Seafarers!
A Strategic Missionary Vision
by Martin Otto
Be inspired and catch God's vision for the seafarers of the world! The author Martin Otto is an eye-witness of how God is building his church amongst these easily forgotten, marginalised and often lonely economic nomads of the high seas. Through Christian friendship and hospitality, as well as letters and correspondence Bible studies, lives are being changed and many have been saved!
'Reaching seafarers is strategic, but building a network of evangelizers, disciplers and even seafarer congregations in the world's ports could be even more so! May this visionary book help to encourage this and so contribute significantly to world evangelization.'
(Patrick Johnstone Author of Operation World and former Director of Research at WEC International, England)
Martin Otto has been in full-time ministry since 1987 reaching out to seamen with the gospel. He is based in Hamburg , one of the largest ports in the world, where he works in association with the Seamen's Christian Friend Society (www.scfs.org).
Colin and Sunhwa Jenkins say:
'This book and its author whom we know personally have had a profound impact on our lives. We have caught the vision of what God is doing in and through the lives of vast oceans of seafarers! It is our prayer that Christians worldwide, and especially those in English-speaking countries (the international language of seafarers is English), will wake up to this opportunity for world mission on our doorstep. Although few people realise it, seafarers from all over the world visit our ports daily, bringing goods which we consume. Many come from countries where Christian missionaries are forbidden to work. This book is just such a wake-up call.'
Colin and Sunhwa
(Port missionaries with SCFS in Cork, Ireland
Carrying on the work of Walter and Mary Burrell).
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