Dave Hunt

Dave’s been leading worship for 13 years. Somewhere in the middle of all the worship leading, he served as an associate student minister, a university minister, a worship pastor, and helped plant two churches. He’s led worship at all sorts of gatherings from Passion Conferences to weekly college worship gatherings. Not to mention more camps than he can count.

Dave’s been nominated for a Dove award, has a cut on Casting Crowns Lifesong, produced an album or two, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on nearly every album he’s done. The truth is, I could give you a list of credentials a mile long that would explain why I’d ask Dave Hunt to come lead worship for any event, retreat, camp, or worship service.

But the reason you’ll appreciate Dave as a worship leader has far less to do with his experience or talent and much more to do with who he is. And if you’re curious about who Dave is, you don’t have to look much farther than his album Love Abounds. As if he set the latest season of his life to music, Love Abounds is a look at a guy who’s ever dependent upon the Gospel and wide-open to what God has in store. “As God has led Julie and I through different transitions in ministry, at times, it has been a little scary - but it is always exciting as well. We have trusted that he would lead us, guide us, and put us where he wants us to be. We’ve seen his faithfulness in countless ways,” said Dave. “There’s nothing more important to me than God - he’s my everything, so I want to do what he asks of me, I want to follow where he’s leading, even if I’m not sure where we’re going.”

“Dave gets out of the way” - that’s what a friend said to me when she mentioned what she most appreciated about him as a worship leader. And I can’t help but agree. Whether he leads a crowd of 12,000 or a congregation of 50, you hardly notice Dave because he leads you straight to God and Dave is trustworthy to do just that.

Not too long ago someone asked me, “What’s Dave Hunt like?” As one who knows him well, I should have described him as a person of humility and deep faith, one who’s prayerful and walks with God, who loves his family and is a servant. But at that moment I simply said: “You know, he’s just good - in a blameless kind of way. And he’s one of the people I most trust to point me to God.”

Dave serves as the worship coordinator at Trinity Church in Nashville, TN and continues to go wherever in the world God takes him to partner with other ministers in the Gospel.

Amy Jacobs

Amy Jacobs is freelance writer based in Nashville, Tenn., who wanted to be in Dave’s worship band, but decided to write his bio instead. She knows the Hunt family well-she’s traveled on overseas mission trips with them more than once, lived in their home twice, and worshipped with them more times than she can count. She’s thankful to call them friends.