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International Christian Maritime Association. On Course Together ICMA at the World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea in Gdynia/Poland from 24 th to 28 th June 2007 Presented by J.R.A. Kanz, General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association June 2007.
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International Christian Maritime Association On Course Together ICMA at the World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea in Gdynia/Polandfrom 24th to 28th June 2007 Presented by J.R.A. Kanz, General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association June 2007 • Left mouse click to continue
it all started in 1969 First international consultation on services to seafarersin Rotterdam initiated by Apostleship of the Sea. various protestant maritime missions, and the Division of World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches
ICMA Code of Conduct respect respect respect
ICMA reaching out acrossthe boundaries of churches at the Pontif. Council for Migrants and Itinerant People ICMA ExCom meeting in Rome 2005
Gdynia 2001 ICMA Regional Conferences Kaohsiung 2005
ICMA Seafarers’ Ministry Training Martina Platte of Hong Kong SMT … training of newly appointed chaplains and lay persons in seafarers’ ministry
International Sailing Chaplains’ Training Lohja/Finland
ICMACrisis Preparedness Courses Training for emergency response • Crisis Preparedness Courses • Courses on pastoral care after maritime catastrophes by ICMA members • soon on DVDinteractive CPC Team
Centres for Seafarers – jointly owned and jointly managed ecumenical cooperation oikumene
International Labour Organization/Genevaobserver status since 1972Standing delegation chaired by Douglas B. Stevenson, Esq. International Maritime Organisation/Londonobserver status since 2001Standing delegation chaired by Canon Kenneth Peters ICMA delegations to ILO and IMO … … representing its members at U.N. agencies Doug Ken
up here ICMA Secretariat in central London