BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

******ADVERTISEMENT****** Watch David & Nicole Go to BVOVN.COM for schedule ************************************ “While his intentions were good, a lot of Dad’s members left his church and went to Rick’s. It frustrated Dad no end. He decided he needed to move to put distance between his church and Rick’s. He moved 20 miles away. A few years later, Rick moved his church to within five minutes of Dad’s. To make it worse, Rick’s church was growing like crazy. “Back then, Joyce Meyer was Rick’s secretary. She launched Life in the Word from there. In 1980, Rick bought 37 prime acres close to Dad’s church. Dad was so upset! Years passed and Rick’s church was no longer growing like it had been. After Dad passed, our church just exploded. It went from 180 to multiple thousands in a short period of time. A prophet who didn’t know either of us gave Rick a word from God. She said, ‘This church doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to Young David.’ “Rick knew exactly who Young David was. We bought his location on 37 acres and put $10 million into renovations. He took our church, got out of debt and was able to retire.” Faith for Aviation For years, while attending conferences at KCM in Fort Worth, David’s dad would see airplanes owned by other ministers parked at the small airport at KCM. “Someday I’m going to have a plane sitting there,” he would say to family members. “Let’s close our eyes and imagine it.” At home preaching to 30 people, he’d say, “I’m going to have an airplane.” Everyone laughed at him. In 2003, that dream came true when father and son landed at that little airport in Fort Worth in a Saratoga single-engine plane. It might have looked like a toy beside some of the larger planes and jets, but David Sr. was excited beyond words. When Kenneth Copeland was believing for a Citation X, David Jr. and his wife, Nicole, gave $10,000 toward the new jet. By the time Kenneth got the plane, the Cranks had given another $10,000 toward fuel. Nine years ago, when the Cranks had expanded their ministry to three locations in St. Louis, the Lord directed David to start a fourth church in West Palm Beach, Fla. Knowing he would need a jet to fly back and forth, David called Pastor Keith Moore in Branson, Mo., and asked what kind of plane he needed. “I suggest a Citation S2,” Keith explained. “They’re economical, but hard to find.” David found a Citation S2 in excellent condition in Springfield, Mo., and paid cash for it. The money was put in an escrow account in Oklahoma City, and the owner told David to use the plane free for 30 days. David ended up flying the plane free for 237 days before completing the sale. David realized he’d been sowing into his own Citation when he’d given toward Kenneth’s aircraft. Generational Multiplication “The blessing of God is generational,” David explains. “I believe my dad was blessed not only for his faithfulness to KCM, but also for teaching his children to serve the Lord. The blessings on my father’s life have multiplied to me in ways that he could never have imagined. ******ADVERTISEMENT****** “People are watching over you in prayer and repairing broken places in your walls that you didn’t even know were there. To me, that’s a perfect picture of partnership.”--David Crank Jr. Partner with us today! kcm.org/partner 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) *********************************** 14 : BVOV

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