developed. Some of them are so highly mentally
developed that spiritually, they can hardly hold
their heads up.
He continued:
I want you to take My WORD and let Me teach
you. I will show you how to feed My people and
build them up spiritually.
You most likely have heard the rest of the story.
Brother Copeland applied to ORU and was
accepted. He registered on Jan. 24, 1967—the
date that his ministry was born. He was hired
as Oral Roberts' co-pilot and accompanied
him to all his meetings. He had the honor of
being trained firsthand by Brother Roberts and
Brother Bob DeWeese in the ministry of healing
and deliverance.
What was The LORD doing?
He was preparing Brother Copeland to
step out into full-time ministry much earlier
than he had originally thought. Kenneth and
Gloria were finally in the will of God. They
thought they would remain at ORU for a long
time. But in May 1967, it became clear that to
remain in God's will, they must step out into
full-time ministry of their own.
The Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic
Association was born.
The Focus of KCM
The focus of their ministry was clear:
I will show you how to feed My people and
build them up spiritually.
The LORD gave them Hebrews 5:12-14,
that says, "For when for the time ye ought
to be teachers, ye have need that one teach
you again which be the first principles of
the oracles of God; and are become such as
have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in
the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are
of full age, even those who by reason of use
have their senses exercised to discern both
good and evil."
They were to take believers from the
milk of The WORD to the strong meat. They
were to take them from religion to reality.
They were to teach them how to take a
word from God, stand on it, and walk it out
to victory.
That is what Kenneth and Gloria
Copeland have been faithfully doing for
over 57 years. With all that said, let's
answer the question: "What is Kenneth
Copeland Ministries' greatest vision?"
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Kenneth's parents (left rear)
watch as Oral Roberts and
their son lay hands on the
sick in 1967.
