Dr. Tamara Winslow, the founder of Institutes for Biblical Truth, has been serving God in a varied and different ministry capacity
since a very young age and in a full time capacity since 1978. Her many years of ministry experience have resulted in a unique
expression of ministry, touching lives all around the globe.
Dr. Winslow grew up on a grain farm outside of Hartley, Iowa, a small farming community centered around the town churches and
schools. The eldest of three children, she grew up in an atmosphere that encouraged good scholastics, godly morals, regular church
attendance and healthy social activity. Strong family values, stable parents, understanding the significance of healthy work and
study ethics and the traditional small-town Methodist Church environment contributed greatly to her foundational values of ministry.
Dr. Winslow received Christ at the age of five in an unusual way, through a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. It was
in this revelation she received a prophetic ministry calling to the nations. Small for her age, and timid, the mixture of her
hunger for God and the loneliness of farm lifestyle fostered the ideal environment for her to develop a voracious hunger for
reading the Bible, biblical historical books and composing original songs. She is an avid student of the Scriptures. A set of
Bible encyclopedias given to her family by a great aunt helped to found her in the culture, languages and doctrines of the Bible.
Both of her parents were musically gifted. By the age of seven, through the encouragement of the music directors in the Methodist
Church, she began singing in area churches, local functions and contests. Dr. Winslow trained for fourteen years in classical and
contemporary vocal music, becoming accomplished in classical, folk, pop, and contemporary styles of Christian music. She is an
accomplished pianist and musical composer, having written over 7000 songs. She has recorded several original recordings released
internationally.
Founding the Institutes for Biblical Truth
Dr. Winslow pioneered, organized, and wrote the curriculum for The Institutes for Biblical Truth; she continues to serve as
director and also teaches.
Academically, Dr. Winslow loved and excelled in the sciences, literature, music, and the arts. To this day she still researches
issues related to medicine, law and literature, and encourages her students to reach for the highest in these fields if God so
leads them to seek further education in these areas.
After graduating in 1976 as a member of the National Honor Society, Dr. Winslow attended a small Iowa church-operated college
specializing in Fine Arts degrees. After one very difficult year Dr. Winslow left college. She had been confronted with the realities
of a college campus atmosphere where drugs, alcoholism, and student and faculty immoral activities were accepted on what was
supposed to be a Christian campus. She learned quickly that what she desired in education, and even in musical training in a
Christian setting, was not available to her in that place, at that time. Consequently, Dr. Winslow began a full-time traveling
ministry in Christian coffeehouses, youth retreats, and Christian schools, teaching and giving concerts throughout the United States
in 1978. The heartache she experienced in that disappointing college year helped conceive a vision which eventually resulted in
her desire to see a stable, spiritual, academic and Biblically based environment like the Institutes for Biblical Truth offers.
Dr. Winslow has functioned as a prophetic psalmist since 1977, ministering the spontaneous word of the Lord in song. While on tour
in 1979, she met her husband Michael. They were married in 1980.
Dr. Winslow received her Bachelors and Masters of Arts and a Doctorate of Theology from the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology.
Dr. Winslow is in constant demand internationally as a speaker in many denominations, mission organizations and Bible colleges.
The international arm of the ministry began in 1987. She has ministered in over 30 nations and has been granted favor and influence
through TV ministry, videos, teaching tapes and books in an ever-increasing number of countries. Her international ministry is geared
toward teaching and training individuals and leaders in Biblical truths capable of transforming society.
Traveling has enabled Dr. Winslow to realistically identify the actual needs and condition of Christians in many cultures. Her
detailed Biblical, cultural, historical and linguistic studies have resulted in her authorship of numerous books, study materials,
teaching CDs and ministry resources.
