ABOUT US

“If you get a revelation of it, you will turn into a revolutionary.” – Dr. Bill Winston

Dr. Bill Winston and Bill Winston Ministries present Operation Ten City, a ten-city initiative purposed to inspire faith-based communities to activate hidden potential and pursue the fullness of God’s calling for their lives, businesses, and organizations.

Through a series of programming centered on community outreach, business and entrepreneurship, as well as faith and the supernatural, Operation Ten City supports the development of people and communities with a vision to see them access true economic prosperity and self-sufficiency through wealth-building and ownership.

Operation Ten City works to bring economic restoration and prosperity, and close the wealth gap in black and brown communities. By going after the wealth gap, Operation Ten City is going after poverty, which is the breeding ground for hopelessness/despair, sickness/disease, broken families, violence, and crime.

Closing the wealth gap is not done with handouts, which create dependency and destroy dignity. Operation Ten City’s approach to this is to create Producers in every city. This movement is coming to promote ownership in all forms—business ownership, home ownership, real estate ownership, stock ownership, and the like.

During the multi-day effort in each city, the Operation Ten City Team will host various community outreach efforts, including a food giveaway and expungement clinic. Saturday features a full-day of workshops, panel discussions, and masterclasses catered toward aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners, led by Operation Ten City Host Dr. Bill Winston and various industry experts.

Operation Ten City also includes a Business Pitch Competition, Business Opportunity Expo, and Career Fair; a multi-sensory experience for next generation leaders, ages 13 to 21; and a praise and worship experience with a guest recording artist, followed by the “Night of Miracles” Healing Service.

Numerous giveaways and cash prizes will be awarded throughout the week’s events.

Developing People. Strengthening Communities.

Our Mission: Operation Ten City is a resource to metropolitan areas around the U.S., inspiring faith-based communities to activate hidden potential and pursue the fullness of God’s calling for their lives, businesses, and organizations.

Our Vision: To inspire people and communities to access true economic prosperity and self-sufficiency through wealth-building and ownership.

Our Foundation: Ezekiel 36:34-35, “The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.”

WHY OPERATION TEN CITY?

Dr. Bill Winston

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Dr. Winston was inspired and influenced for leadership by the abundance of 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 in Tuskegee, Alabama (now Tuskegee University), 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, Dr. Winston joined the IBM Corporation as a marketing representative. His exceptional managerial and relational skills rapidly earned him several promotions within the organization. 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 pastor of Living Word Christian Center, a multi-cultural, non-denominational church with more than 20,000 members located in Forest Park, Illinois. The church has a broad range of ministries and related entities.

Dr. Winston is also the founder of the Joseph Business School (JBS) and The Joseph Center® for Business Development for entrepreneurs and business leaders. JBS is located in Forest Park, Illinois with eleven other partnership locations across the U.S. and internationally. The Joseph Business School also has an online E-Learning program.
Dr. Winston is also the founder of Bill Winston Ministries (BWM), a partnership-based outreach ministry. Through BWM, he hosts the Believer’s Walk of Faith television and radio broadcast which reaches more than 800 million households nationwide and overseas.

Dr. Winston’s ministry owns and operates two shopping malls, one in Forest Park, Illinois and one in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Dr. Winston received his Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Friends International Christian University. He is married to Veronica and is the father of three, Melody, Allegra and David, and grandfather of eight.