BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Faith and Favor It made no sense. Nashon had no SAT scores. No official college transcript. No money to pay the $120,000 tuition. No family support or financial help. Applying for grants and scholarships, he cleaned toilets and did landscaping to earn money. “You’ll never make it,” family and friends warned. “My first semester in college, Dr. Kandole gave me a series of teaching tapes by Kenneth Copeland,” Nashon recalls. “I was in my dorm room listening to The Winning Formula. (Editor’s note: This series is no longer available.) I couldn’t quit! My hunger for God just soared! The only stability in my life was my church and those teachings from KCM. “I was worshiping one day when the Lord told me to go find my mother. I was reluctant, but Dr. Kandole and men from his leadership team helped me, and we found her in a crack house in Philadelphia. He called someone at Bethesda Mission and they accepted her. We took her kicking and screaming, and then prayed she would stay and complete the program. “The other thing the Lord instructed me to do was start a Bible study on campus. I started it with three other men and it grew so fast that Dr. Kandole said, ‘Your Bible study is larger than my church!’” International Business A student in the school of business, in his junior year Nashon had the opportunity to apply to the International Business Institute. That year, in 2004, he stood in Paris, France, looking up at the Eiffel Tower. Drinking in the scene, one thought replayed in his mind. Five years ago I was functionally illiterate. Only God… Nashon studied abroad with students from Cambridge, Wheaton and Duke. His roommate had studied at Oxford. As international business students, they traveled from country to country studying European and global economies. They did corporate analyses on companies such as Mercedes and the Swiss Bank. Nashon flew to Switzerland. He visited Britain’s Parliament and Big Ben. He studied in Central America and walked among the Mayan ruins in Guatemala. When he graduated, all those experiences dimmed in the light of one other. His mother—clean and sober—attended his graduation. In 2006, the largest privately held communications company in America hired him at $80,000 a year. By the end of 2007, at age 27, he’d been promoted to the highest sales position in the company, earning six figures. In 2011, Nashon attended the Southwest Believers’ Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. The following year, in 2012, he and Dr. Kandole attended together, refueling on the Word of God. Today, Nashon Walker has left corporate America to start The Empowerment Center Worldwide Inc. He and his wife, Tiana, are the parents of three daughters: Taja, Mia and Ariana. Nashon’s father was released from prison in 2012, and God has restored their relationship. His mother earned a degree in social work and is the head counselor at the mission that once took her in. She is an integral part of his life and ministry. “Two years ago when riots broke out in London,” Nashon recalls, “the English blamed them on the street culture that had migrated there from America. That’s the culture I grew up in. But here’s what I’ve learned: You don’t have to stay trapped in your culture. Faith in God’s Word will break you out of whatever has imprisoned you…and lead you into your victorious destiny. What God has done for me, He will do for you.” V *******PARTNERSHIP***** Partnership is designed by God to dramatically increase the abilities, resources and rewards of every believer. Partner with KCM today and receive your FREE Partner package. 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) or +1-817-852-6000 Your Partner package includes: • Brother Copeland’s personal letter of welcome • God Needs Your Voice CD • Your Victory Around the World DVD • The Partnership Exchange book • Partnership certificate • Discount card • Exclusive online BONUS teaching OCT '13 : BVOV : 13

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