Pragerforce Member Joshua Heyer

Joshua Heyer, a 24-year-old ordained preacher and Union Bible College student, joined PragerForce after traveling 38 states and seeing how often conservatism faced pushback. He felt called to ministry at 18 and now focuses on spreading clear conservative messaging through social media.
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Joshua, thank you for joining me.
Thank you for your time.
Yeah, so a few questions. First of all, you attend, I believe, a Christian school, is that correct?
That is correct.
And that's Bible— what Bible college? Bible Union Bible College?
Yes, sir.
And that's in Indiana?
That is correct.
Yeah, I looked you up. I saw— I want to make sure that I got the facts right. How many students are there?
It's a pretty small college. It's selective, so they run about 100 on campus, but they have quite a few across the country.
So you mean online?
Correct.
I see. And is it men and women or only men?
It is both men and women. Yes.
And is it about 50/50 male/female?
Yeah, it runs pretty close to 50%. Yeah.
You think you'll meet your wife there?
It's very possible.
Are you looking?
I'm definitely open. I know a lot of girls, not too many ladies, so—
Oh, that's interesting. Uh, develop that idea for a moment.
Okay. Well, I've been asked that quite a bit, and, um, you know, I'm, I'm just looking for someone who, uh, knows the direction they're headed. And, um, I'm actually a preacher myself, so it's natural for me to look for someone who's conducive to the call and just to see where God's leading us, so.
How old are you?
I'm 24.
And you're already a preacher?
I am. I was actually called when I was 18, so I've been doing this for a couple of years. It's hard to believe, but yeah.
So what degree will you be getting at Union?
I will be getting a degree in ministerial studies, and then a theology emphasis within that, so.
[Speaker:DENNIS PRAGER] Very good, so it's a Bible-based curriculum?
[Speaker:DAVID] Correct, yeah.
[Speaker:DENNIS PRAGER] Yeah, that's up my alley. I hope you'll take a look one day. You'll get a lot of sermons out of it, out of my rational Bible commentary on the Bible. It's called—
[Speaker:DAVID] I'm hoping to order it soon.
[Speaker:DENNIS PRAGER] Yeah, I wasn't trying to sell you one, but it's, no, no, but in all sincerity, I always tell ministers, rabbis, and priests, If you don't get 50 sermons at least out of any of my volumes, I'll give you your money back. So it's a worthy investment.
I do have your book on the Ten Commandments, and I've enjoyed it. Good.
Good. Glad. Thank you. So what prompted you to join Prager Force?
Well, actually, I did a lot of public relations for the school. I would travel and present the college and represent the college. So I got to hear a lot of different objections to conservatism as I traveled. We were in 38 states in 4 years. So I brushed shoulders with my generation and the younger ones for a long time. And I just realized that there was a lacking in the social media area to give clear answers to conservative values. And that's when I found PragerU and I was hooked.
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