Pastor Andrew Hunt, Jr., CPA, M.Div.

Pastor Hunt graduated Cum Laude from Morehouse College in 1994, with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting.  He was on the Morehouse honor roll, dean’s list and national dean’s list throughout his college matriculation.  He received the University of Illinois Certified Public Accountant certificate on February 14, 1997.  In June 2001, he received his Master of Divinity degree from McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, where he maintained an “A” average while working full time.  

Pastor hunt has 17 years of pastoral experience.  He has a pastoral commitment to “love everybody” and is focused on ministry and outreach. He started his pastoral journey in October of 2001 as the pastor of Tabernacle M.B. church in Chicago.  After 6 years at Tabernacle and much prayer, he believed God wanted him to go in a different direction.  As a result, he resigned from the pastorate of Tabernacle M.B. church in August 2007.  He left Tabernacle unsure of what he would do next and was certain that he would never organize a church.  However, he quickly learned that oftentimes our no is God’s yes!  

On September 6, 2007 Transformations Fellowship Bible Class was born. The bible class was held at the Spoken Word Café on 48th King Drive with Pastor Hunt affirming on the first day that, “we are not a church.”  Despite his affirmation Transformations Church held its first worship service in November 2007 and began to hold service once a month until April 2008, when services began to be held twice a month.  Transformations began to hold services every Sunday on October 5, 2008. On September 5, 2010 Pastor Hunt led Transformations into its church home located at 11032 South Indiana in Chicago.  Under his leadership they purchased a church in less than two years. In January 2012 Pastor Hunt co-founded Righteous Baller Sports to help youth escape from crime and violence in the city of Chicago.  During Black History Month - February of 2012, Transformations was featured on the Judge Mathis show along with Salem Baptist church of Chicago as an example of African American worship.  God blessed Transformations from 28 charter members to a congregation, and from a café to a sanctuary.  

In addition to his duties at transformations, Pastor Hunt is currently an auditor with the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for auditing bankruptcy filings for the United States Trustee Program.  He is also an entrepreneur and is president of an accounting practice he started in 1997.    He has also held management positions in some of the country’s largest not-for-profit and for-profit corporations.  He has worked at Deloitte And Touche, LLP Public Accounting Firm, Catholic Charities as controller of Chicago’s WIC Food Centers Program, audit manager of payroll and payables for the Chicago Public Schools, real estate accounting supervisor for McDonald’s Corporation, accounting manager for Follett Bookstores, and auditor with the United States Inspector General for the Postal Service.  He has received numerous awards and commendations from his employers throughout his career for his outstanding performance. 

Pastor Hunt has also received numerous honors and awards and in March 2005 was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College, an honor not only given to Morehouse men but to preachers and scholars throughout the world.  In February 2008 he had an international opportunity and preached and lectured at Bethany Christian center in Rustenburg, South Africa. 

Pastor hunt was the first African American to preach and lecture in this region of South Africa. In august 2013, Pastor Hunt went on a pilgrimage to the country of Ghana and visited the capital city of Accra and the city of Kumasi. He also visited the historic slave dungeons of cape coast. He looks forward to a long-lasting relationship with his friends in Ghana and South Africa. In September 2013, pastor Hunt was acknowledged by the Chicago area Morehouse Alumni Chapter as a notable alumnus. Pastor Hunt is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.    

The Most important aspect in Pastor Hunt’s life Is his family. He has been married to Chyna Hunt For 18 years who has a BA from Elmhurst College and an MBA from University of Phoenix.  Chyna is a Director of Research Operations at The University of Illinois at Chicago.  They have two daughters - Drew, a junior at Morgan Park Academy, and Shannon who Is A 2012 graduate of Spelman College and a Ph.D. candidate at Pace University in New York.  In January 2014 the Hunt family welcomed Shannon’s husband Mykel Green to the family who Is a Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry at The City College of New York.  In July 2017, they welcomed his grandson Lucas Green to the family.  

Second Only to his family, Pastor Hunt received the greatest honor of his life and was elected to be the 7th Pastor in the rich 100-year legacy Of Chicago’s Liberty Baptist Church On July 20, 2018.  Pastor Hunt Would Say, “My life has been filled with Blessings but still the best is yet to come.”  To God Be the Glory!