" Prior to his political career, he served as pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas from 1980 to 1986, and the Beech Street Baptist Church in Texarkana from 1986 to 1992.
В 1986 году Хаккаби перешел на новое место — в Первую баптистскую церковь на Бич-Стрит (Beech Street First Baptist Church) в городе Тексаркана (Арканзас).