Rosalie Hall Hunt is fascinated with missions history, focusing on the lives of leading baptist women who have shaped missions. A frequent speaker at churches and conferences, Hunt brings Baptist history to life, speaking on remarkable figures from the past. She also inspires with her dramatic monologue of Lottie Moon. The daughter of missionaries to China, she and her husband Bob served for 30 years as missionaries to eight Asian nationals, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Burma (Myanmar.)
Hunt is past president of Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union and serve five years as national recording secretary of WMU. She holds masters degrees in English, Counseling and Speech. Her publications include: Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy, A Life Beyond Boundaries: The Extraordinary Life of Ann Hasseltine Judson, We’ve a Story to Tell: 125 Years of WMU, Her Way: The Remarkable Story of Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend, Out of Exile: Fannie Heck and the Rest of the Story, Guided by Grace: The Kathleen Mallory Story, 6 Yellow Balloons: An MK’s China Story, The Blue Enamel Cup: An MK’s China Legacy, and Lottie Moon and the Silent Bell. She is currently writing a collection of short stories about missionaries both past and present. Hunt has been awarded honorary doctorates from Judson University in Elgin, IL, and Judson College in Marion, AL.
She and her husband currently reside in Guntersville, Al.