Johnny M. Hunt | |
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Born | Lumberton, North Carolina, United States | July 17, 1952
Spouse | Janet Allen Hunt |
Children | Deanna Hunt Carswell & Holly Hunt Hixson |
Church | Southern Baptist |
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Southern Baptists |
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Johnny M. Hunt (born July 17, 1952) is an American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and who served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was also formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Georgia. He was the first Native American president of the SBC. He previously served as the Senior Vice President of the Evangelism & Leadership division of the North American Mission Board—the church planting and domestic evangelism arm of the SBC—speaking nationally to church leaders and congregants about sharing the Christian Gospel.