Background
Stump, Joseph was born on October 6, 1866 in Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Leah (Hoover) Stump.
Stump, Joseph was born on October 6, 1866 in Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Leah (Hoover) Stump.
Bachelor of Arts, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 1884, Master of Arts, 1887. Graduate Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1887. Doctor of Divinity, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1908.
Doctor of Laws, Carthage (Illinois) College, 1925.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 1925.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1887. Pastor Great Bend, Pennsylvania, 1887-1889, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1889-1892, Grace Church, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1892-1915. Professor systematic theology, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois, 1915-1920.
Dean and professor systematic theology, Chicago (Illinois) Lutheran Division School, 1920-1921.
President and professor systematic theology, Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, since 1921. Author: Life of Philip Melanchthon, 1897, Bible Story, 1898.
Bible Teachings, 1902. An Explanation of Luther’s Small Catechism, 1907.
Russellism, A Counterfeit Christianity, 1922.
The Christian Life, A Handbook of Christian Ethics, 1930. The Christian Faith; A System of Christian Dogmatics, 1932. Joint Author: An Explanation of the Common Service, 1908.
Translator and editor of Starck’s Daily Handbook, 1904.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Alice A. Cooper, June 18, 1891. Children: Marian Alice, George Paul, Anna Lydia (deceased), Joseph Luther, Rose Margaret Leah, William Richard, Theodore Emanuel.