George Laird Hunt

Background

Hunt, George Laird was born on September 11, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Bertram and Helen Sarah (Laird) Hunt.

Education

AB, Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1940. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1958. Bachelor's Degree, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1943.

Career

Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Wilmington, Delaware, 1943-1948; editor, Presbyterian Board Christian Education, Philadelphia, 1948-1960; pastor, Christ-West Hope Presbyterian Church, Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania, 1960-1961; pastor, Fanwood (New Jersey) Presbyterian Church, 1963-1978; editor, Presbyterian Outlook, Richmond, Virginia, 1979-1988. Executive secretary Consultation on Church Union, Fanwood, 1962-1968. President Presbyterian History Society, Philadelphia, 1985-1991.

Editorial consultant Presbyterian Church United States of America, Louisville, 1991-1993. Editor The Presbyterian Writer, Lakeland, Florida, 1990-1994.

Achievements

• George Laird Hunt has been listed as a noteworthy editorial consultant, clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Rediscovering The Church

    (What It Means To Be The Community Of God's People Among M...)

  • Calvinism and the Political Order: Essays Prepared for the Woodrow Wilson Lectureship of The National Presbyterian Center, Washington, D.C.

    ("'Should the church get into politics? ... Calvinism has ...)

  • Twelve makers of modern Protestant thought

    (Book by Hunt, George Laird)

  • Rediscovering the church

    (1956 Association Press. Hardcover, 178 pages)

Interests

• Avocations: motor home travel, reading, overseas traveling.

Connections

Married Mary Alice Minear, August 5, 1943. Children: Laurence M., Bruce L., Marcia Beth.

Father:

Henry Bertram Hunt

Mother:

Helen Sarah (Laird) Hunt

Spouse:

Mary Alice Minear

child:

Bruce L. Hunt

child:

Marcia Beth Hunt

child:

Laurence M. Hunt