2017
COVENANT
PARTNER REPORT
Dear Partners, The LORD told us 2017 would be the year of fabulous outpourings from heaven and it surely was! Our partnership and following The LORD’s direction throughout the year has changed lives around our world! In fact, the outpourings just keep coming, and we look forward to heaven’s fabulous outpourings in the days ahead! The testimonies continue pouring in from all our worldwide ministry offices, from people who have experienced God’s love like never before. As you joined your faith and love together with the faith and love of our global teams, the results have been amazing. Transformations in destinies, finances, health and relationships have given our world a picture of Jesus that has touched hearts and brought revival! God’s faithfulness has been demonstrated and His Name has been glorified! As you browse through this year’s Covenant Partner Report, understand that your faith and partnership were key to everything you read! Your heart will be touched as you see that God’s WORD works for every person who will receive it! Thousands upon thousands of lives have been changed by the power of the gospel through our events, church services, broadcasts, website, TV network and much more. We know by these 50 years of ministry that faith in God never fails. God is willing and ready always to act on behalf of us who have our faith partnered with His to “believe we have received and we shall have it”! Partners, going forward from these 50 years of ministry, our plan, as always, is to hear from God and follow His direction for the days ahead. Our mission continues—to bring the transforming WORD of God to the nations and to connect people to the God who loves them! This work of the gospel is a lifechanging work, and we are honored to be alongside you to complete our mission! Together we are getting it done! As we go into 2018, our expectations are high as The LORD has told us it will be the Year of The Holy Ghost and Fire! We are thrilled to be part of all He will do as the year unfolds. And we are overjoyed to know you will be there with us…right in the middle of it all! We love you and declare with you… JESUS IS LORD!
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THE LORD TOLD US 2017 WOULD BE THE YEAR OF FABULOUS OUTPOURINGS FROM HEAVEN AND IT SURELY WAS!
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Dear Partner, What an amazing year we had! We went into 2017 celebrating the 50th ministry anniversary the same way Brother and Sister Copeland began in 1967—full steam ahead! Their passion to minister the Word of Faith around the world hasn’t decreased, but instead, has been fueled by several words from the Lord to go further and do more. The Lord’s first marching orders to Brother Copeland in 2017 were to “get your house in order. Bring the church (Eagle Mountain International Church) and the ministry (Kenneth Copeland Ministries) together as one—and put Pastor George over both.” As a result, I accepted the additional assignment as CEO at the end of January. Immediately I sensed the power of another word from the Lord take hold: “2017—The Year of Fabulous Outpourings From Heaven,” and another one: “You will get more done in this one year than you have in the last 20.” It sounded impossible, but I can testify it has happened and is continuing into 2018 as well. You’re our Partner, so take that for yourself! Immediately we turned our attention to all the property improvements and facility expansion needed here, “at the house,” along with an intense review of all our internal processes and procedures. We have been well-trained to keep outreach as our priority, but keeping the house in order is equally vital to successfully accomplish our mandates. Forty-five years ago, the Lord told Brother Copeland this property would one day be known as “The Revival Capital of the World.” No wonder the Lord is intent on us ensuring the home base represents Him with the spirit of excellence He deserves. Your financial support helps us to continue this essential endeavor. You may have already noticed much happening here on campus and there is much more to come. The local church, Miracles on the Mountain, the all-new Kenneth Copeland Bible College (coming this fall), and so much more, all have serving our Partners as their heartbeat. Even though much is happening right here on the Mountain (Eagle Mountain, that is), we have not lost sight of expansion beyond our walls. Brother Copeland challenged us to “get more aggressive about reaching the United States, Canada, Africa, the islands and the Latino world.” So we continue to investigate and implement ways to have greater impact in other cultures, across other continents, and on every available voice the Lord opens to us. That means more media, more books, more meetings. To help us go further, faster, the Lord blessed us with a Gulfstream V which makes international travel much more doable. Our next airplane-related project is the redo of the interior to make the plane usable for more team members. In 2018, we will do more to bring the gospel to the world than ever before. So take a look at this Covenant Partner Report and see the month-by-month journey of all that your support made possible. But then, look with the eye of faith and see where we know we are going in 2018. Add your faith with ours to see new facilities, equipment, people, programming and events, all bringing souls into the Kingdom and victory into the lives of millions more believers. With your faith and financial partnership, I honestly believe we can see more done for the kingdom of God in our 51st year of ministry than in the 50 years before! I am glad YOU are our Partner!
