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I am a "partner" of Kenneth Copeland Ministries (KCM ... not 'a partner' in such a way that I have any real say in their decisions, but more 'a partner' the same way all the Israelite peasants were "partners" of King David (as fellow Chosen People ... the same way Mayim "Blossom, Amy Farrah Fowler, etc" Bialik & Lewis "Back in Black, The Rant is Due, etc." Black are partners).

And--with a few striking difference between 'his group's philosophies' and 'the tenets of the Christian church--I'm convinced that KCM is (trying to put this delicately) 'building a new Church (a lot like St. Paul "built a new church" (Christianity) based on The Scripture of the old church (Judaism)).'

And KCM is forming their new church through their letters (thinking of their letters to us Partners, but also thinking of their writings in books & their magazine).

The Christian Church often calls St. Paul's letters (to early Christian Churches) "Epistles," but that word--I think--gives them a slightly different meaning ... more like 'instructions for building future church-groups' than the "notes-from-far-away" that most letters are.

We'll examine that difference by looking at those two words' etymologies, which might explain why those words (below-hyperlinked to KCM's Partner-Letter archive) mean slightly-different but almost-the-same things.

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The word “Letters” is built on ancient words that mean a Writing, Document, Record, |Literature, Books, Learning, Liberal Education, Schooling (see also "to Stamp," the obsolete "to Instruct"). #LetterPerfect #ToTheLetter #LettersPatent #LetterBag #LetterMan #LetterBox

The word “Epistles” (Letters from an Apostle, most of which are now Canonical Scripture) is built on ancient words that mean "to |Put in Order- or Stand- (derivatives that refer to a Standing |Object or -Place) To."

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On another Blogger-blog, I 'take his writing to the forge'---oh, it's mostly good ("good bones," Vought International's Stormfront might say 🤣); but ... I think of the last few verses of Isaiah 54 ...

But here I can outline a couple differences between The Church's Christianity & KCM's Christianity:

First, there's the obvious difference ... The Church's implied 'vow of poverty,' opposed to KCM's Prosperity Gospel.

The vow of poverty--aside from the one that certain Christians make (of their own volition ... i.e. probably not 'by God's command')--is implied by a few Scripture-passages:

• Jesus' instruction to "give to Caesar that which is Caesar's (i.e. the currency with his face stamped on it); give to God that which is God's"
• His advice to "not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal; but rather store up for yourselves Treasures in Heaven"

But Prosperity Gospelers (like KCM, tho they may hold slightly-different beliefs than 'standard Prosperity Gospelers) hold to the Scripture-passages that affirm the belief that God--The Owner of All the Good Things in the Universe--is Our Daddy who Loves Us, 

making us The Rich Kids on Campus in this world ... who--if we 'break the rules' & 'get in trouble with the authorities'--can go up to this world's Deans & Principals & University Presidents, and defend ourselves through the argument, "But DON'T YOU KNOW WHO MY DADDY IS!??" 

With Scripture-passages that back that belief too: 

• Jesus with the hypothetical question 'What kind of man would hear his child ask for bread, but give the child a stone?'

Then there's Prayer ... well, it's mostly 'a difference I notice' (because KCM sorta 'continues to go along with the church's words on it').

Most Christians pray for Good Fortune---employers' favorable decisions (in hiring them or raising their salaries), good conditions & -luck in sports competitions, favorable health, etc.

KCM Christians pray for Good Fortune too, but their ministers will occasionally clarify that such prayers often come with responsibility---Kenneth Copeland prays that someone gives him an airplane, and so he needs to go reserve some hangar-space for it; Joel Osteen prays that hundreds-of-thousands of believers will attend his sermons, and so he needs to buy a building with hundreds-of-thousands of seats to fill.