SBC president Hunt diagnosed with cancer

WOODSTOCK, Ga. — Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Johnny Hunt has announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo initial treatment in January.

Hunt, 57, pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., reported the diagnosis in a statement to Southern Baptists released through Baptist Press on Nov. 23. Hunt was elected SBC president during the convention’s June 2008 annual meeting in Indianapolis and re-elected at this year’s meeting in Louisville, Ky., when he was instrumental in the formation of a 23-member Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.