Pastor George Pearsons Senior Pastor and Chief Executive Officer
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2017 HIGHLIGHTS REACTION TOUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BROTHER COPELAND ON THE MOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 EUROPEAN PRAYER CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BRANSON VICTORY CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RADIANT WOMEN’S CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 LATIN AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MIRACLES ON THE MOUNTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DAYTON VICTORY CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 EVERY AVAILABLE VOICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SOUTHWEST BELIEVERS’ CONVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 DISASTER RELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 GULFSTREAM V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 KENNETH COPELAND WORD OF FAITH STUDY BIBLE . . . . . 39 NEW YEAR’S SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 TWICE-SOWN SEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 INTERNATIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 2017 MINISTRY FINANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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JANUARY
REACTION TOUR 2017 started off with a powerful outpouring of God’s love and the Holy Spirit when Courtney Copeland Acuùa returned to Uganda with Reaction Tour to host our fifth sports camp in the region, this time ministering to more children than ever! The Holy Spirit was present in a powerful way, and hundreds of children experienced the love of God in action. Miracles, deliverance and salvations were taken to a whole new level!
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JANUARY
MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE We believe God wants to pour out the power of the Holy Spirit in these last days in the greatest measure the earth has ever seen, so “Get Your House in Order!” was the battle cry at the 2017 Ministers’ Conference held at Eagle Mountain International Church in January. We were privileged to host thousands of pastors from all over the world. They received encouragement and their faith was bolstered to get both their spiritual and physical houses in order, so they and their congregations can be conduits of all the Lord is doing in the Body of Christ during these last days.
“GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER!”
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VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BANQUET WITH DEAN SIKES Part of getting your house in order is honoring those in your house. We couldn’t carry out our mission to take people from the milk of the Word to the meat of the Word if it weren’t for the help of our faithful volunteers. In January, we honored these special people with a volunteer appreciation banquet.
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FEBRUARY
BROTHER COPELAND ON THE MOUNTAIN Church meetings and services are not for our entertainment; they’re sacred assemblies where we honor God and participate with Him. In February, we held two such notable events. First, Brother Copeland on the Mountain featured Kenneth Copeland teaching us a special series on faith, taking us back to the very basics. This three-day event was specially recorded for the Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast and later distributed on every available voice, including the Believer’s Voice of Victory Network® and our podcast.
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VICTORY MOMENT
After suffering through a difficult childhood, Christiane endured the loss of both her sister and her mother. As she states, “I was a complete mess.” Lost, Christiane tried to satisfy her desire for love and acceptance in many places—dead-end relationships and drugs—but nothing helped fill the void.
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Christiane’s testimony: kcm.org/annualreport
RICK RENNER AT EMIC We continued to give God and His Word more of our attention in February at our second event. We invited special guest and KCM Partner Pastor Rick Renner to the Mountain, so we could delve into deeper revelations from God’s Word. It’s at events like these that people hear the Word of God preached, and their faith is strengthened to believe God’s Word and receive from Him. Many come to believe in Jesus as their Savior and make Him Lord of their lives.
118,734,962
SALVATIONS WORLDWIDE
Since 1984, we’ve counted 118,734,962 salvations worldwide through our ministry, and the ministries we support through what we call twice-sown seed.
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MARCH
YOUTH SPRING RETREAT Time is precious, and our generation does not have any time to waste. There are 1,440 minutes in every day, and we are dedicated to living every minute of every day for God’s glory! It is that dedication and drive that gives 14forty its name and motto. 14forty is the youth ministry of Eagle Mountain International Church. Our mission is to impact students with the love of Jesus, disciple them intensely in the Word of God, teach them an uncommon faith, and help them stand victoriously in life. Back at home, our youth ministry team took a group of 90 teens on a spring retreat, so they could grow their faith and enter into a deeper relationship with the Lord. We were honored to have our ministry Partner Dennis Burke send them off by speaking and planting seeds of God’s Word into their hearts. Several students received healing and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit!
RESURRECTION SUNDAY No matter where you are in the world, Jesus coming back to life truly is the “greatest awakening” you can ever be a part of! We had a truly memorable service, complete with the EMIC choir, and special presentations from our 14forty youth drama and Superkid Academy dance teams. What a joy to proclaim with your church family and the Body of Christ around the globe that “Jesus is risen and He is Lord!”
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EUROPEAN PRAYER CONFERENCE We’re committed to reaching people here at home and around the world with the life-changing message of the gospel. In March, our U.S. and U.K. offices teamed up with ministry Partner Pastor Marie-Helene Moulin to participate in the European Prayer Conference. Along with Pastors George and Terri Pearsons, our team helped welcome pastors, prayer leaders and attendees to pray over an awakening to God in Europe.
EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE— ARISE BRISTOL, U.K. Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons ministered to the staff at the KCM Europe office, than at the Exceptional Women’s Conference—Arise, in Bristol, England, at Carmel City Church. It was such a great blessing for Kenneth Copeland Ministries Europe to see the conference supported by approximately 350 ladies, including groups from our Partner churches in Belfast, Bridgend, Bristol, Coventry, Newport and Warminster. A gift of Pastor Terri’s CD The Grace of a Godly Woman was sown into the lives of each woman who attended the conference.
