Mission: Dominican Republic

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…

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Santa Rosa, Amazonas Peru

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…

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How can we serve your church?

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…

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Boat Yard Help & Projects

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,…

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Rose Buddies Volunteer

In the tradition of Fred Fearing and Joe Kramer the Maritime Ministries staff and community volunteers continue to meet and greet the transient mariners that visit our city. We do this by individually meeting and welcoming the mariners to the multiple docks within our community and offering a hand tying up their vessel (often, they…

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Prayer for Island Nations

Prayer for Island Nations Please join us in praying for the Caribbean Island nations to return to their first love, Jesus. Each nation is numbered below; pray for Aruba on the first day of the month. On the second, pray for The Bahamas, etc. 1: ArubaPopulation 18,700Religion: Protestant 73.2% (includes Anglican 22.7%, Methodist 19.4%, Pentecostal…

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