Giving of your Time and Talent

What did he do to earn money? Acts 18:3 says that Paul stayed with Aquila and Priscilla because they were of the same trade, namely, tentmakers. So, in a sense you could say Paul's traveling band of men was a traveling band of merchants who worked when they had to, making and repairing and selling tents. And when they had enough money to live on, they preached the gospel and taught the new Christians what it meant to follow Jesus in their homes and vocations.

This is where the term "tentmakers" comes from.

A tentmaker today is a person who supports himself in another culture in order to make known the reality of Jesus Christ and build his church. A tentmaker is a person who believes that Christians ought to be engaged in thousands of secular vocations, but who believes the product or service he is providing is always secondary to the effect he has on people's lives through his work. A tentmaker has set his eyes on things that are eternal. And so God has helped him see that making money, getting promotions, becoming well-known are at best secondary means to what really counts for eternity, namely, God being glorified and people coming to know and trust him. And then tentmakers look at the cities of the unreached peoples where there are no churches, and no Christians, and they hear God's call to go to these cities and live there and work there in order to bring the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the gospel. ACTS 18V6

Aquila and Priscilla were a couple who were of great assistance to Paul. They worked with him but also provided for him in many ways. They were givers and promoters of the gospel.

They served at their own cost and gave sacrificially. They reaped the benefits of having access to the Apostle Paul who was a mighty man of God. they were not asked to serve, but they did so willingly.