Lester Sumrall (February 15, 1913 – April 28, 1996) was an ordained American minister who formed the LeSEA broadcast network.
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Biography
Lester Frank Sumrall was born to Betty and George Sumrall in New Orleans on February 15, 1913.[1] In 1930, he was healed of tuberculosis; it was at this point that he came to believe that he was called by God to become a preacher. He became an ordained minister in 1932.
On September 30, 1944, he married Louise Layman, and they had their first child, Frank Lester (named for his father's middle name) on December 31, 1946. On June 27, 1950 they had their second child, Phillip Stephen, and on October 17, 1953 they had a third, Peter Andrew.
Howard Carter and Smith Wigglesworth were mentors to Lester Sumrall, both of whom are thought to have passed their anointing on to him.[2] Like Elijah and Elisha in the Old Testament, Dr. Sumrall passed his mantle of anointing to his grandson, Lester Sumrall, Jr and Rod Parsley, Pastor of World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1957, he established the Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association (LeSEA). In 1968, LeSEA Broadcasting's flagship station, WHME-TV Harvest 103.1 FM. The Rev. Lester Sumrall is the "father" of Christian Television. He secured the first License for 24 hour Christian television from the FCC and launched WHMB Christian Television in Noblesville, Indiana in 1973.
On April 28, 1996 Lester Sumrall died at age 83.[3]
Bibliography
- Lester Sumrall (2003). The Life Story of Lester Sumrall: The Man, the Ministry, the Vision. New Leaf Press (AR). ISBN 0-89221-532-1.
References
- ^ http://wofcfi.tripod.com/charlesjonesministries/id4.html
- ^ http://www.eaglesnest.org/prophecy_smith.html
- ^ Lester Sumrall's Listing On FindAGrave.com
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