Lonnie graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelors Degree in Public Administration/Public Relations. After working in the public sector, Lonnie started Hunter Communications Group; training corporate management teams in areas such as cultural awareness/diversity, effective communications skills, effective leadership, time and stress management. Lonnie earned the Pinnacle Award of achievement for black owned companies, awarded by the Gillette Corporation in 1999.
A Stellar award nominated artist, Lonnie recorded and produced 3 Cd’s with The Voices of St. Mark on the Malaco Record Label with hits such as “Even Me” (the drip drop song), “Let’s Dance”, and “There’s Power In His Name”. While earning his degree, Lonnie served in the U.S. Air Force for five years earning an honorable discharge as a high ranking sergeant. He spent 3 years as a runway/print model for Luster Hair Care products male texturizer campaign and continued to do what God had commissioned him to do in the Gospel Music Industry.
For four years Lonnie was the host of the #1 Gospel Radio Show in Chicago, ruling the morning drive time; Mon-Fri 6am-10am on WGCI AM. At the same time he served as Dean of Students for one of the largest school districts in the suburbs of Chicago.
Now a resident of New Jersey, he serves as Pastor of Worship at Bethany Baptist Church, a 26,000 member Mega Church in Lindenwold, NJ, where Bishop David G. Evans is the Pastor. Lonnie can now be heard as host of the syndicated “The Lonnie Hunter Show” on FM Radio One Stations across the country. The show can be heard throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey , Charlotte, NC; Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., Houston, and Cleveland. He was the recipient of the 2010 Stellar Award for “Announcer of the Year”!