President of Universal Foundation for Better Living and the Sr. Minister of Universal Truth Center in Miami and a great, brilliant, powerful light in our entire New Thought/ Ancient Wisdom movement.
Rev. Dr. Mary earned her Doctorate degree at the South Florida Center for Theological Studies in Miami, Florida. She most recently served in the dual role as President of the Universal Foundation For Better Living and Senior Minister of the Universal Truth Center. She was a published author lecturing throughout North America and the Caribbean, and was highly regarded as a biblical scholar.
According to Mary Tumpkin, preaching was in her blood. Her grandmother was a preacher, and Mary herself began preaching in her Detroit, Michigan, church at the tender age of 13. Though her minister encouraged her calling, she resisted. She attended Wayne State University and went into banking. Later, she and her husband migrated to Miami, Florida.
Mary stayed in banking and went back to school, completing a bachelor's degree at Florida International University and then a Doctor of Ministry degree at the South Florida Center of Theological Studies. She began a church in her home and, in 1982, made the jump to full-time church work when she founded the Universal Truth Center for Better Living in 1982.
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