“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 (TNIV)

Each believer is gifted by God in a unique way. God uses people through their own giftedness, personality and persona to make a difference in the world. These collections of interviews explore the journey of people, with various occupations, who felt called of God to participate in their careers. Through the conversations we hear how God was at work in their lives.

Though they are not fully defined by their career, each person’s life was shaped by the career path they chose. Subject matter include their calling to their career, ethical decisions they faced in that career, and any advice they would give to someone thinking about going into that profession. Listen to their testimonies and be encouraged. These members of First Baptist Church of Pensacola have made an impact in our community, the United States and throughout the world.

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Bill Morrison
“God’s been good to us. We have really been blessed. We look back and we see how He was working through all of these things that we worked through…”

Dorothy Maddox
“He had to get us out of Utopia to call us to the mission field. But we knew without a doubt that going half-way around the world with two little girls, 8 and 10, that we were back in His will.”

Dr. Bob Wilson
“I did genuinely feel that I was called into medicine and began to have an appreciation that God calls people to all walks of life. If you answer His call, regardless of what it is, you will be contended in that and you’ll have the abundant life in whatever you are called…”

Earl Hutto
“I have been fortunate to have done several things…I guess the Lord led me in what I should do.”

Jet Rogers
“He said, ‘Coach, you see this uniform? You see the profession I am in? Your Christian leadership put me here.’ And I just broke down and cried right there. I have seen him some since then. He is a preacher here in the black churches here in Pensacola now.”

Paul Robinson
“When I went home I could not go to sleep on Sunday night and I felt like the Lord was looking on me. It was that night that I decided that God was calling me to be a minister.”

Eleanor Griffin
“Still you try to do your best even when you are in those circumstances.”