Sandra Teplinsky was raised in a religious Jewish home and synagogue in Chicago, Illinois.
She came to faith in Jesus (Yeshua) at the University of Illinois, where she obtained her B.A. She obtained a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, and seminary training at Talbot Seminary in Los Angeles.
Sandy has served formally in Jewish ministry since 1979, co-laboring with Messianic Jewish leaders and the Christian Church. She helped organize outreach missions in the former Soviet Union, witnessing the historically unprecedented Jewish revival in the 1990's. A former litigation attorney, Sandy is now an ordained pastor, speaking and ministering internationally on God's heart and prophetic plans for Israel. She and her family live primarily in Orange County, California, where their home congregation is located.
Sandy is the author of several articles and books, including Why Care about Israel? How the Jewish Nation is Key to Unleashing God's Blessings in the 21st Century, published by Chosen Books; The Blessing of Israel; and Out of the Darkness: The Untold Story of Jewish Revival in the Former Soviet Union.
Sandy's passion is to see God's saving and transforming power released on His Old Covenant people, especially those in Israel. Her passion for God's New Covenant people is the impartation of His heart for Israel through prophetic Bible teaching and the release of intercession. Her ministry draws people into the love of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit, with a distinctly Jewish prophetic and pastoral edge.