Former BWA Vice President dies

From the Baptist World Alliance,
Washington, D.C.

Alma Hunt, Vice President of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) from 1970 to 1975, died on Saturday, June 14, in Roanoke, Virginia.

Hunt, who presided over some of the sessions of the 13th BWA World Congress in 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden--the first woman to do so--was Executive Secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) from 1948 to 1974, serving 26 years.

Hunt led the WMU to actively support the formation of the BWA Women’s Department (BWAWD), and she was a founder of the North American Baptist Women’s Union (NABWU). She was NABWU President from 1964 to 1967.

BWA General Secretary Neville Callam lauded Hunt for being a reliable and longstanding supporter of the international church body. “We are thankful for people like her who give so much encouragement to those involved in the worldwide Baptist movement,” the BWA leader said.

Funeral services will be held at Rosalind Hills Baptist Church in Roanoke on Wednesday, June 18. She was 98 years old.