Last Saturday Christian leaders from all over London gathered aboard the Logos Hope, a ship which sails the seven seas with the express aim of bringing education, knowledge and hope to the ports of the world.

The ship, which is the largest ever owned by mission organisation OM Ships International is visiting London. Upon its arrival on 12 June the ship sent out 250 crew members on five double decker buses to pray throughout the city.

On Saturday Christian leaders and partners of OM were invited about the ship to hear about the ship and its vision.

The gathering highlighted the mission of the ship to spread both the Christian message of hope and to provide education for those who need it.

The meeting was attended by Nims Obunge, head of the Peace Alliance, who praised the work of the Logos Hope saying, “I came on this ship in Denmark and I was just blown away … by meeting the people who were passionate … about just serving God. I wanted this to come to London.”

George Verwer, the founder of OM spoke at the event saying, “I believe we make a great mistake if you think you’re going to Christianise London and Christianise Great Britain, because you cannot find a single scripture about that – We are called to evangelise the world!”

“We get caught up with nationalism … We’ve got more concern for our nation – even though parts of it we actually hate – instead of going back to the basics of God’s word – go into the world and preach the Gospel to every person. And here’s encouraging news… we can do both!”