Fundamentalists regain SouthernBaptist presidency: Atlanta-area pastor Johnny Hunt elected
Atlanta-area pastor Johnny Hunt has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, returning control of the 16-million-member denomination to its fundamentalist establishment.
On June 10, the opening day of the 2008 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia, received 52.94 percent on the first ballot, beating out five contenders—a record number of candidates.