"I Am Born to Preach the Gospel" is a gospel song recorded in 1928 by Washington Phillips (1880–1954; vocals and zither) in gospel blues style.

[3] In some other recordings, the song is titled "I Was Born to Sing the Gospel".

The song is likely to have been written by Phillips: it is concerned with a similar subject to his 1927 song "Denomination Blues", and has lyrical resemblances to it, including the striking phrase "educated fool".

The singer compares his own experience:[4] I am born to preach the Gospel, And I sure do love my job ...

I have never been to no college And I didn't get a chance in school But when Jesus Christ anointed me to preach the gospel He sure didn't leave me no fool with that of educated preachers; and with that of Nicodemus, who according to the John 3:1-21 was a ruler of the Jews who visited Jesus by night to learn from Him.