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APRIL
BRANSON VICTORY CAMPAIGN In April, thousands of our Partners and Friends gathered together to take their victory at the Branson Victory Campaign, at Faith Life Church, pastored by our good friend and ministry Partner, Brother Keith Moore. Brother Copeland ministered on living in the Father’s love on a deeper level, and Pastor George Pearsons taught on developing the mindset of increase. We received a word from the Lord from Brother Copeland to bring forth praise and worship because we have victory over all principalities, powers and rulers of darkness through the blood of Jesus!
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VICTORY MOMENT
Sarah Lutz desperately wanted to overcome the depression that held her prisoner, and her husband, Ray, wanted to know how to help her deal with that depression. His only option was to pray...and pray hard.
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Sarah and Ray’s testimony: kcm.org/annualreport
Our ministry mission is to help people overcome every challenge in life and experience victory by applying principles from God’s Word.
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MAY
RADIANT WOMEN’S CONFERENCE We mobilized women to take their victory at the 2017 Radiant Women’s Conference. Guest speakers Michele Bachmann and Candy LaFlora, along with our very own Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons, equipped approximately 300 women to reach their greatest potential by putting their faith in God. In addition to an intensive study in the book of Esther, we enjoyed a concert, games, skits, prizes, delicious food and even an after-party!
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1,159,412
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE We believe prayer is the foundation and springboard for great awakening in every nation. On Thursday, May 4, we joined together with our staff, congregation, Partners, Friends and other Christians from all over the world to pray and intercede for America on the National Day of Prayer.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Prayer is also the foundation of Kenneth Copeland Ministries. You never have to be without prayer again! We pray for our Partners every single day, and in 2017, we prayed over 1,159,412 prayer requests that came in through our Partner Service Center.
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LATIN AMERICA We believe the whole world is on the verge of the greatest awakening to God that’s ever happened. That’s why in 2017, we continued to increase our efforts to reach Latin America. In 2017, the Lord gave a prophecy to Kenneth Copeland in which He proclaimed a miraculous outpouring is coming to all Latino nations, “from Spain to Mexico, Portugal to Brazil.” This supernatural outpouring, the likes of which has never been seen before, includes peace and joy “everywhere Latino languages are spoken.” We held the Peru Victory Campaign in May, followed by our first-ever Victory Campaign in Bogota, Colombia. More than 8,000 people attended these events! Plus, to reach even more people in Latin America, we added Portuguese translation to all our BVOV broadcasts.
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THE BRIDGE MISSION TRIP TO
HONDURAS
What is community without serving? We believe that we have freely received so much from God that we must freely give that to all the places where we live. EMIC’s young adult ministry known as The Bridge does this by holding regular local outreaches and global mission trips. Our vision is to see a generation empowered by the love of God impacting their spheres of influence, serving the needs of others, and reviving a dying world in need of Jesus. We know that just one touch from God can change someone’s life. The Bridge young adults took a mission trip to Honduras, where they were the hands and feet of Jesus touching many people. They did everything from bagging and cooking meals, to ministering in a drug rehabilitation facility and orphanage, to hosting worship services and praying with people.
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JUNE
MIRACLES ON THE MOUNTAIN
WITH BILLY BURKE
We hosted a four-day healing event, Miracles on the Mountain, here at the Revival Capital of the World. Pastors George and Terri Pearsons taught on how to receive healing, and healing evangelist Billy Burke ministered and laid hands on those ready to receive. The awesome power of God was on display as we witnessed miracles and fabulous outpourings of the Spirit. People were healed, delivered and set free from every kind of sickness and disease!
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In 1977, Kenneth E. Hagin prophesied to Brother Copeland that he would have to stir himself up to move over into the healing ministry faster than he thought, because the time was short. Fast-forward 40 years and the healing ministry is stronger than ever, with the gifts of the Spirit freely flowing. In 2017, we experienced signs, wonders and awesome demonstrations of the Spirit.
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DAYTON VICTORY CAMPAIGN We were expecting and believing God for more signs and wonders at the 2017 Dayton Victory Campaign, and we were not disappointed during these three power-packed days of faith! We received testimony after testimony of people being healed and freed from pain. Creative miracles were witnessed, including a man whose blind eye was opened and a woman who grew 1 inch!
TORONTO TORONTO VICTORY VICTORY CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN
The miracles continued and there was a fabulous outpouring of the joy of the Lord at the 2017 Toronto Victory Campaign! Th e miracles continued andsicknesses there was of a fabulous outpouring People were delivered from long continuance andof the joy of the Lord at the Toronto Victory Campaign! People were delivered from received the2017 fullness of their healing. sicknesses of long continuance and received the fullness of their healing.
