We’re out of milk and I have nothing to fix for dinner. I don’t know how you’re going to do it, but here’s a list of our most basic needs. Please go to the store and don’t come home without them.”
Back in the car, Bill rested his head against the steering wheel.
What now?
A New Man
“Cindy and I grew up Roman Catholic and attended the same Catholic school from elementary through high school,” Bill explains. “I was an electrician, but in 1976 jobs were scarce so I left Cindy at home with two children while I worked the pipeline in Alaska. A man I worked with led me to the Lord and my roommate bought me a Bible. I called my Aunt Dorothy, who is a nun, and asked if it was OK for me to read a Protestant Bible. She said, ‘Sure, theirs is just shorter!’
“By the time I went home for a visit in July, I was a changed man. I was so different that Cindy checked my arms for needle marks. She thought maybe I was on drugs.
“By January 1977, the charismatic renewal had swept through the Catholic Church. I’d had trouble with my kidneys but the first time we attended a charismatic Catholic mass, the priest called out my symptoms and I was healed. Two nuns urged Cindy to raise her hands in worship. She was born again and both of us were baptized in the Holy Spirit.
“Every afternoon at 5 o’clock I listened to Kenneth Copeland on the radio. Every Sunday evening we watched his television broadcast, learning the principles of faith. We partnered with his ministry and I taught everything I learned to other people. I started a Bible study in my basement and wrote to Brother Copeland asking if he would come speak. I got a kind letter back explaining that my request had arrived in their mailroom the day we’d asked him to speak.
“As I learned to live by faith and applied the financial principles of sowing and reaping, we prospered.
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June 5-6
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Southwest Believers’ Convention
June 29-July 4
New York, N.Y.
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Sept. 11-12
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Kenneth and/or Gloria Copeland
Corsicana, Texas : Jan. 31-Feb. 1
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Word Alive Church
1803 W. 7th Ave. | Corsicana, TX 75151
1-903-519-3312 | wordalivetx.org
North Miami Beach, Fla. : Feb. 12-15
Words of Life Church
20051 NE 16th Place
North Miami Beach, FL 33179
1-305-653-8155 | wordsoflife.com
Sacramento, Calif. : March 29
Calvary Christian Center
2667 Del Paso Blvd. | Sacramento, CA 95815
1-916-929-5725 | calvarychristian.com
Bakersfield, Calif. : April 5
Kern Christian Center
4701 Gosford Road | Bakersfield, CA 93313
1-661-664-1000 | kernchristiancenter.org
Brooklyn Park, Minn. : Aug. 20-21
Upper Midwest Faith Explosion 2015
Living Word Christian Center
9201 75th Ave. N. | Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
1-763-315-7000 | lwcc.org
Johnstown, Ohio : Sept. 5-6
Faith Life Church
2407 Beech Road | Johnstown, OH 43031
1-740-964-7400 | faithlifechurch.org
Forest Park, Ill. : Sept. 14
2015 International Faith Conference
Living Word Christian Center
7600 W. Roosevelt Road | Forest Park, IL 60130
1-708-697-5000 | billwinston.org or livingwd.org
Pastors George and Terri Pearsons:
Lima, Peru | Feb. 3-5
Peru International Pastors Conference & 50th Anniversary Celebration
Catedral de Fe | Guzmán Blanco 350 | Lima, Peru
+51-1-715-6868 | catedraldefe.org
Cost to be determined
Nice, France | April 17-19
Prayer Conference | Eglise La Bonne Nouvelle
Hotel B4 Plaza | 12 Avenue de Verdun
Nice 06000 France | elbnfrance.com
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