Introduction
Gordon Winrod was born December 30, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Gerald Burton Winrod.A Christian minister, he raised his family in Gainesville, Missouri, where he was a pastor for many years.
Biography
Winrod was born on December 30, 1926 to Gerald Burton Winrod. He attended a Lutheran day school (grades 1 through 8), finished high school at Hesston High School in Hesston, Kansas, and attended St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas.
Winrod served in the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Navy from January 1945 until August 1948. He married Genevieve Ann Dicke in Topeka, Kansas, in 1948. They have eleven children.
Winrod graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Illinois, in 1955; and served as pastor of Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) congregations in San Antonio, Texas, and in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Winrod began publishing The Winrod Letter in April, 1960. Soon thereafter the LCMS expelled him from its ministerial roster.
He moved to Gainesville, Missouri in 1965 and established Our Savior's Independent Christian congregation.
Legacy
The Anti-Defamation League says that Winrod is an anti-Jewish propagandist. Winrod openly attacks Jews and Judaism in his writings.