June Hunt
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June Hunt is CEO and CSO (Chief Servant Officer) of Hope For The Heart, the nonprofit ministry she founded in 1986. She is the author of the Biblical Counseling Library,a 100-volume collection of topical, biblical counseling manuals, that serves as the foundation for Hope For The Heart’s international broadcasts, training, publishing, teaching and biblical counseling ministry. Hunt’s two radio broadcasts—Hope In The Night, a live 2-hour call-in counseling program, and Hope For The Heart, a half-hour teaching program—air on approximately 900 radio outlets worldwide.
has to say” on a myriad of topics.
To respond to these questions, Hunt created curriculum for a multi-year Bible survey course. Between 1989 and 1992, she developed and taught Counseling Through The Bible, a scripturally-based counseling course addressing 100 topics in categories such as marriage and family, rocky relationships, emotional entrapments, Christian apologetics, as well as addictions and abuse. Since then, the coursework has been continuously refined to form the basis for the Biblical Counseling Library, composed of 100 topical training manuals, each called Biblical Counseling Keys.
The Counseling Library has served as the foundation of the ministry’s steady expansion, including the 2002 creation of the Hope Biblical Counseling Institute (BCI). Initiated by Dallas’ Criswell College, the Institute equips spiritual leaders, counselors and other caring people to find solutions for emotional, relational and spiritual problems.
During this time, Hunt also appeared as a guest on numerous national TV and radio programs, including NBC’s Today. She also toured overseas with the USO and was a guest soloist with the Billy Graham Crusades.
The ministry is growing internationally as the Biblical Counseling Keys have been published in more than 20 languages and are being translated into many more. They can be found in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. HOPE-sponsored walk-in counseling centers operate internationally. In Canada, the ministry airs a Chinese version of HOPE’s radio briefs, Moment of Hope, and sponsors a call center through which Chinese-speaking listeners receive biblical counsel.
In 2008 Hope For The Heart created a new Chair of Biblical Counseling at Criswell College. The Biblical Counseling Library is required curriculum for counseling students enrolled in this program.
Hunt, who holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Criswell College, has been a regular guest professor at colleges and seminaries. She trains peers annually at the American Association of Christian Counselor’s conference and speaks at numerous other national and international conferences, as well as religious and broadcasting events each year on topics such as forgiveness, anger, fear, childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence.
In 2011 her article “Beyond Cancer: A Survivor’s Story” appeared in the Vol. 18 No. 1 issue of the American Association of Christian Counseling magazine Christian Counseling Today.
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Early Years
Upon graduation from college in 1966 with a Bachelor of Music degree, Hunt worked as Junior High Division Director—and later as College & Career Director—at a Dallas mega-church overseeing the spiritual formation of 1,200 members combined. In these roles, she was often called on to answer questions from students and parents about Christian living. Later, as a conference speaker, she was likewise approached by conference-goers to answer questions about “what the BibleBible
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has to say” on a myriad of topics.
To respond to these questions, Hunt created curriculum for a multi-year Bible survey course. Between 1989 and 1992, she developed and taught Counseling Through The Bible, a scripturally-based counseling course addressing 100 topics in categories such as marriage and family, rocky relationships, emotional entrapments, Christian apologetics, as well as addictions and abuse. Since then, the coursework has been continuously refined to form the basis for the Biblical Counseling Library, composed of 100 topical training manuals, each called Biblical Counseling Keys.
The Counseling Library has served as the foundation of the ministry’s steady expansion, including the 2002 creation of the Hope Biblical Counseling Institute (BCI). Initiated by Dallas’ Criswell College, the Institute equips spiritual leaders, counselors and other caring people to find solutions for emotional, relational and spiritual problems.
During this time, Hunt also appeared as a guest on numerous national TV and radio programs, including NBC’s Today. She also toured overseas with the USO and was a guest soloist with the Billy Graham Crusades.
Hope For The Heart
Hope For The Heart’s Biblical Counseling Library provides a foundation for Hunt’s two daily radio programs, Hope For The Heart and Hope In The Night. Hope For The Heart is a half-hour of interactive teaching. Hope In The Night is a live two-hour call-in counseling program. Together, the programs air worldwide on nearly 900 radio outlets.The ministry is growing internationally as the Biblical Counseling Keys have been published in more than 20 languages and are being translated into many more. They can be found in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. HOPE-sponsored walk-in counseling centers operate internationally. In Canada, the ministry airs a Chinese version of HOPE’s radio briefs, Moment of Hope, and sponsors a call center through which Chinese-speaking listeners receive biblical counsel.
In 2008 Hope For The Heart created a new Chair of Biblical Counseling at Criswell College. The Biblical Counseling Library is required curriculum for counseling students enrolled in this program.
Recent Updates
Hunt is the founder and CEO of The Hope Center in Plano, Texas, a permanent home for nearly 50 nonprofit Christian ministries that share common space, a technology backbone, and amenities under one roof. Hope For The Heart is the Center’s anchor tenant and offers walk-in counseling by appointment at the Center.Hunt, who holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Criswell College, has been a regular guest professor at colleges and seminaries. She trains peers annually at the American Association of Christian Counselor’s conference and speaks at numerous other national and international conferences, as well as religious and broadcasting events each year on topics such as forgiveness, anger, fear, childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence.
In 2011 her article “Beyond Cancer: A Survivor’s Story” appeared in the Vol. 18 No. 1 issue of the American Association of Christian Counseling magazine Christian Counseling Today.
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- 1986: Hope For The Heart radio broadcast, Genesis Award, “Best New Radio Program”
- 1989: Hope For The Heart radio broadcast, “Radio Program of the Year”
- 2010: Hope For The Heart ministry, “Media Award for International Strategic Partnerships”
- 2011: June Hunt, “Board of Directors Award”
Others
- 1991: June Hunt, honorary Doctor of Law degree, Criswell College
- 1993: June Hunt, honorary Doctorate in Literature, Dallas Baptist University
- 2002: Selected Biblical Counseling Keys, translated into Russian, “Best Inspirational Book of the Year”
- 2008: June Hunt, “Excellence in Communications Award,” Women in Christian Media
- 2008: June Hunt, “Reintegration Award,” Eli Lilly
- 2011: June Hunt, “Caregiver Award,” American Association of Christian Counselors
Trade books
- Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries, ISBN 9781433516207
- Caring for a Loved One with Cancer, ISBN 9781433527074
- Counseling Through Your Bible Handbook, ISBN 9780736921817
- Hope For Your Heart: Finding Strength in Life’s Storms, ISBN 9781433503979
- How to Defeat Harmful Habits: Freedom from Six Addictive Behaviors, ISBN 9780736923293
- How to Forgive ... When You Don’t Feel Like It, ISBN 9780736921480
- How to Handle Your Emotions, ISBN 9780736923286
- How to Rise Above Abuse, ISBN 9780736923330
- Keeping Your Cool … When Your Anger Is Hot!, ISBN 9780736924245
- Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes, ISBN 9780736924252
Music CDs
- Songs of Surrender
- Hymns of Hope
- The Whisper of My Heart
- The Shelter Under His Wings
- The Hope of Christmas