Joel Hunter

Joel Carl Hunter (born April 18, 1948, in Shelby, Ohio) is a pastor and author. He is the author of A New Kind of Conservative (Regal 2008), Church Distributed (Distributed Press 2008) and Inner State 80: Your Journey on the High Way (Higher Life 2009). Hunter accepted the presidency of the Christian Coalition in 2006, but resigned before taking the office. He delivered the closing benediction on the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.