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SUPERKIDS GO TO CAMP Back on the mountain, we took our Superkids to camp! The children enjoyed a dynamic and fun time while learning about Jesus and valuable life lessons.
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JULY
SUMMER ON THE MOUNTAIN
AT EMIC
We may work hard getting the Word of God out on every available voice and into people's eyes, ears and hearts, but we know how to have fun, too! We took a summer break from our Believers' Institute classes to enjoy Summer on the Mountain while the children were out of school. We brought in food trucks and held a variety of activities to allow us time to build relationships with each other. People were blessed with food, fun and fellowship, and lingered until 11 p.m. each Wednesday night.
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CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL While millions of Christians support Israel, there are millions more who do not yet vocally stand up for the Jewish state. It is crucial to educate Christians on the biblical and moral imperatives to support Israel and to build Christian support for Israel throughout America. Christians United for Israel (CUFI) provides a national association through which every pro-Israel church, parachurch organization, ministry or individual in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel in matters related to biblical issues. Pastors George and Terri Pearsons were honored to become the Texas state directors for Christians United for Israel.
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EVERY AVAILABLE VOICE All year long our mission is always to provide our congregants, Partners and Friends intensive training in the Word of God. In addition, we are hard at work getting the Word out on every available voice, which includes the Believer’s Voice of Victory magazine, broadcast and podcast, Brother Copeland’s Partner Letter, the website, social media, and now the Believers’ Voice of Victory Network®, or BVOVN.
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14,441,629 PODCAST DOWNLOADS (from June 2015-end of 2017)
Freely available through
iTunes and
ONLINE ENGAGEMENT
1,542,338 FANS
333,000
FOLLOWERS
KCM 72,474
SUBSCRIBE to CopelandMinistries
152,000
SUBSCRIBERS
6,731,035 VIEWS
FOLLOWERS
LAUNCHED IN
2017
BVOVN 11,617
SUBSCRIBERS
942,934 VIEWS
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BVOVN IS 2 YEARS OLD The Bible promises—and we know— that faith will come when you hear the uncompromised Word of God! BVOVN is an excellent way to be intensively trained and totally immersed in God’s Word, because it is 24/7 faith programming with a powerful lineup of Bible teachers you can trust. And it’s easy to access! You can watch BVOVN on Dish® Channel 265, Roku®, Apple TV® 4th Generatin, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube®, and bvovn.com.
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AUGUST
SOUTHWEST BELIEVERS’ CONVENTION August was an exciting and busy month. We reached new levels of faith and fabulous outpourings at the 2017 Southwest Believers’ Convention, where we celebrated 50 years of ministry with our Partners and Friends! Approximately 12,000 people joined us for this milestone celebration, which took place at the Fort Worth Convention Center, located in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. All 50 U.S. states and 144 countries were represented. The event kicked off on Sunday, July 30, with ONE Worship Night featuring special guest speaker John Gray; and songwriters, artists and producers Dara Maclean, Anthony Skinner and Michael Howell. This event was followed by six days of teaching the anointed Word of God from Kenneth Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, Bill Winston and Keith Moore. In addition, we held Pre-Service Prayer with Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons before each morning and evening service.
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Children and teens were impacted like we’ve never seen before. More than 2,000 Superkids and teenagers were ignited to serve the living God, and visibly transformed by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit during our Superkid Academy and 14forty youth services.
Our evangelism team, led by KCM’s minister of evangelism, Riley Stephenson, conducted hands-on evangelism training with event attendees every day. They hit the streets of downtown Fort Worth, where they led 2,777 people to receive Jesus as their Lord. We even held water baptisms at the end of the week!
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At Healing School, we reviewed 101 healing scriptures, and we took our healing! Many were healed with visible signs, wonders and miracles!
We also held interest meetings for the Kenneth Copeland Bible College that will start in the fall of 2018. Additionally, the Sunday before and after the convention, we held special Sunday services onsite at Eagle Mountain International Church to accommodate our guests, which included special e-member receptions.
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DISASTER RELIEF Partners helping Partners—that’s what we call it when we’re able to help Partners in need due to a natural disaster. Each year, the KCM Disaster Relief team responds to multiple natural disasters, and this year, we reached out to 41,584 Partners and Friends and traveled to 18 cities. When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas and Hurricane Irma struck Florida, our teams were ready to help. Shortly after Harvey hit, we partnered with the Fort Worth and Houston police departments to offer aid to police officers responding to the hurricane. Our team was honored to pray with the officers and to travel with a convoy of over 100 Fort Worth police officers to Houston.
