Put your faith into action.
Your church can help families build and repair homes, strengthen communities, and put God’s love into action. Explore church volunteer opportunities and discover how you can partner with The Fuller Center for Housing to build a better world.
The Theology of the Hammer
Millard Fuller believed that faith was something to be lived, not merely spoken. He called it the Theology of the Hammer — the idea that people of all faiths and backgrounds can come together to put God’s love into action by building and repairing homes.
At The Fuller Center for Housing, that philosophy continues to guide our work. Churches and congregations have a special opportunity to turn compassion into action, strengthen communities, and help families build a better future.
9 ways your church can put faith into action
Whether your congregation is large or small, there are meaningful ways to partner with The Fuller Center for Housing. From prayer and financial support to hands-on construction and mission trips, here are nine ways your church can help build a better world.
Pray for our work
Keep our homeowner families, volunteers, and ministry partners in your prayers as they work together to build and repair homes and strengthen communities.
Invite us to speak
Invite a Fuller Center representative to share how your congregation can put faith into action through affordable housing ministry, volunteer service, and partnerships that change lives.
Support our ministry
Your congregation can help make safe, affordable housing possible through financial gifts, special offerings, and ongoing support that empowers families and strengthens communities.
Volunteer close to home
Your church members can make a difference right in their own community. Connect with a local Fuller Center covenant partner to help build new homes, make essential repairs, or serve alongside neighbors in need.
Global Builders trips
Take your church’s mission beyond borders. Through The Fuller Center’s Global Builders program, volunteers travel internationally to work alongside local families and partners, build homes, experience new cultures, and put faith into action.
Join a U.S. Builders trip
Bring your church group together for a mission trip without leaving the country. Serve alongside local Fuller Center partners to build and repair homes, connect with families, and make a lasting difference in communities across America.
Help host our volunteers
Your church can welcome visiting volunteer teams by providing meals, lodging, or other hospitality. These simple acts of service help make building trips possible and create lasting connections between volunteers and your community.
Help us find partner families
Your church knows its community. Help connect families in need of safe, affordable housing with a local Fuller Center covenant partner. By spreading the word and making introductions, your congregation can help open doors to brighter futures.
Share our story
Help spread the word about The Fuller Center’s mission. Share our stories, follow our work on social media, and introduce others in your congregation and community to opportunities to serve. Every new connection can help more families find safe, affordable housing.
Light is needed in dark places.
Millard Fuller believed the church becomes what it is called to be when its people carry their faith beyond the sanctuary and into the lives of neighbors in need.
Building homes, repairing houses and extending a helping hand aren’t simply acts of service. They’re ways to put faith into action.