H-2 PEOPLE FILES
- Neal Hughes - David Hulme - Chris Hume - John Davison Hunter - Johnny Hunt - Steve Husting - Ron Hutchcraft -
neal hughes
Aug 18, 2023: The Alabama Baptist: Deal with the Problems of the Self by the Cross through the Exercise of our Spirit
When Alabama’s Neal Hughes was elected chair of the second presidential search team for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on June 1, he consistently stated a commitment to “due diligence” in the process.
That commitment allowed a potentially scandalous situation related to Willie McLaurin to be handled prior to a nomination, vote and likely election as the next SBC EC president.
McLaurin, considered the recent frontrunner in the presidential search, resigned from his role as interim president and CEO on Aug. 17, effective immediately.
Effective Aug. 18, Jonathan Howe, EC vice president for communications, stepped into the role temporarily.
McLaurin’s resignation came in response to the search committee’s discovery of falsified academic credentials on his current resumé.
When Alabama’s Neal Hughes was elected chair of the second presidential search team for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on June 1, he consistently stated a commitment to “due diligence” in the process.
That commitment allowed a potentially scandalous situation related to Willie McLaurin to be handled prior to a nomination, vote and likely election as the next SBC EC president.
McLaurin, considered the recent frontrunner in the presidential search, resigned from his role as interim president and CEO on Aug. 17, effective immediately.
Effective Aug. 18, Jonathan Howe, EC vice president for communications, stepped into the role temporarily.
McLaurin’s resignation came in response to the search committee’s discovery of falsified academic credentials on his current resumé.
david hulme
David Hulme is publisher of the quarterly journal Vision--Insights and New Horizons, president of Vision Media Productions, chairman of Vision Foundation International, and president of Church of God, an International Community. He has studied theology, psychology and philosophy and holds a doctorate in international relations (with an emphasis on the Middle East) from the University of Southern California. Hulme was a producer, writer and on-camera anchor for The World Tomorrow, a weekly 30-minute television program that was syndicated on more than 300 stations worldwide. He is author of Identity, Ideology, and the Future of Jerusalem (Palgrave, 2006), Gospels for the 21st Century (Vision Media Publishing, 2010) and Apostles, First Followers and Their Faith (Vision Media Publishing 2010) and a contributor to What Makes Us Human? (Oneworld, 2007), and Access, Not Excess (Smith-Gordon, 2011), both edited by Charles Pasternak.
David Hulme
The prophet Amos is mentioned in connection with Uzziah and the latter days of Jeroboam II (Amos 1:1). Though he was a Judean, Amos’s message concentrated mostly on the northern Israelites, to whom he announced that captivity was coming. Secondarily he addressed the sins of Judah and several surrounding nations. Amos is listed among the Bible’s 12 minor prophets (from the Latin minor, “smaller” [in length of book]).
In Uzziah’s final year, the well-known major prophet Isaiah was commissioned (Isaiah 6:1–9). He spoke during the subsequent reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1), delivering messages about the coming downfall of Judah and Jerusalem, its expected Messiah, and the future kingdom of God. - -David Hulme; Vision
In Uzziah’s final year, the well-known major prophet Isaiah was commissioned (Isaiah 6:1–9). He spoke during the subsequent reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1), delivering messages about the coming downfall of Judah and Jerusalem, its expected Messiah, and the future kingdom of God. - -David Hulme; Vision
chris hume
Chris Hume
“Anti-intellectualism and emotionalism have given us modern day evangelicalism, which is a mile wide and an inch deep. And we are exporting this garbage to the nations........(Julie) Green’s shenanigans are just one example of how the co-opting of certain conservatives is creating a mass of duped people, ignorant of what God’s Law-Word actually says regarding salvation, revelation, and civil government.” -Chris Hume; Managing Editor of the Lancaster Patriot
johnny hunt
Mar 12, 2023: Daily Mail: When good pastors go bad: From disgraced Carl Lentz's multiple affairs in Hillsong scandal to NYC's 'bling bishop', these are the biggest falls from grace
Former Southern Baptist Convention President, Johnny Hunt, 69, was suspended from the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) for allegedly sexually assaulting another pastor's wife during a beach vacation in 2010.
But he returned to the pulpit in January 2023 at Hiland Park Baptist Church in Panama City, Florida, where he gave his first sermon in eight months.
Hunt used to preach at a First Baptist Church Woodstock in Georgia before he was suspended after SBC's Executive Committee released an investigative report in May that found truth in the sexual assault claims against him.
He was accused of sexually assaulting a young pastor's wife - who was 24 years younger than him - and telling her he wanted to have sex with her three times a day while on a Panama City beach vacation in 2010.
The pastor was found guilty in the report of kissing the woman and 'touching her breast over her clothes' and 'pulling down [her] pants.'
In a May 2022 statement, after the 288-page report was made public, Hunt admitted to getting into a 'compromising situation' and had a 'brief, but improper, encounter' with the man's wife, who was not named. He said he 'fled' the room after getting an 'overwhelming feeling of conviction.'
He maintains that it was a 'consensual encounter' and that it was 'not abuse nor was it assault.'
In 2022, Hunt and his wife Janet joined Hiland Park Baptist Church, where he was introduced as 'one of the greatest pulpiteers in our generation.'
Former Southern Baptist Convention President, Johnny Hunt, 69, was suspended from the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) for allegedly sexually assaulting another pastor's wife during a beach vacation in 2010.
