by the Cherokee Tribune staff
January 06, 2010
Southern Baptist Convention President Dr. Johnny Hunt of Towne Lake will undergo surgery today to remove a cancerous prostate.
The 57-year-old senior pastor of First Baptist Woodstock announced in November his prostate cancer diagnosis and plans to undergo initial treatment in January.
Jim Law, executive pastor of the church, said Hunt's surgery would be done at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.
"Dr. Hunt would like to thank so many churches and individuals who have interceded on his behalf these past few weeks," Law said in a statement released through the Baptist Press. "He is deeply grateful and has sensed the prayers and the love that has been demonstrated to him in so many ways by many Southern Baptist brothers and sisters."
Hunt and his wife, Janet, "have come to this decision after much prayer and seeking the Lord," Law said in the statement referring to the operation.
Hunt was elected the convention's president during its annual meeting in Indianapolis in June 2008. He was re-elected at the 2009 meeting in Louisville, Ky.
With 16.2 million members, the Nashville-based convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.
First Baptist Woodstock, which has more than 17,600 members, is Cherokee's largest church and the third-largest place of worship in metro Atlanta.
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