What made you decide to become a preacher? Some people talk about feeling called when they discovered that they wanted to preach, and some people just decide to do it.\u00a0 What made you want to preach?<\/p>\n\t
The decision to preach is one I arrived at when I was 16. It was born out of my love for the Bible and my love to teach. From that point, each decision I made about my career revolved around that first choice. For example, my grandfather was a preacher, and knowing that income for a preacher can be unsteady, I looked at what I could do that would allow me both the flexibility to preach and flexibility in choosing where I would live. My skills were best in computers and biology. I thought about the medical field for a while but decided a doctor’s hours would interfere with preaching too often. I selected working for a large company that had many locations where the church was weak and in need of preachers. I purposely selected assignments to go to these areas. I eventually left the secular job when it began interfering with my ability to preach. I still use my computer skills as a backup when funds become an issue, but I remain focused on preaching full-time.<\/p>\n
I can’t really say that I stopped to consider why I decided to preach over other jobs. I love what I do and never regretted the choice.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: What made you decide to become a preacher? Some people talk about feeling called when they discovered that they wanted to preach, and some people just decide to do it.\u00a0 What made you want to preach? Answer: The decision to preach is one I arrived at when I was 16. It was born out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[567,536],"class_list":["post-36082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-the-author","tag-preaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88794,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/preach-it-anyway\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":0},"title":"Preach It Anyway!","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Phillip Brannon I have come to the conclusion that when it comes to preaching the Word of God, some people cannot be pleased (this is also true in other areas). It is not possible to please everyone every time one preaches. Someone will be offended. If one preaches loud\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86006,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ezekiel-and-preaching-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":1},"title":"Ezekiel and Preaching Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Ezekiel had a most challenging job, preaching the truth to people who were not ready to appreciate it. God gave Ezekiel the vision of God's awesome greatness, and when a preacher preaches because he has a great concept of God, he can preach the hard truths\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88265,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-i-need-to-go-to-school-to-preach\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":2},"title":"Do I need to go to school to preach?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Mr. Hamilton, I have studied the Bible all my life. I read everything I can. I preached for three weeks a year ago in a local congregation and asked all my elders to attend, and one did. He asked me if I wanted to teach in our congregation. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34711,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-a-man-be-picked-as-a-preacher-who-is-pouting-because-he-wasnt-picked\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":3},"title":"Should a man be picked as a preacher who is pouting because he wasn’t picked?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: The preacher of a congregation developed some health problems and one of the men who served as song leader stood in during the preacher's absence. He thought he would be chosen after the death of the long-time minister, but he wasn't. He then has refused to do a talk,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58802,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/preaching-the-gospel-without-mentioning-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":4},"title":"Preaching the Gospel … Without Mentioning Baptism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 7, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"by Foy E. Wallace, Jr. Number One Gospel Sermons, page 180 (A series of gospel sermons preached at Nashville Road Church of Christ in the NUMBER ONE Community between Nashville and Gallatin, Tennessee, February 5 to 26, 1967. By Foy E. Wallace, Jr. In the sermon on February, 26: The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43810,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-have-a-good-paying-secular-job-but-what-i-really-want-to-do-is-preach\/","url_meta":{"origin":36082,"position":5},"title":"I have a good-paying secular job, but what I really want to do is preach","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, I am a recent college graduate, and I currently have a secular job with a high salary. I don't know, but I always feel sad whenever I'm going to work, thinking that this is not the world I wanted to be in, this is not the job I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}