Dr. Johnny Hunt is the current President of the Southern Baptist Convention and has served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., since 1986. Hunt was born July 17, 1952, in Lumberton, N.C. He received his B.A. in Religion from Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, where he was voted Ministerial Student of the Year in 1979. He holds a M.Div. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and several honorary doctorates from Immanuel Baptist Theological Seminary, Covington Theological Seminary, and Tennessee Temple University. Previous to pastoring in Georgia, he served in several churches in North Carolina. He and his wife, Janet, have two daughters and four grandchildren.