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VICTORY MOMENT
Amy and her family have lived in her home for 12 years and it has never flooded. When the dams were released, the water flooded their home, forcing the family to evacuate. It was our pleasure to bless Amy and her family.
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Amy’s testimony: kcm.org/annualreport
In addition, we put the power of our faith and prayer to work before these destructive storms hit. We prayed for peace over the storms and for divine provision and protection for those in their paths. We aired a special report on the Believer’s Voice of Victory Network® to report on the status of Hurricane Irma in a spirit of faith. We are happy to report that the majority of our Partners we contacted and visited incurred minimal to no damage to their homes and property. Praise God! We couldn’t do any of this without your faithful financial and prayer support. So, thank you for being Partners who help Partners! Please continue to pray for those affected by the 2017 storms.
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SEPTEMBER
BUILT TO LAST MEN’S CONFERENCE In September, we hosted the Built to Last Men’s Conference. More than 300 men enjoyed a powerful time in worship with Christian singer/songwriter Michael Howell; and anointed messages from Pastor George Pearsons and ministry Partners Mark Barclay and Bill Winston. In addition, we had food trucks, an after-party, Saturday morning breakfast, VIP meet and greet, and more!
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WORD EXPLOSION Kenneth Copeland is called to share God’s Word and bring believers from the milk to the meat of the Word, and this years annual Word Explosion meeting in Columbia, S.C., was no exception. The 2017 Word Explosion was a powerful time of studying God’s Word with Spiritled ministers like Kenneth Copeland, Pastor George Pearsons, retired Army Chaplain A.L. Downing, Creflo Dollar and Bill Winston. Of all Kenneth Copeland Ministries’ meetings, Word Explosion holds special meaning because of U.S. military personnel who regularly attend. Kenneth Copeland Ministries is committed to minister to military families, stand with them during their loved ones' deployments, and teach them how to stand for their safe return.
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OCTOBER
GULFSTREAM V
ELITE CX TEAM
A few years ago, we set our faith to believe God for a second world-class jet. In the natural, this seemed impossible, but as we kept believing, God kept providing. While celebrating our 50th anniversary at the 2017 Southwest Believers’ Convention, we received an offering that put us over the top to purchase the airplane! We’re excited to announce that we have taken delivery of our new Gulfstream V (GV), which is ideal for long-range international flights. We couldn’t be more thankful to God and our Elite CX Team for this ministry tool that will help us continue spreading the gospel all over the world!
We enjoy setting the record straight when it comes to faith in God. The devil likes to lie and tell us that we do not have enough faith to move mountains and experience victory, but God says we do!
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If you’re a Partner with KCM and have not yet received your free Study Bible, call
KENNETH COPELAND WORD OF FAITH STUDY BIBLE
1-877-480-3388 today!
What better way to encourage others to put their faith to work than to equip believers with a Word of Faith study Bible? In October, we released the 50th year Commemorative Edition Kenneth Copeland Word of Faith Study Bible. This first-ever Word of Faith study Bible is designed to help you be more effective in using your faith and includes commentary on key Word-of-Faith scriptures that will help you analyze and connect Scripture to your daily walk of faith.
COMMENTARY on key Wordof-Faith scriptures will help you analyze and connect Scripture to your daily walk of faith.
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PRISON MINISTRY
WITH MIKE BARBER & EMIC MEN’S GROUP
For 26 years, we’ve partnered with Mike Barber Ministries to train and help others change lives in prisons. In 2017, we gave over 40,827 Bible study materials to inmates. Because of our faithful Partners, we were able to go into more prisons than ever. This year alone, thousands of inmates have made the decision to receive Christ and proclaim that “Jesus Is Lord!” The month of October was awesome in many ways for MBM. They ministered six services inside the Maui Correctional Facility in Hawaii, with an invitation for next September to put a tent up inside the unit just like they do in Texas and other states. From Maui, MBM spent three days inside the Hutchins State Jail in Texas. The weekend was extra memorable, blessed with Phil Driscoll leading all the worship for the weekend. As well, Jessie Duplantis joined them for the Friday night service. WHAT A REMARKABLE NIGHT THAT WAS! The Saturday afternoon service was special where more than 50 inmates were baptized. “From there, I flew to Westville Correctional State Prison, spending a couple of days with my dear friend Warden Andy Pazera. Always a blessing to be with Warden Pazera. He loves KCM. We just returned from two weeks of amazing ministry. We were at the Hobby & Marlin Units in Texas. There, they house a lot of woman with longer sentences. Many salvations occurred there and we thank God for it! Then from there, we held a week-long crusade at the “Terrible Telford” Unit. The men were very receptive and many came to the saving knowledge of Jesus. MBM can’t express enough their thankfulness for what KCM does to help them minister to so many through MBM month after month.” –Mike Barber
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FALL FEST We took advantage of the beautiful fall weather here on the Mountain to host our Fall Festival as an alternative activity for Halloween. With 3,337 people in attendance, it was a wonderful time for fun, food and fellowship!
