Wintley Phipps Explained

Wintley Phipps
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Wintley Augustus Phipps
Birth Date:7 January 1955
Origin:Trinidad and Tobago
Genre:Christian, Gospel
Occupation:Singer, musician, entrepreneur, Minister
Years Active:1970s - present

Wintley Augustus Phipps, Sr. (born January 7, 1955) is a Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, record producer, minister, and founder of the U.S. Dream Academy,[1] Songs of Freedom Publishing Company, and Coral Records Recording Company. He features a booming bass-baritone voice, usually singing inspirational gospel music.[2] [3] He is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister.[4]

Biography

Phipps was born in Trinidad and Tobago, but at an early age moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Mount Royal High School in Town of Mount Royal. He attended Kingsway College in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, a Seventh-day Adventist academy, and later Oakwood College, a Seventh-day Adventist college (university since 2007) in Huntsville, Alabama, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology. Phipps would go on to earn a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Wintley Phipps served as senior pastor to several churches in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, including the Capitol Hill and Seabrook Seventh-day Adventist Churches. He currently serves as pastor of the Palm Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church in Palm Bay, Florida. Wintley is married to Linda Galloway, whom he met at Oakwood.[4] They have three sons: Wintley II, Winston Adriel, and Wade Alexander.

Notable performances

He has performed for American presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan,[4] George H. W. Bush, National Prayer Breakfast for Bill Clinton in 1994,[5] George W. Bush,[6] Barack Obama at several National Prayer Breakfast events and his 2013 Inaugural Prayer Service[7] and other celebrations.[4] He performed for the 1984[8] and 1988[9] Democratic National Conventions, Rosa Parks' 77th Birthday gala at the Kennedy Center,[10] Mother Teresa of Calcutta,[11] and former South African President Nelson Mandela. He has appeared on programs such as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. television special, Dr. Robert Schuller's Hour of Power Telecast, Billy Graham Crusades, the Vatican, as guest soloist at Diana Ross's wedding ceremony in Switzerland,[8] Saturday Night Live,[12] Soul Train, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the 2013 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.[13]

Wintley Phipps' performances also include voice over work (or voice acting) with Breathe Bible.[14] On July 27, 2020, he sang an emotionally-charged version of "Amazing Grace" as Rep. John Lewis[15] lay in state in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, and sang "How Great Thou Art" at Colin Powell's funeral on November 5, 2021.[16]

U.S. Dream Academy, Inc.

In 1998, Phipps founded the U.S. Dream Academy, Inc.,[4] a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a values-based, interactive, tutorial and remedial education program targeting children and at-risk youth through community Family Learning Centers located in various states. Phipps wanted something to help break the cycle he saw played out so many times in his own family. Wintley formed the U.S. Dream Academy to help children who have had a family member behind bars. The program provides mentoring, academic tutoring, and exposure to computers and the Internet. Phipps says, "Just the computers themselves are not going to transform the lives of these kids," and "The most important part of our program is really the caring, loving adults who surround them."

The Academy has garnered praise from Oprah Winfrey and former president Bill Clinton.[17]

Awards

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Videos

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://usdreamacademy.org/our-story.cfm "Our Founding Story"
  2. Book: Malcolm Bull. Keith Lockhart. Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream. 2007. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-34764-0. 227.
  3. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wintley-phipps-p2372/ Allmusic: Wintley Phipps
  4. Web site: Lawton . Kim . Wintley Phipps, Interview . Religion and Ethics Newsweekly . PBS . April 10, 2009 . November 29, 2011 .
  5. Web site: [//www.c-span.org/video/?c4554639/user-clip-wintley-phipps-national-prayer-breakfast-1994 National Prayer Breakfast 1994 ]. . November 5, 2021.
  6. Web site: Kirkpatrick . David D. . Christian Conservatives Embrace Inauguration . . January 20, 2005 . November 5, 2021.
  7. Web site: [//www.c-span.org/video/?310530-1/inaugural-prayer-service Inaugural Prayer Service 2013, starting at 1:33:45 ]. . November 5, 2021.
  8. Goldstein . Clifford . Wintley Phipps, setting the standard . Listen . 44 . 8 . 4–7 . Pacific Press Pub Assn . Nampa, ID . August 1991 . 0024-435X . November 30, 2011.
  9. Galaxy of stars performed for Democratic delegates . Jet . 74 . 19 . 60 . Johnson Publishing . Chicago, Ill . August 8, 1988 . 0021-5996 . November 29, 2011.
  11. Web site: Current Black Seventh-day Adventist Pioneers . Black SDA History . November 29, 2011 . February 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120221001049/http://blacksdahistory.org/Current_Black_Adventist_Pioneers.html . dead .
  12. Jackson entertained and educated while SNL host . Jet . 67 . 10 . 55 . Johnson Publishing . Chicago, Ill . November 12, 1984 . 0021-5996 . November 29, 2011.
  13. Web site: . August 28, 2013 . Reverend Wintley Phipps Sings at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington . PBS NewsHour's YouTube channel . November 5, 2021 .
  14. http://breathebible.com/voices/wintley-phipps/ "Wintley Phipps, The Voice of Peter"
  15. Web site: . July 27, 2020 . A moving 'Amazing Grace' performance for Congressman John Lewis . The Guardian's YouTube channel . November 5, 2021 .
  16. Web site: [//www.c-span.org/video/?c4985281/user-clip-wintley-phipps-how-great-thou-art "How Great Thou Art" at Colin Powell's funeral 2021 ]. . November 5, 2021.
  17. Web site: Unplanned. Unrehearsed. Wintley Phipps sings Amazing Grace. Harpo, Inc. (Oprah.com). June 11, 2001. December 6, 2006.
  18. Web site: US Dream Academy - Staff Details. usdreamacademy.org. February 27, 2020.

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