Sumner Wemp, at the age of 17, having never held a Bible nor heard "Jesus loves me, this I know..." was invited to church by Gene Gaskins. He went, heard the gospel for the first time, and after three weeks, accepted Christ. He hasn't gotten over it yet.

After college and seminary, he enjoyed 13 wonderful and fruitful years of pastoring. In 1952 he wrote the first of 25 gospel tracts and founded New Life Tract Society. Millions of his tracts have been printed and given away.  All the profits he receives from his books and tapes goes to missions.

He served 8 wonderful years at Moody Bible Institute as Chairman of Evangelism, Pastor of Theology and Director of Practical Christian Work. Then he became president of Southeastern Bible College. After that he served with Dr. Jerry Falwell as Vice President of Spiritual Affairs at Liberty University for 17 years.   

Dr. Wemp holds a B.A. degree from Samford University, a Th.M from Dallas Theological Seminary, a D.Min from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a D.D. from California Graduate School Of Theology.

His writings include Teaching from the Tabernacle, a 128 page book of 8 printings; a 203 page book, How on Earth Can I Be Spiritual which is in its 15th printing and has been translated into Spanish and Telegu in India. He has also written The Guide to Practical Pastoring, a 278-page hardback which has been published in the Romanian language, and a 60 page booklet, Fishing for Men, with over 250,000 copies in circulation. Approximately 200 of his articles have been published in religious periodicals. He now writes a soul-winning column for “The Biblical Evangelist.”

For the past 10 years he has mentored 300 pastors, missionaries, and evangelists while in "retirement" and still preaches, at over 80 years old, almost every other weekend all over the country. His latest "kick" is to challenge people with Jabez’s prayer.

Now, expansion to the Internet community marks his latest venture.  If you have comments or suggestions, simply email sumner@sumnerwemp.com.   Come back often since our site is updated monthly with new encouragement, marriage, prayer, witnessing, ladies articles and more! Enjoy your stay, and thank you for visiting.