The following is a summary of the article “10 Ways to Serve the Lord Online:”
True disciples of Jesus Christ render service. Here are 10 ways to serve online:
1. Indexing: Join tens of thousands of people around the world in transcribing images of historical records to help family history work. More than 2 billion records have been indexed. Help is needed especially to transcribe in foreign languages. Get started or learn more about indexing.
2. Church service missionary opportunities: Members both old and young can serve a variety of kinds of missions. See a list of Church service mission opportunities.
3. English conversation practice: Volunteers can help English language students from around the world practice listening to and speaking English in real-time conversations using online tools like Skype. You don’t need to know a second language. Find out more.
4. Organizing images: You can look at photos and images and then type descriptive key words that can be used to improve searches for these images. Find out more.
5. Translate documents: Use online translation software to help translate Church content into your native language. You can write your own translations or review translations made by others. Find out more.
6. LDSTech community volunteers: Join a project group online to help design, build, and test software applications for the Church. Use your skills in programming, interaction design, database engineering, usability testing, or project management. Find out more.
7. Share your creative talents: Share your photos, videos, music, and other media with the Church and with members around the world to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Visit create.lds.org to learn more.
8. Provide research expertise: Share your family history research skills with the FamilySearch Research Wiki so others can learn how to research specific places, topics, and records. Learn more.
9. Provide research help: Be a genealogy research assistant and answer questions about how to find ancestors. You can help over the phone, via live chat, or in other online resources that help people around the world. Find out more.
10. Donations to Church causes: Disciples of Jesus Christ take care of others. Give to help with education, arts and culture, humanitarian causes, and missionary work. View different donation possibilities at ldsphilanthropies.org.
To discover other ways you can serve, visit vineyard.lds.org.
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