Background
He was born on December 30, 1926 to Gerald Burton Winrod.
He was born on December 30, 1926 to Gerald Burton Winrod.
Winrod attended Lutheran Christian Day School, grades 1 through 8, finished high school at Hesston High School in Hesston, Kansas, and attended Saint John"s Lutheran College in Winfield, Kansas.
Winrod served in the United States. Maritime Service and the United States. Navy from January 1945 until August 1948. Winrod married Genevieve Ann Dicke in Topeka, Kansas in 1948. They have eleven children.
Winrod began publishing The Winrod Letter in April, 1960.
He moved to Gainesville, Missouri in 1965 and established Our Savior"s Independent Christian congregation. The Anti-Defamation League says that Winrod is an anti-Jewish propagandist.