Think you don’t have the skills to serve overseas? Think again, IMB says.

Logistics coordinators, doctors, occupational therapists, accountants, counselors — your skills are in high demand on the mission field.

While many missionaries step away from careers when they move overseas, the International Mission Board needs missionaries who will bring and utilize their expertise on the mission field.

Scott Ray, IMB’s senior director of field personnel deployment, says many people don’t realize how their skillset and current careers can be effective mission tools overseas.

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“There are a lot of people right now in the church who have the idea that they can’t be missionaries because they don’t see themselves as a church planter,” Ray said.

“They see themselves as a nurse, a doctor, a businessman, an accountant, an IT worker. They don’t feel called to throw out the experience and education that God has allowed them to have over the years. We want them to know they can take that with them to the mission field and use it for the furthering of the Kingdom and for addressing lostness,” Ray said.

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EDITOR’S NOTE — This article was written by Tessa Sanchez and originally published by the International Mission Board.