I want to thank God for the leadership of Dr. Johnny Hunt, President of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia, located in Metropolitan Atlanta. I have known Dr. Hunt for many years, but have become personally blessed with deeper friendship over the past few years. I admire and love him.

Dr. Hunt is a great President for Southern Baptists for many reasons, too many to even mention, but let me highlight a few:

Dr. Hunt is:

• The Pastor of a strong, growing, evangelistic Great Commission Church.
• A man who has built a strong, godly, Christian family.
• A man who loves his church, and his people love him greatly.
• A leader who is growing younger leaders.
• A Pastor-Leader, who as President is leading Southern Baptists into the future.

You see, our convention of churches is always best served by a president who models these things. In our greatest days of advancement and change, it has been this kind of leader who has served as our leader, mentor, and model. We are highly blessed to have this kind of leader again.

In Dr. Hunt’s desire to see change, he is leading our denomination to embrace a Great Commission Resurgence. In fact, if you have missed it, take the time to read it at www.greatcommissionresurgence.com.

Each morning, I pray for Dr. Hunt by name. Please join me in doing so daily. We love Johnny and Janet, as well as all of their family. They are special people, anointed by God’s Holy Spirit for such a time as this.

Committed to the Great Commission.