“SEAFARING IS LIKE BEING IN JAIL, WITH THE CHANCE OF BEING DROWNED…” DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
Welcome to Seafarers International House, a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, where we provide a Harbor of Hospitality to seafarers, sojourners, and people on the way. Whether in the ports of New York, New England, New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or at our guesthouse on Union Square in Manhattan, we care for you because nobody should be isolated or forgotten, whether at sea or ashore.Seafarers International House is the Lutheran response to the urgent needs of vulnerable seafarers and sojourners.
An ecumenical mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, SIH is a multi-faith, multi-national harbor of hospitality seeking to nurture the human spirit and foster human dignity by providing pastoral care, social assistance, advocacy and prayer.
