International Christian Maritime Association
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The International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) is an ecumenical association of 27 Christian
organisations, representing different churches and Christian communities. The members are all non-profit making organisations actively engaged in welfare work for seafarers. It is registered as a charity in the UK.
ICMA was founded in 1969. It seeks to encourage ecumenical collaboration and mutual assistance between these different organisations at international, national and individual port
levels. ICMA chaplains are obliged to serve seafarers
, fishermen and their dependants regardless their nationality, religion, culture, language, sex or race.
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Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
organisations, representing different churches and Christian communities. The members are all non-profit making organisations actively engaged in welfare work for seafarers. It is registered as a charity in the UK.
ICMA was founded in 1969. It seeks to encourage ecumenical collaboration and mutual assistance between these different organisations at international, national and individual port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
levels. ICMA chaplains are obliged to serve seafarers
Seafarers
Seafarers can refer to ethnic groups living by the sea in Southeast Asia, and also other sea-living ethnic groups in the world. The ethnic group name refers to a large distribution area, reaching from the islands of Indonesia to Burma...
, fishermen and their dependants regardless their nationality, religion, culture, language, sex or race.
Member organisations
- African Seafarers' Assistance Association (RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
) - Association for Seamen's Missions (JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Apostleship of the SeaApostleship of the SeaThe Apostleship of the Sea is an agency of the Catholic Church. It is also sometimes known as Stella Maris , and its patron is the Virgin Mary as Our Lady, Star of the Sea...
(Roman Catholic) - Biblia Harbour Association (South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
) - Sailors' SocietySailors' SocietySailors’ Society is an inter-denominational Christian organisation providing pastoral care to seafarers.The Society was formed on 18 March, 1818, as the Port of London Society. Following mergers with two other societies, the name was changed to The British & Foreign Sailors’ Society. In 1925 it was...
(Protestant) - Christian Seaman's Organisation (South Africa) http://www.cso.co.za
- Danish Seamen's and Overseas Church http://www.dsuk.dk
- Finnish Seamen's MissionFinnish Seamen's MissionThe Finnish Seamen's Mission was established in 1875. In Finland's two official languages it is known as Suomen Merimieskirkko ry in Finnish and Finlands Sjömanskyrka rf in Swedish. It was established to help Finns travelling abroad, particularly seafarers and migrant workers...
(Lutheran) - German Seamen's Mission http://www.seemannsmission.org
- Indenlandsk Sømandsmission (DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
) http://www.indenlandsk-soemandsmission.dk - Indonesian Ministry to Seafarers
- Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission (TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
) http://www.lutheran.tk/taiwan - Korean International Seamen's Mission Association
- LIFE International Seafarers Christian Missions
- Lutheran Association for Maritime Ministry (USA)
- Mersey Mission to Seafarers (LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) - Mission to SeafarersMission to SeafarersThe Mission to Seafarers is an international not-for-profit charity serving sailor sailors in over 230 ports around the world. It is supported entirely by donations from the public, whose generosity has funded its work for more than a century and a half...
(Anglican) - Nederlandse Zeemanscentrale (Netherlands)
- North American Maritime Ministry Association http://www.namma.org
- PCT Seamen's/Fishermen's Service Centre (associate member)
- Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest (Methodist, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) http://www.qvsr.org.uk - Royal Sailors' Rest (UK) http://www.rsr.org.uk
- Seafarers' Welfare Board for New Zealand http://www.swb.co.nz
- Seamen's Church in Sweden (SiS)
- Seamen's Mission of EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
- SjømannskirkenSjømannskirkenThe Norwegian Church Abroad or The Norwegian Seamen’s Church is a religious organisation serving Norwegians and other Scandinavians travelling abroad...
(NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
) - Stichting Pastoraat Werkers Overzee (Netherlands)
- Swedish Church AbroadChurch of Sweden AbroadThe Church of Sweden Abroad - in Swedish: Svenska kyrkan i utlandet - is accountable to a special committee under the General Synod of the Church of Sweden and is under the episcopal oversight of the Bishop of Visby. SKUT has approximately 45 congregations throughout the world, concentrated in...
- Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New JerseySeamen's Church Institute of New York and New JerseyThe Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey, founded in 1834 and affiliated with the Episcopal Church, serves mariners through education, pastoral care, and legal advocacy. With a budget of over $7 million dollars, SCI is the largest, most comprehensive mariners’ agency in North America...
(Episcopal Seafarers' Advocacy founded in 1834)
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