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WASHINGTON, D.C. VICTORY CAMPAIGN As Brother Copeland says, the future of America is not in the hands of the politicians… it’s in our hands, and it’s prayer that will bring God’s power and wisdom to the scene. In November, approximately 2,000 people joined us in our nation’s capital for the Washington, D.C. Victory Campaign, where we rallied for this nation in faith and prayer, and took victory for our country’s future!
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KENNETH COPELAND’S PSALMIST MINISTRY Did you know that Brother Copeland has a successful music ministry? Over the past 43 years, he has released 32 albums—including a Grammynominated song, “Only the Redeemed.” God has blessed Brother Copeland with countless opportunities to use music as ministry, and his psalmist gift continues to minister life, healing and salvation to hundreds of thousands around the world. As a tribute to Brother Copeland’s musical gift and in honor of 50 years of ministry, we rereleased and remastered some of his most popular songs. The Music Ministry of Kenneth Copeland: A Commemorative Music Collection 1968-1980, features five CDs with songs that will stir your heart and feed your spirit all day long. Enjoy this collection and allow the anointing of the psalmist’s ministry to flow through you!
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THANKSGIVING OUTREACH
WITH LIFE UNLIMITED MINISTRIES
In addition to ministry and outreach, at least 10 percent of every dollar you give to KCM and EMIC is sown into other ministries around the world. We call this twice-sown seed. During Thanksgiving, we put our twice-sown seed to work by partnering with Life Unlimited Ministries to provide Thanksgiving meals to our community and share the love of Jesus. We’re thankful for our Partners whose financial support allows us to partner with ministries like Life Unlimited to expand our ministry reach.
PEOPLE REACHED
113 SALVATIONS
351
TURKEYS GIVEN
The team also prayed for several individuals in need of healing. Six people had notable results immediately.
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Hear more about how your partnership with KCM not only provided physical food, but also shared the love of Jesus to those in need at Thanksgiving.
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Highlights from the outreach: kcm.org/annualreport
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DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM "Jesus Is Lord!"—you may recognize that as a phrase we use often in every Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast, magazine and meeting. It is our message to the world. At Christmas, we invited our entire community to worship Jesus as Lord and focus on God’s Word as the ultimate authority in our lives. We shared how the birth of Jesus was foretold by prophets. God’s Word always accomplishes what He sends it to do, and the Word made flesh came to redeem mankind!
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NEW YEAR’S SERVICE
WITH KENNETH COPELAND
2017 was indeed a year of fabulous outpourings from heaven, milestones and miracles! Thank you for being part of our 50-year celebration and everything happening at Kenneth Copeland Ministries to take this message of the gospel from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around. We couldn’t do any of it without you! Now, we always wrap up the year looking ahead in faith and with great expectancy for what the new year will bring. Brother Copeland’s highly anticipated word from the Lord for 2018 is that it will be the Year of the Holy Ghost and Fire! And oh, are we ready for it! But the question is…Are you ready to receive it? Because it all begins right now!
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SEED
In addition to ministry and outreach, at least 10 percent of every dollar you give to KCM and EMIC is sown into other ministries around the world. We call this twice-sown seed!
TWICE-SOWN SEED AFRICA Acres of Love All About Jesus Ministries Ann Harding Cheshire Home Christian View Network Door of Hope Evangelism and Fire Ministries Evangelist David Ramakosi Friends of the Sick Global Outreach Grace Life Missions Haven of Rest
His Hands Care In His Name Ministries Jesus Alive Church Development Jesus Alive Ministries Lightlife Evangelistic Ministries Prison Bible Study Ministry–Patrick Mtshali Queen Malawi Missions Work Saidor Zimbabwe Missions Salvation to Every Nation Sons of Abraham Widows and Orphans E&F
AUSTRALIA Association Faith Churches & Ministry Destiny Rescue Hope Foundation Irene Gleeson Foundation
Rick Renner Ministries School Chaplaincy Shannon Henderson World Covenant Ministries
CANADA Alpha Ministries Canada Bible Faith Church Bill Prankard Ministries Covenant of Life Church Daybreak Prison Ministry Eglise De La Victoire Du PQ Hill City Church Impact Society International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Nation at Prayer National House of Prayer New Beginnings Family Church New Covenant Ministries North American Word Outreach
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Pregnancy Counselling Centre Rivers of Water Ministry Roy Durman Evangelistic World Outreach South Fraser Pregnancy Options Victory Community Development Society Wagner Hills Farm House of Hope Windsor Life Centre Word of Faith International Christian Centre Word of His Power Faith CC Youth Unlimited
EUROPE Dayspring International Great Joy in the City Ministries Jutavari Churches Mercy U.K. Pastor Florin Adam
Sporting Marvels The Joseph Storehouse Trust Worldwide Outreach Ministries Yielded Vessels
GERMANY Black Cross Prison Freiburg Family Haag Fassbinder Horst Gemeinde der offenen Tuer Hospiz in Stetten ICL Help International Harvest Plan—Stefan Steinle
MISSION FREEDOM Pro Digno, Lörrach Rhema Bonn, Germany Street Ministries Jan Eriksen TeachBeyond BFA Times of Refreshing Volker Kalder “Compass”
UKRAINE Ethnos Church, Ternopil Blind Society, Lviv Municipal Hospital, Lviv
Doorway to Heaven Church, Dnipro Stream of Life Church, Lviv
WORLDWIDE Christ for All Nations
Passion for Souls International
UNITED STATES Air Transport Arm of Christ Inc. Arkansas Home Missions Believers Missionary Fellowship Billye Brim Ministries Bukot Non Jesus Calvary Cathedral International Cameneti Ministries Inc. Canaan Land Church Inc. Christian Haitian Outreach Christians United for Israel Cornerstone Assistance Network David A. Newberry Ministries Inc. Evangelism in Action Frontier Evangelism Going Into All the World Ministries Inc. Great Grace Ministries International Convention of Faith Ministries International Fellowship Janet Boynes Ministries Inc.
Ken Taylor Ministries Larry Joe Wright Evangelistic Association Lighthouse Baptist Church Living Water Teaching Living Word Christian Center Inc. Love Fund (WIRE) Loving Hearts Ministry Made Free Jail & Prison Ministries Mercy Ministries Inc. Micronesian Life Ministries Mike Barber Ministries Inc. Oral Roberts Evangelical Association Inc. Pathpoint Fellowship Pearsons Ministries International Powers Ministries International Precious Pearl River Church Charlotte Ryan’s Reach Foundation Shining Light Ministries Southeast Wise County Community Services Stonegate Faith Center The Spirit of America Foundation Inc. Tribe of Judah Motorcycle Ministries Inc. White Post Ministries Willie Griffith Ministries Wings of Life Word Alive Ministries Inc. World Covenant Ministry
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AFRICA Leaders Connect Meetings Leaders Connect is a KCM Africa event where ministry leaders and partners are invited to come together for a time of teaching, sharing and recharging for the Great Commission. The February meeting hosted 160 ministry leaders, with 785 in attendance in October to hear four speakers, including Jeremy Pearsons. The meetings were a great success with many testimonies of how the Word sparked a spiritual refreshing among the group.
Angus Buchan 1 million “It’s Time” Prayer Gathering Almost a million South Africans gathered to pray for their nation on April 22 in Bloemfontein, and KCM Africa partnered with evangelist Angus Buchan to make it happen by sowing financially into the event. The response was overwhelming: 1.7 million people indicated that they would attend, and the start of the meeting had to be delayed due to the sheer number of attendees. What a wonderful sight to see so many united in prayer to bring hope to the nation by praying to God for solutions to South Africa’s problems. There is no doubt that this day was a pivotal point in the spiritual revival so urgently needed in South Africa.
TORONTO VICTORY CAMPAIGN
Pastors’ Conference Lagos, Nigeria
Continuing our international reach around the world, Brother Copeland had the honor of ministering at Bishop David Oyedepo’s Pastors’ Conference at Faith Tabernacle in Lagos, Nigeria; which is the largest Christian The miracles continued and there was a fabulous outpouring church in the world. With thousands of of the joy of the Lord at the 2017 Toronto Victory Campaign! ministers in attendance, the services were People were delivered from sicknesses of long continuance and supercharged with faith, and a powerful received the fullness of their healing. healing and ministry anointing was present.
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310,944
ANNUAL PRAYER REQUESTS
27,685
PARTNER LETTERS SENT OUT
26,901
BVOV MAGAZINES SENT OUT
Partnership with Christian Revival Church, for the Garden Route fire outreach A fire began on June 7 and it took more than 1,000 firefighters two weeks to get the fire under control. Ten thousand people had to be evacuated and tragically, seven people were killed. Enveloping 85 miles and over 1,000 houses, many uninsured in the Garden Route were destroyed. KCM Africa partnered with Christian Revival Church financially and provided much-needed water, food, clothing and prayer. They mobilized a team with resources for the firefighters and those who fled their homes with just the clothes on their backs.
