How can I use my professional skills to serve God?

By offering the work you already know how to do to your church, to Christian nonprofits, and to missions. Gifts differ on purpose (Romans 12:6), and Scripture calls every believer to minister the gift they have received (1 Peter 4:10). Choose your field and begin near home.

Do Christian organizations really need skilled volunteers?

Yes. Missions, relief agencies, churches, and nonprofits consistently need doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, translators, builders, accountants, counselors, and more, often more than they can pay for. Named organizations are offered as information, not endorsement.

How do I start serving with my skill?

Start small and start near: tell your own church what you can do and ask where the need is, then widen out to a broader work. Offer your gifts, browse volunteer opportunities, and explore Christian missions on The Living Bread to take the next step.

Use your gifts to serve

Use Your Gifts to Serve

Whatever skill God has given you, there is a way to use it to serve Christ and your neighbour. The Scriptures are clear that gifts differ on purpose and are given to be given away: doctors and nurses to heal, teachers to teach, builders to build, engineers and writers and musicians to make and mend. This is a guide to how your particular skill can serve, through real Christian organizations and honest opportunity-types, at home and in missions.

Your gifts were given to be given

The New Testament takes for granted that every believer has been handed something to steward, and that it is meant for others. Gifts differ on purpose, and the point of them is service, not status. The same God who filled craftsmen with skill for beautiful work still equips ordinary people for good work today.

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”

1 Peter 4:10

“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us... he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.”

Romans 12:6-8

“And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.”

Exodus 31:3-5

Find your skill

Choose the work you already know how to do. Each page below answers one question honestly: how can someone with this skill serve through Christian organizations and missions, and how do you begin?

Doctors Nurses Software engineers Teachers Lawyers Translators Designers Builders and tradespeople Accountants Musicians Counselors Writers Retirees

How to begin

Start small and start near. Tell your own church what you can do and ask where the need is; most fellowships are quietly desperate for skilled hands and rarely think to ask. From there you can widen out to a wider work. When you are ready, these places on The Living Bread will help you take the next honest step.

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Come and see

Before your work is a skill it is a gift, and gifts have a Giver. Whatever your trade, the same Christ who filled craftsmen with his Spirit still delights to use ordinary hands, and he is gentle with everyone who comes to him honestly. If you have never really met him, you can begin today. It costs you nothing but a little quiet and an open heart.

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Frequently asked questions

How can I use my professional skills to serve God?: By offering the work you already know how to do to your church, to Christian nonprofits, and to missions. Gifts differ on purpose (Romans 12:6), and Scripture calls every believer to minister the gift they have received (1 Peter 4:10). Choose your field and begin near home.
Do Christian organizations really need skilled volunteers?: Yes. Missions, relief agencies, churches, and nonprofits consistently need doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, translators, builders, accountants, counselors, and more, often more than they can pay for. Named organizations are offered as information, not endorsement.
How do I start serving with my skill?: Start small and start near: tell your own church what you can do and ask where the need is, then widen out to a broader work. Offer your gifts, browse volunteer opportunities, and explore Christian missions on The Living Bread to take the next step.