Description: The Changing Shape of Mission in the Seafaring World
The sea has been both a source of bounty and a bridge of communication through the ages. The Way of the Sea explores the unique role of seafarers in promoting the revealed plan of the Creator and Redeemer of both land and sea.
As a follow-up to The Seamen's Mission, Kverndal's comprehensive survey of maritime mission presents both historical and current perspectives. While The Way of the Sea provides a much-needed tool for the developing field of maritime Missiology, people from all walks of life will learn from the rich history and culture of kingdom-minded seafarers.
Brief description: Roald Kverndal, Th.D. has had an association with the sea from childhood. As an adult, he was a merchant seafarer, marine lawyer and, subsequently, seafarers' chaplain serving in various ports around the world. He is Co-Founder and President Emeritus of the International Association for the Study of Maritime Mission. He earned a Doctorate of Theology in Oslo, Norway in 1984. His dissertation on Seamen's Mis-sions: Their Origin and Early Growth, published in 1986 by William Carey Library, is the world's first documented history of organized mission among seafarers. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Kverndal served as Executive Secretary of the North American Maritime Ministry Association, also as Maritime Ministry Consultant for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran World Federation. Roald Kverndal was born in England of Norwegian parents. He and his wife, Ruth, reside at Mercer Island/Seattle, Washington, USA.
Review Quotes:
This book is essential reading for any maritime ministry practitioner-a 'must have' publication; not for the bookshelf, but as a constant companion to educate and stimulate about basic foundations and exciting opportunities for ministry in the seafaring world.
-Rev. Canon Bill Christianson, Secretary General of The Mission to Seafarers
We in the Apostleship of the Sea are indebted to Dr. Kverndal for taking on such a valuable work-from its foundational guidance to its 'Wave of the Future.' We are already using it to help shape our ministry in support of seafarers' all-important Seagoing Christian Community.
-Commodore Chris York, RN, National Director of the AOS in England and Wales
I believe this particular book will meet the long-felt need for a teaching tool to pro-mote indigenous maritime ministry everywhere. It will surely help our churches both in Asia and the world to lay a thorough educational groundwork for such ministry. May God greatly bless it!
-Rev. Josephine Shui-Wan Tso, Past President, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong