Bill Winston
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Dr. Winston was inspired and influenced for leadership by the numerous educators, scientists, and physicians who surrounded him as a youth, and by the historic aviation accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen who served as his role models. He is a graduate of the internationally known Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), in Tuskegee, Alabama, where Booker T. Washington’s and George Washington Carver’s legacies of leadership and invention permeated the environment.
Dr. Winston served for six years as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, where his extraordinary achievements in aerial flight earned him The Distinguished Flying Cross, The Air Medal for performance in combat, and the Squadron Top Gun Award.
After completing his military service at the rank of captain, Dr. Winston joined the IBM Corporation as a marketing representative where his exceptional managerial and relational skills earned him several promotions. Before he resigned in 1985 to enter full-time ministry, he was a regional marketing manager in IBM’s Midwest Region.
He is the founder and senior pastor of Living Word Christian Center (LWCC), a multi-cultural, non-denominational church with more than 20,000 members located in Forest Park, Illinois, and Living Word Christian Center-Tuskegee, in Tuskegee, Alabama. LWCC has a broad range of ministries and related entities.
Dr. Winston is also the founder and president of the nationally accredited Joseph Business School (JBS), which teaches practical and biblical principles to empower adults to develop indispensable skills as successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. JBS is located in Forest Park, Illinois with partnership locations on five continents. The Joseph Business School also has an online program.
He is also the founder of Bill Winston Ministries (BWM), a partnership-based global outreach ministry. BWM produces the Believer’s Walk of Faith television and radio program reaching over 800 million households worldwide. Dr. Winston also has 882 national and international churches and ministries under his spiritual covering through Faith Ministries Alliance (FMA).
Dr. Winston’s ministry owns and operates two shopping malls, Forest Park Plaza, in Forest Park, and Washington Plaza in Tuskegee. He is also the founder and CEO of Golden Eagle Aviation, a fixed base operation (FBO) located at the historic Moton Field in Tuskegee.
Bill Winston (September-26-2022) Weekly Devotional: We Are The Kingdom.
SCRIPTURE:
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
DEVOTIONAL:
We Are the Kingdom
When Jesus said, “build My church” (see this week’s theme verse), “My church” meant His people. My church is not a building. My church could meet down the street in the bar. Just cover the liquor, and let’s have some church!
Watch Bill Winston - Prayers Over Battles - Do Bread Come with This? The devil wants to negotiate you out of your rights but with a faith that makes prayer work, God's blessings will be poured out. In 'Do Bread Come With This', Dr. Bill Winston explains that peace, healing, long life, prosperity and more is available for you if you activate your faith and believe God has heard your prayers.
Bill Winston (September-19-2022) Weekly Devotional: Rising to a Higher Level.
SCRIPTURE:
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:27)
DEVOTIONAL:
Rising to a Higher Level
As we receive revelation of the gospel of the kingdom, we will rise to a higher level in every area of our lives. The standards of this world and its system are much below the standards of heaven. In the economic system in the earth, for example, when we invest money, we expect to receive interest back. One hundred percent interest or doubling an investment would be a great return. However, in the Kingdom of God we’re able to bank on another level. We’re able to sow a seed and receive a thirty, sixty, or hundred-fold return.
2022 International Faith Conference - Tudor Bismark & Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago - Bill Winston (September-11-2022)
Bill Winston - Weekly Devotional: Jesus Defeated the Devil
SCRIPTURE:
and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (Ephesians 2:6)
DEVOTIONAL:
Jesus Defeated the Devil
Everyone in the world was once in the category of disobedient people under the control of demon spirits. However, by grace, God has “raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
Bill Winston - Weekly Devotional: Trust in God.
SCRIPTURE:
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
DEVOTIONAL:
Trust in God
When my wife and I started our ministry in Chicago, our church was located in one of the highest crime districts in Chicago. When our car was stolen, our family rode the “L” train to church through hot summers and freezing winters. My wife would regularly ride the bus to teach Bible study, holding our small son David with one hand and her guitar in the other. Never once did we fear going to that location. We would confess the Lord was our protector, shield and strength, and continue in faith.
Watch Bill Winston - The Power of Spiritual Immunity - The Thousand Times More Anointing. God plus you equals the majority and He will supernaturally empower you for your assignment with the potential to do a thousand times more far above the world's way of doing things. In this life-changing message by Dr. Bill Winston discover the most powerful force on you and in you, the anointing of God!
The Faith and Love Connection - Bill Winston Weekly Devotional. For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. (Galatians 5:6 AMPC) DEVOTIONAL: It takes strong, unshakeable faith to possess what God has promised us and to reach our destiny. The promises of God are not automatic. We have to fight the good fight of faith to receive our inheritance and to possess our mountain (1 Timothy 6:12). And your faith won’t work without love. You have to “stay on the love line.”
Bill Winston - Watch Sermon: GOD's Way To Correct Your Life - Faith For The Impossible. The Word of God says that ". . . For with God, nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). In this special teaching compilation from the 2022 Winter Faith Refresher, Dr. Bill Winston shows you how to develop and use your Faith for the Impossible.
Bill Winston - Weekly Devotional: Your Calling and Destiny.
SCRIPTURE:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)
DEVOTIONAL:
Your Calling and Destiny
Before you were born, God assigned you a purpose and destiny here on Earth. You were called, consecrated (se apart) and equipped for kingdom service, with a good and expected end. (See Ephesians 2:10 and 2 Timothy 1:9 in the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition.)
