onto the property he heard the voice of the Lord, once again calling things that didn't exist as though they did. World, and you are going to build it, Lord said. impossibility. At just six years old, Kenneth Copeland Ministries didn't have anywhere near enough money to take on such a challenge. The cost of the land alone far exceeded the current ministry budget. Not to mention the cost of renovating the old structures on the property and adding the new ones that would be needed. What's more, Lake, he drove Kenneth and Gloria out to see the property. The moment Brother the property. The moment Brother Copeland stepped onto the property he heard the voice of the Lord, once again calling things that didn't exist as though they did. World, and you are going to build it, Lord said. impossibility. At just six years old, Kenneth Copeland Ministries didn't have anywhere near enough money to take on such a challenge. The cost of the land alone far exceeded the current ministry budget. Not to mention the cost of renovating the old structures on the property and adding Many people are attempting to quiet the voice of the ministry of The LORD Jesus Christ. And it is extremely important that there be a voice of victory— loud and clear. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland headquarters groundbreaking, 1979 —Kenneth Copeland by Gina Lynnes

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