The Winner’s Way with Mac Hammond

Mac Hammond is senior pastor of Living Word, a large and growing church in Brooklyn Park (a suburb of Minneapolis), Minnesota. He is the host of The Winner’s Minute, which is seen locally in the Minneapolis area and can also be viewed at winnersminute.com. He is also the host of The Winner’s Way broadcast and author of several internationally distributed books. Mac is broadly acclaimed for his ability to apply the principles of the Bible to practical situations and the challenges of daily living.

Mac Hammond graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Upon graduation, he entered the Air Force with a regular officer’s commission and reported for pilot training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. He received his wings in November 1966 and subsequently served two tours of duty in Southeast Asia, accumulating 198 combat missions. He was honorably discharged in 1970 with the rank of Captain.

Between 1970 and 1980, Mac was involved in varying capacities in the general aviation industry, including ownership of a successful air cargo business serving the Midwestern United States. A business acquisition brought the Hammonds to Minneapolis, where they ultimately founded Living Word in 1980 with 12 people in attendance.

After 43 years, that group of twelve people has grown into a church body of 10,000 members. Today some of the outreaches that spring from Living Word include Maranatha Christian Academy, a fully accredited, pre-K through 12th grade Christian school; Living Free Recovery Services, a state-licensed outpatient treatment facility for chemical dependency; CFAITH, an online cooperative missionary outreach of hundreds of national and international organizations providing faith-based content and a nonprofit email provider; and a national and international media outreach that includes hundreds of audio/video teaching series, The Winner’s Minute and The Winner’s Way broadcasts, and the Prayer Notes newsletter.