Your impact journey starts here

Why we’re here and how we can help

January 1 2024

You have 80,000 hours in your career—40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years.

That makes it one of your primary resources to love and serve others and honor God.

We’re here to help you make those hours count.

We provide prayerfully-researched advice, tools, and mentorship that empower you to tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

Our advice is especially focused on students and graduates aged 18–35 in the US or UK who are blessed to be able to choose a career based on impact and are keen to tackle problems we find most pressing.

Since we launched this site in 2023, tens of thousands of people have engaged with our resources, and hundreds have shared that our advice has shaped their careers or their faith.

Whether you feel called to tackle poverty, diseases, missions or something else, we’ll help you discern where your gifts and career can have a maximum impact for others and glorify God.

1. Start with our advice in 10 minutes

If you’re new to CFI, begin with our 10-minute career guide.

For a deeper dive, you can plan your career with the help of our Guide to an Impactful Career, an interactive manual through our 5-step career planning tool, developed after years of research and prayerful consideration.

Our guide helps you to:

  1. Cultivate Christ-like values

  2. Discern the most pressing problems God is calling you to tackle

  3. Identify maximum-impact solutions

  4. Discover high-impact roles for you and your God-given resources

  5. Develop a plan to build the skills and experience to live out your calling

2. Speak to our team through 1-on-1 career mentorship

Once you’ve explored our resources and have a clearer sense of direction, consider applying for free 1-on-1 impact mentorship.

Through a 45 minute call and possible subsequent follow-ups with Christian specialists in your area, we help you to prayerfully refine your career plan, identify opportunities to use your unique gifts, and connect you with resources.

3. Explore the rest of our research

To deepen your understanding of impactful careers, take advantage of our wealth of resources:

Problem Profiles

Explore 8 pressing global challenges God may be calling you to address. We have in-depth guides with curated research from Christian experts.

Podcast

Tune into our podcast, where we speak with Christian experts tackling these issues.

Jobs

Consult our jobs guide and job board to discover impactful roles aligned with God’s purposes.

These tools are designed to equip you with practical, faith-centered strategies to pursue a career of maximum kingdom impact.

Reader Stories

Our readers have embraced many impactful ways to address the world’s most pressing problems.

Here are a few that inspire us!

Caleb Watney

Caleb works in Washington DC as as policy researcher and think-tank founder. His work tackles pandemics and policy. He is a CFI reader and podcast guest.

Read Caleb’s Story

Asia Wiaterek

Asia studied social science at Cambridge and has worked in policy tackling global poverty. She is a CFI impact mentor and staff member.

Read Asia’s Story

Luke Eure

Luke studied Physics at MIT but now works for start-up in Africa with the aim of tackling extreme poverty. He is a CFI reader and impact mentor.

Read Luke’s Story