But he returned to the pulpit in January 2023 at Hiland Park Baptist Church in Panama City, Florida, where he gave his first sermon in eight months.
Hunt used to preach at a First Baptist Church Woodstock in Georgia before he was suspended after SBC's Executive Committee released an investigative report in May that found truth in the sexual assault claims against him.
He was accused of sexually assaulting a young pastor's wife - who was 24 years younger than him - and telling her he wanted to have sex with her three times a day while on a Panama City beach vacation in 2010.
The pastor was found guilty in the report of kissing the woman and 'touching her breast over her clothes' and 'pulling down [her] pants.'
In a May 2022 statement, after the 288-page report was made public, Hunt admitted to getting into a 'compromising situation' and had a 'brief, but improper, encounter' with the man's wife, who was not named. He said he 'fled' the room after getting an 'overwhelming feeling of conviction.'
He maintains that it was a 'consensual encounter' and that it was 'not abuse nor was it assault.'
In 2022, Hunt and his wife Janet joined Hiland Park Baptist Church, where he was introduced as 'one of the greatest pulpiteers in our generation.'
Nov 30, 2022: The Tennessean: Leaders denounce former SBC president Johnny Hunt’s return to ministry amid abuse allegations
- In May, allegations emerged of sexual assault against former SBC president Johnny Hunt.
- Hunt and four Southern Baptist pastors recently announced Hunt will return to ministry after "restoration" process.
- SBC President Bart Barber: "I would permanently 'defrock' Johnny Hunt if I had the authority to do so."
John Davison Hunter
steve husting
Steve Husting
Pride is inherently evil, crafty, subtle, and destructive. It is totally against the new wine of grace Jesus brings in where we confess Christ is Lord. (With the proud, self is lord.) Jesus was humble and obedient to the Father and pleased Him in all things. But pride puts self at the center. Pride will use religious works, not to draw people to God, but to itself. Pride will use whatever tools are at hand in their industry–in medicine, government, science, business, education, and more.
When the Spirit works, He reproduces His own character in those He indwells. Prideful people, as we see in Matt. 23:15, will only reproduce demonic copies of themselves in others. They will be antagonistic to the gospel, in which one rests on the grace of God for everything, including one’s self-worth. Their teaching and attitude will beget arrogant monsters and not those who approach the Word with, “Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.”
Paul gives us the blunt truth to become truly wise in the things of God. “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise” (1 Cor. 3:18). We can be fooled by our own pride; it is difficult to detect pride in oneself when seeking recognition feels so normal, and spinning something to put self in the best light is instinctual.
Paul’s remedy is to become like the foolish; that is, to be like those around you. What do I mean by that? When we associate with the humble and simple, we’ll see the difference between their plain talk and living, and our prideful ambitions. The contrast, with the illumination of the Spirit, can help us to see it. When we identify with the humble, we are actively putting to death the pride of life. The humble already put God first and will discern the puffery of fools. --Steve Husting; Doubt Busters; The Sin of Spiritual Pride 5.29.23
When the Spirit works, He reproduces His own character in those He indwells. Prideful people, as we see in Matt. 23:15, will only reproduce demonic copies of themselves in others. They will be antagonistic to the gospel, in which one rests on the grace of God for everything, including one’s self-worth. Their teaching and attitude will beget arrogant monsters and not those who approach the Word with, “Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.”
Paul gives us the blunt truth to become truly wise in the things of God. “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise” (1 Cor. 3:18). We can be fooled by our own pride; it is difficult to detect pride in oneself when seeking recognition feels so normal, and spinning something to put self in the best light is instinctual.
Paul’s remedy is to become like the foolish; that is, to be like those around you. What do I mean by that? When we associate with the humble and simple, we’ll see the difference between their plain talk and living, and our prideful ambitions. The contrast, with the illumination of the Spirit, can help us to see it. When we identify with the humble, we are actively putting to death the pride of life. The humble already put God first and will discern the puffery of fools. --Steve Husting; Doubt Busters; The Sin of Spiritual Pride 5.29.23
ron hutchcraft
Ron Hutchcraft is an impassioned contemporary evangelist, speaker, author and radio host and President of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries. Rev. Hutchcraft served as the Chairman of the 1991 Northern New Jersey Billy Graham Crusade, and frequently spoke at Billy Graham Evangelistic Association pre-Crusade youth events and Schools of Evangelism. He continues to speak regularly at the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove. Ron was honored as Moody Bible Institute's Alumnus of the Year for 1997. Ron, with his late wife Karen, is the co-founder of On Eagles' Wings®, an outreach and leadership development program for Native American, First Nations and Alaskan Native young people.
Ron Hutchcraft
"This is beyond anything we've ever seen; it's almost like 'serial suicides.....This is not just a psychological issue: this is a spiritual battle with spiritual forces......The thief—speaking of the devil—'comes to steal, kill, and destroy,' and this is the result. You've got 12-year-old girls hanging themselves. You can't imagine a 12-year-old deciding to die; they haven't even lived yet!.........Pine Ridge was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre back at the end of the Indian era........They call them the shadow people or the dark people. There are spirit beings—demonic beings—that are stalking the reservation and convincing young people that they are worth nothing ... and [that have] started this 'cloud of death' over the reservation." --Ron Hutchcraft; Ron Hutchcraft Ministries; on wave of suicides on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota 4.23.15