Hunt, a former Georgia megachurch pastor and denominational official who served as SBC president from 2008 to 2010, sued the denomination in 2023, alleging defamation.

Southern Baptist pastor Johnny Hunt, a former SBC president, is suing the SBC Executive Committee and a third-party firm, Guidepost Solutions, for defamation over abuse allegations in a 2022 report.

(RNS) — One claim, about an allegedly defamatory tweet by another former denominational president, is still live. The SBC has spent more than $3 million in legal fees on the Hunt case.

Hunt filed his six-count, 330-page lawsuit in March 2023, naming the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions after he was accused of sexual assault by a young minister's wife in ...

Lawsuit that eroded Southern Baptists' support for implementing and funding abuse response ends in major loss for former SBC president Johnny Hunt.

Alisa Womack, who reported to independent investigators in 2022 abuse allegations against Southern Baptist Convention ex-president Johnny Hunt, comes forward for first time publicly. Federal judge ...

A judge has set the trial date for former Southern Baptist President Johnny Hunt's lawsuit against the SBC and other entities over alleged defamation and violation of privacy after both sides were ...

Hunt, a former Georgia megachurch pastor and denominational official who served as SBC president from 2008 to 2010, sued the denomination in 2023, alleging defamation.