Joel Hunter
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Joel Hunter is the senior pastor of Northland Church, also known as Northland A Church Distributed, a megachurch in Longwood, FL
Hunter joined Northland in 1985 after 15 years as a Methodist pastor. He currently serves on the boards of several evangelical organizations, and he is the founder of the Christian Citizen, and the Alliance for the Distributed Church. He was recently selected as the president of the Christian Coalition [1], but then declined the job. He stated that he wanted to focus on issues other than abortion and same-sex marriage (such as poverty and environmental protection), but Coalition leaders did not.[2]
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[edit] Education
Dr. Hunter holds a Bachelor of Science in education degree from Ohio University. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Christian Theological Seminary. [3]
[edit] Honors
In 2005, Belhaven College awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Humanities. [4]
[edit] Associations
Dr. Hunter is a guest lecturer at Reformed Theological Seminary and is on the board of directors of the National Association of Evangelicals and is a spokesperson for the Evangelical Climate Initiative. [5]
