Welcome to the Space Coast Seafarers Ministry. We are located just outside Port Canaveral. Port Canaveral is the second busiest cruise port in the world.
The Space Coast Seafarers Ministry is part of the Brevard Baptist Association. Our mission is to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the international crewmembers that visit Port Canaveral.
Some of the ways that we meet physical needs:
- provide free transportation to shopping centers, local tourist attractions, banks and other businesses.
- provide recreation and relaxation activities such as ping-pong, pool, basketball, cable TV and reading material.
- provide a free used clothes closet.
Some of the ways that we meet emotional needs:
- Providing free Internet and e-mail, providing telephones and low cost phone cards so that the seafarers can communicate with their families and friends so far away.
- Serving free home cooked meals on cruise days. You may think thid might fit under physical needs, but sitting down with the crew at lunch is a great way to make friends and connect with people emotionally.
- Bringing our cell phone to cargo ships when the crew members have no shore passes and can't get off the ship. We let the crew use our free nights and weekends which works out fine since many crew member's families live in time zones from 5-13 hours difference.
Some of the ways that we meet spiritual needs:
- Have non-denominational chapel services for the seafarers on cruise ship days and by request for other ships in port.
- Provide free Bibles, Jesus videos and other material in over 50 languages.
- Provide free private and confidential counseling.
- Share the gospel of Jesus Christ when we have the opportunity and encourage Christian seafarers in their walk with the Lord.
