[3] From 1903 to 1906, he served as a LDS Church missionary in the German Empire, including eighteen months as president of the Berlin Conference.

[3] They moved to Salt Lake City in 1911, where he became involved in real estate and manufacturing.

[3] In 1919, Nibley was appointed as a member of the general board of the church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

Shortly after becoming mission president in 1937, he counseled LDS Church members in Eugene, Oregon, to begin building a chapel.

Nibley compiled some of the writings and sermons of George Albert Smith which were then published under the title Sharing the Gospel with Others.