EUROPE Evangelism Training In September, Riley Stephenson arrived in the U.K. for evangelism training and to minister on healing in some of our KCM Europe Partner churches. Churches in Dagenham, Manchester, Warminster and Bedworth opened their doors for Riley to preach the Word, minister healing and lead outreach training to their congregations. Two hundred people were trained in evangelism and there were 147 salvations through outreaches on the streets! Riley also ministered in a prison and taught the inmates how to evangelize their fellow inmates. Ten men rededicated their lives to Jesus. Glory to God!
9,290
ANNUAL PRAYER REQUESTS
13,357
PARTNER LETTERS SENT OUT
21,549
BVOV MAGAZINES SENT OUT 51
20,000+
CANADA The BLESSING Explosion! In Canada we experienced THE BLESSING explosion at the 2017 Toronto Victory Campaign in June as Brother Copeland taught on the integrity of God’s Word and how we can have what we say. Thousands of Canadian Partners joined together to experience a fabulous outpouring of joy while celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary as a nation. In 2017, KCM Canada sowed over 100,000 KCM products valued at over $650,000, while continuing to increase Partners across The True North, strong and free!
AUSTRALIA KCM Australia has ministered to over 55,000 new people in the Australia, Asia and Pacific region. This represents an increase of 687% from 8,000 new individuals reached in 2016.
10,190
ANNUAL PRAYER REQUESTS
22,410
PARTNER LETTERS SENT OUT
17,727 52
BVOV MAGAZINES SENT OUT
1,154 55,000
NEW PEOPLE INTRODUCED TO THE MINISTRY NEW PARTNERS INBOUND PHONE CALLS
VICTORY MOMENT
“Don’t join in the recession!” Those were the words spoken by Kenneth Copeland when the United States faced an economic downturn and people needed to know how to overcome financial stress that comes with recession. Those same words came back to Adebisi Ilori’s mind when his own country of Nigeria faced a recession.
WATCH
Adebisi’s testimony: kcm.org/annualreport
UKRAINE
BVOV MAGAZINE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION
6,121
ACTIVE PARTNERS
20-25
PRAYER REQUESTS PER DAY
6,304
PARTNER LETTERS SENT OUT
7,750
BVOV MAGAZINES SENT OUT
ANGULLIA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARUBA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BERMUDA CAYMAN ISLANDS CUBA DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA GUAM HAITI JAMAICA NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PUERTO RICO SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ST. LUCIA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
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2017 MINISTRY FINANCES 13%
13%
Outreach through conventions and meetings
Local outreach
11%
11%
General and administrative
Prayer ministry and personal outreach
*2016 Data
17%
Outreach through ministry materials
24%
11%
Outreach through worldwide TV
Seeds to prisoners, missions, ministries to the poor *2017’s audit will take place during Spring 2018.
As you read this Covenant Partner Report, we believe you will understand exactly what your giving and faith have accomplished. This is not simply an overview of Kenneth Copeland Ministries; this is your success story. You share in the heavenly reward for every life that is changed! Know that financial integrity is of utmost importance in this ministry. We don’t take your trust lightly. In fact, we have established specific standards to guarantee that our finances are handled in the best and most honorable way.
3. An annual financial audit is conducted by the CPA firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, to render an audit opinion that our financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As we enter into 2018 and beyond, we look forward to serving the Lord together, hand in hand. You are making a BIG difference! JESUS IS LORD!
1. Our board of directors, which is made up of respected ministerial and business leaders, ensures that we are good stewards with the money you have entrusted to us. 2. A compensation committee determines the salary of each Copeland family member based on the findings and recommendations of an independent consulting firm.
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Jan N. Harbour Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Copeland Ministries
“2018 is the Year of the Holy Ghost and Fire. Luke 3:16, ‘John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.’ Glory to God. “The BIG 18 for 2018; the 9 fruit of the spirit and the 9 gifts of the Spirit. We’re going to have spiritual explosions going on throughout 2018, particularly in the areas of holiness and cleansing. In Luke 3:17, ‘Whose fan’—talking about Jesus—‘is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.’
“You can’t put His fire out. Now the chaff; what is chaff? Well, chaff is the sticks and the stubble and the hay and stuff. You know, you get through sifting the wheat and so forth, and you’ve got nothing but that trash left. I want all the trash out of my life! I don’t want anything to get in the way of the Anointing of God in my life. I don’t want anything impeding the fruit of the spirit—or the gifts of the Spirit. Because without love you aren’t nothing but noise. “Father, in the Name of Jesus we take hold of this word. 2018: the Year of the Holy Ghost and Fire. And the BIG 18—the 9 fruit of the spirit and the 9 gifts of the Spirit flowing through the Church like never before.” –Word of the Lord, delivered by Kenneth Copeland
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