June Hunt

June Hunt (born Ruth June Hunt, December 31, 1944) is Founder and CSO (Chief Servant Officer) of Hope for the Heart, a US-based nonprofit Christian ministry which she founded in 1986. Hunt is the author of the Biblical Counseling Library, a 100-volume collection of Biblical counseling manuals. They serve as the foundation for HftH's international broadcasts, training, publishing, teaching and biblical counseling ministry. Hunt has 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. Early years Hunt was born as daughter of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and Ruth Ray. She was one of 14 children. She has spoken of her complicated family life and her mother’s example of being a devout Christian. She attended the Hockaday School in Dallas and became a committed Christian at age 15. She then graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Music degree, and later earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Criswell College.