Bruce F. Hunt

Bruce F. Hunt in Korea Seminary in Busan, S. Korea

Professors of Korea Seminary with Bruce F. Hunt(from left second) 1956

Bruce F. Hunt and his law in son Chip Stonehouse

Bruce F. Hunt (June 4, 1903 - July 26, 1992) was a Korean missionary born in Korea, served her for 48 years until he completed his final term as a missionary of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1976. He was a second generation missionary to Korea after his father William B. Hunt. He was a professor at Korea Seminary in Busan South Korea. He was a missionary who was detained for helping Korean Christians in Japan imperialism and loved Korea without yielding to any torture or intimidation.

Education

After studying at Pyongyang Foreign School, he left to study in the US. in June 1919. He attended Soldan High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied in Wheaton College in 1920-1923, but transferred to Rutgers University in 1923. He graduated Princeton Theological Seminary in 1928.

Life

He was born in Pyongyang on June 4, 1903, between his father, William Brewster Hunt (1869-1953) and his mother, Bertha Violet Finley Hunt. Due to the missionary activities of his father, he was influenced greatly by missionary ministry on participating in various evangelism gatherings, Bible schools since childhood. Bruce Hunt was admitted to Wheaton College in Illinois in 1920, but during his college years, he went through a period of spiritual distress and eventually came to a turning point in his life by experiencing rebirth and devoting himself to missions. He then transferred to Rutgers University, graduated, and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary. He went to Korea as a missionary in the fall in 1928. His first sabbatical was spent at Westminster Theological Seminary during 1935-36. In 1936, he left the PCUSA and became a founding member of the PCA (later OPC). As a member of the Presbyterian Independent Mission Board, under the leadership of J. Gresham Machen, Bruce Hunt served in Manchuria from 1936 to 1942. During that time, he became a missionary under the OPC Foreign Mission Board. Bruce returned to Korea in 1946. The Korean War again interrupted his work in 1950, but he was able to return once more in 1952. Bruce Hun was the person who thoroughly conducted the Nevius mission method than anybody, and emphasized the characteristic of the Bible center. Bruce Hun had a great interest in the Bible - centered evangelism, and his theological tendency was strongly oriented toward Calvinism. Especially on the challenge of liberal theology. He thoroughly believed that preserving the historical faith of the Korean Presbyterian Church in the challenge of liberal theology was the way to save the church. On July 26, 1992, he moved to Queverville Nursing Home, near Philadelphia, USA.