and was awarded the World Methodist Chair of Honor in 1988. Ministry in retirement Upon retiring in 1988, Bishop Hunt moved to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. There he served as president of the Foundation for Evangelism, an affiliate ministry of the U.M. General Board of Discipleship. In 2002 the foundation honored him as a Lifetime Distinguished Evangelist of the U.M. Church, a rare honor indeed! Other honors received by Bishop Hunt include the Philip Award, given by the National Association of U.M. Evangelists. "Bishop Hunt was larger than life in so many ways," said Bishop Richard Looney, president of the Foundation for Evangelism. Selected writings A Bishop Speaks His Mind: A Candid View of United Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1987. ( ) I Have Believed: A Bishop Talks About His Faith, Nashville: Abingdon, 1980. ( ) Storms and Starlight (Bishops' Messages on the Holy Spirit), Earl G. Hunt Jr. (Editor), Nashville: Tidings, 1974. Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, 1992. () Aspects of our Methodist heritage: With particular focus upon one of its distinguished transmitters, Bishop Roy Hunter Short, 1972. References The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church. See also List of bishops of the United Methodist Church 1918 births 2005 deaths American autobiographers 20th-century American educators American evangelists American religion academics Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Methodist theologians Methodist writers Candler School of Theology alumni Methodist evangelists United Methodist bishops of the Southeastern Jurisdiction American book editors East Tennessee State University alumni