BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

little spirit body was a huge head. Son, the Lord said to Kenneth, I have called you to feed My people. They are out of balance. They are physically developed. They're mentally developed. Some are so developed mentally that they can hardly hold their heads up. I'll show you how to feed My people and build them up spiritually until they become balanced. The fulfi llment of that calling to feed God's people was the goal, as the doors of what was then the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, swung open on Aug. 17, 1981, for the fi rst Southwest Believers' Convention. Free and open to the public, the convention was designed to do just what God had commissioned—feed His people by teaching them how to use their faith in God and His Word; to take the Partners and Friends of Kenneth Copeland Ministries from the milk to the meat of the Word. In a word delivered through the late John Osteen, one of several guest speakers who had joined Kenneth and Gloria for the six- day meeting, the Lord said: I'm sending a Word revival to cause the Church to know who they are in Jesus Christ. And they will arise like a giant and they will go forth into a darkened world, saturating them with My glory and My power. And they'll cast out demons and heal the sick and bring deliverance to mankind. And I will show My glory in your generation. From then until now, those words have rung true as the power of God has been evidenced in every meeting. In the 44 years since it began, the Southwest Believers' Convention has continued to thrive and be a catalyst for change, remaining committed to total immersion in God's Word and the teaching of faith by some of God's most anointed ministers, including current speakers Jesse Duplantis, Keith Moore, Jeremy Pearsons, Bill Winston and Nancy Dufresne; and new additions Keith Butler, Crefl o Dollar, Benny Hinn, Bill Johnson and Jonathan Shuttlesworth. Year after year, new Kingdom keys have been revealed, restoration has come, and new strength has been infused into the lives of the hundreds of thousands who have come from all around the world to attend. No longer spiritually emaciated, believers are learning how to walk by faith as mature, Word- fi lled, faith-confessing Christians. They are becoming believers who are fi lling the Body of Christ with the knowledge of how to stand and contend for spiritual reality in the face of temporal circumstances. Set Your Faith In Motion Whether you're a longtime attendee, or you're just learning about this powerful week of anointed meetings centered on the Word of God, we hope you will make plans to join us this year for the Southwest Believers' Convention, set to take place July 28-Aug. 2 at what is now the Fort Worth Convention Center. Come sow a seed of intercession and minister your supply of faith during Prayer Everywhere with Terri Copeland Pearsons, which takes place every morning and evening prior to each session. 1 0 : B V O V Register at KCM.org/SWBC

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