This is a good suggestion , especially if you say it like I feel like god is putting it on my heart to work with the poor they will practically push you in that direction and you can use it to do humanitarian good . It ' s a good way to get out of evangelism and etc and will make them think you ' re as commited as ever . Listen , if you can wait until a later time when they don ' t practically own you then you ' ll be so much better off . I became an atheist when I was already a stay at home mom to 2 and realized I couldn ' t just wait it out to tell my husband because we are supposed to be together for the rest of our lives . I envy your position where you can just wait a couple years to be free and then tell them . Obviously my situation is different but generally very devout Christians will be extremely devastated by the news and in my case think that you deliberately did it to hurt them .