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.
[edit] Member organisations
- Apostleship of the Sea / Stella Maris (Roman Catholic)
- Association for Seamen's Missions (Japan)
- Biblia Harbour Association (South Africa)
- Sailors' Society (Protestant)
- Christian Seaman's Organisation (South Africa) [1]
- Danish Seamen's and Overseas Church [2]
- Deutsche Seemannsmission / German Seamen's Mission [3]
- Finnish Seamen's Mission (Lutheran)
- Indenlandsk Sømandsmission (Denmark) [4]
- Indonesian Ministry to Seafarers
- Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission (Taiwan) [5]
- Korean International Seamen's Mission Association
- LIFE International Seafarers Christian Missions
- Mersey Mission to Seafarers (Liverpool, England)
- Mission to Seafarers (Anglican)
- Nederlandse Zeemanscentrale (Netherlands)
- North American Maritime Ministry Association [6]
- PCT Seamen's/Fishermen's Service Centre (associate member)
- Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest (Methodist, London) [7]
- Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishers (UK) [8]
- Seafarers' Welfare Board for New Zealand [9]
- Seamen's Church in Sweden (SiS)
- Seamen's Mission of Estonia
- Sjømannskirken (Norway)
- Stichting Pastoraat Werkers Overzee (Netherlands)
- Swedish Church Abroad
- Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey (Episcopal Seafarers' Advocacy founded in 1834)
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