Posts by Dan Smith

March 9-16, 2024 (Saturday to Saturday) Working with local Dominican churches and our ministry partners, we will travel to the Dominican Republic (D.R.) and build a house for a local family living in substandard housing (by local standards). We will build on land owned by the family; often, the recipient families wait a year or…

Between 1995 and 2001, the Bowers lived on their 60’ riverboat, visiting remote villages to help establish churches along a 300-mile stretch of the Amazon River in Peru. One frequent stop on their itinerary was the community of Santa Rosa.  In 2021, Calvary Chapel, in the provincial capital city of Iquitos, began sending one of their…

Maritime Ministries exists as a missions-sending agency. We are the international mission department of the many local churches that supply our ministry with new staff and help fund our team members or who participate in our local and international missions projects. We exist as an extension of these local churches. Your congregation may benefit from…

We constantly have repairs, maintenance, and improvements or special projects in progress nearly all the time. We might be repairing some wiring or installing new equipment or technology. We might be engaged in bringing new life to an old boat. Often, we work in boat yards or at home at our docks in Elizabeth City,…