Ships – Bringing Knowledge, Help and Hope

Our desire is to share the knowledge of God’s love and compassion with every visitor to our ships and with the wider community in every port.

Cambodian orphans look at ship picture Touching lives with knowledge, help and hope. For decades, OM’s ships have travelled the world supplying literature, helping people in need, motivating Christians, training young people and sharing the Good News of God’s love.

Today, the Ship Ministry is still touching lives—powerfully demonstrating God’s love through our international community living and serving together onboard Logos Hope.

Knowledge

Known for their floating book fairs, the ships have visited over 1,100 ports in more than 140 nations, welcoming over 35 million people onboard. Visitors can select from over 6,000 book titles, covering a wide range of subjects and available at a fraction of their value. Grants of books to schools, libraries, colleges, churches and universities in developing countries have made a positive impact.

Help

Those caught in the grip of poverty often lack basic education and healthcare. OM Ships workers have undertaken a wide range of relief projects worldwide. Their efforts include constructing orphanages, building shelters for victims of natural disasters and distributing medical aid, food and supplies.

Hope

In a world of uncertainty, true hope is only possible by engaging in a personal relationship with God. In every port, volunteer crew members share this message of hope with those they meet.

Having a purpose in life also brings hope. Through the on-board training programmes, we offer an ideal environment for crew members to discover and cultivate their gifts. For many, it’s a significant step towards a life-time of serving God.

Pray with Us

Prayer plays a central role in OM Ships and is a foundation for everything crew are involved in. Unite with us in asking God to move in these key areas:

Pray that all who visit will be impacted by God’s love during their time on board.
Pray for open doors to serve people in many different countries, and for all the work involved in planning ship visits.
Pray for God’s provision of qualified marine personnel (and many others) to serve on board, and for needed funds through generous giving by supporters.
Pray for strong partnership with the local church. Their support and partnership is key to the success of each visit.

Stories

Logos Hope

After a massive renovation, Logos Hope launched into service on 19 February and sailed from Køge, Denmark to Gothenburg, Sweden, to be followed by ports in the Netherlands, UK, Faroe Islands and Ireland. It is both encouraging and challenging to think of the huge number of people who will meet with God on this vessel or through teams sent from this vessel in the years to come. Following initial rebuilding work in a Croatian shipyard, almost all the work has been completed by professional volunteers and other willing workers.

From April through June, over 80,000 people visited Logos Hope in Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London, purchasing nearly 5,000 Bibles and tens of thousands of other educational and Christian titles. Now serving needy communities in the Caribbean, the UK visit marked the beginning of all God has planned for Logos Hope.

Doulos

The ministry of Doulos, the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship at 95 years old, came to an end on 31 December. We are so grateful to God for 32 years of ministry. Even after the ship closed to the public and moved to another berth, a lady in Singapore called, wanting desperately to visit. Despite arriving late and being very distracted during the tour, the woman suddenly burst into tears, saying she believed God had brought her to the ship to draw her back to Himself.

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