Dr. Bill Winston Net Worth $6 Million

What Is Dr. Bill Winston’s Net Worth?

Dr. Bill Winston is a former US Air Force pilot and IBM salesman who has a net worth of $6 million. He’s also the founder and pastor of Living Word Christian Center, a non-denominational church with over 22,000 members located in Forest Park, Illinois.

He was born on May 6, 1943, in Tuskeegee, Alabama, USA, as William Samuel Winston.

In 1967, he graduated from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. After college, he served for 6 years as a fighter pilot in the US Air Force. Dr. Winston also served as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, where his achievements in aerial flight earned him the Squadron Top Gun Award, The Air Medal, and The Distinguished Flying Cross.

Later, Bill joined the IBM Corporation as a marketing representative. At some point, Dr. Winston was promoted to Regional Marketing Manager in IBM’s Midwest Region, where he was responsible for over $35 million in annual sales revenue. In 1985, he resigned from IBM.

Dr. Winston explained:

”I had done quite well at the company. But God had other plans. I had a call on my life.” Bill went on to say: ”I knew God had called me into full-time ministry, but I did not have the strength, at first, to step out and leave my good-paying job at IBM.”

In 1988, Winston and his wife started a small ministry. In 1990, the name of the ministry was changed to ”Living Word Christian Center.”

In 1998, he purchased the Forest Park Plaza mall. According to the property records, the church has taken a $13.2 million mortgage on the property. The mall is located at 7600 West Roosevelt Road in Forest Park, Illinois. Also, it is the home of the Living Word Christian Center.

Also in 1998, Dr. Winston founded the Joseph Business School in the basement of the mall. JBS teaches people how to become business leaders and successful entrepreneurs.

Bill is also the founder of the Bible Training Center.

In 2013, Covenant Bank was closed by bank regulators. Winston acquired the bank in 2008 for $3 million with the help of congregation shareholders. He said for Christian Post:

”Over the last few years, we made every attempt to raise the additional money needed to meet the regulatory requirements for the bank.”

Winston continued:

”Unfortunately, the troubled economic times made it difficult for people to invest.”

Books

Living Word Pastor Bill Winston has written 16 books, including:

• Faith And The Marketplace;
• Born Again and Spirit-filled;
• The Missing Link of Meditation;
• Law of Confession: Revolutionize Your Life and Rewrite Your Future With the Power of Words;
• Power of the Tongue;
• Transform Your Thinking, Transform Your Life.

Wife

In 1983, Dr. Bill Winston married Veronica Irene Brown.

The two met while Winston was working at IBM Corporation. Veronica Winston is a leader of Living Word Christian Center.

Children

The couple has three children, named – David, Allegra, and Melody.

His son, David Winston, is the director of Bill Winston Ministries and the pastor of Go Hard for Christ Youth Ministry at Living Word Christian Center.

Quotes

”When we are not producing, reaching our goals, and being fruitful, it is from what I call an absence of self-production.”

”You got to believe. You got to have faith.”

”If something is too big for your mind, it will be too big for your hand.”

”Abundance is a mindset. God wants to train you in trusting Him to fill you back up.”

”With the knowledge of the kingdom, we can get the struggle out of our lives.”

”I truly believe that if a person is a Christian, that they, according to the Scriptures, are the seed of Abraham.”

”Everybody is made in the image of God. God is a creator and a producer, and we are made to function like Him.” (PR Newswire)

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Trivia

In 2006, Winston received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters from Friends International Christian University, Florida.

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Net Worth 2024

So, how much is Dr. Bill Winston worth? Winston earned most of his wealth from owning two shopping malls, Washington Plaza in Tuskegee and Forest Park Plaza, in Forest Park. Therefore, American televangelist Dr. Bill Winston has an estimated net worth of $6 million. 

In addition, he is the founder of Bill Winston Ministries. BWM produces the Believer’s Walk of Faith television and radio programs that can be seen on the God Channel, The Word Network, Daystar Network, and the BET Network.

Dr. Winston has published many books, including The Kingdom of God in You PB, Law of Confession, Seeding for the Billion Flow, and The Spirit of Leadership. On Amazon, Dr. Winston’s books have over 2,000 ratings — an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 copies sold.

Bill also worked for IBM Corporation for over a decade.

He once said: ”The kingdom of God inside of you is designed to produce for you everything you have need of in this earth in abundance.”

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