Dr. Johnny M. Hunt is Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia. Johnny received his education at Gardner Webb University where he received at B.A. Degree in 1979. He graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div.) in 1981. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Immanuel Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Sacred Laws and Letters from Covington Theological Seminary. A Chair of Church Growth as established in his name at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1997.

Dr. Hunt pastored three churches in North Carolina before coming to First Baptist, Woodstock, Georgia. His current church gives over $2 million dollars annually to missions. He has been active in several areas of Baptist life, including being elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference. Johnny and his wife, Janet have two grown daughters.