Johnny Hunt, a native American from Woodstock, Ga, was elected June 10 as president of the 16.4 million member Southern Baptist Convention in the 151st session of its two-day annual meeting. Hunt, pastor of the nearly 17,000-member First Baptist Church in Woodstock, was elected president when he received 52. 95 percent of the vote over five other nominees at the meeting in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

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New Southern Baptist president pledges to unite

INDIANAPOLIS - Within an hour of being elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Rev. Johnny Hunt was talking about "turning the tide," acknowledging the reality that a denomination that cares so much about winning souls is losing too many.

• By ncs-import
• June 11, 2008