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Radio Wales,20 Sep 2026,29 mins

Available for 29 days

Azim Ahmed takes a tour of the Logos Hope, a Christian missionary ship where all of the crew, even the Captain, are volunteers. Known as the World’s biggest floating Book Fair, it sails around the globe trying to share the Gospel and promote literacy. Currently docked in Britannica Quay in Cardiff Bay, it's in Wales for the first time since 2009. After the 29th of September it heads to destinations including Belfast, Liverpool, the Isle of Man and Malta. The project began as an idea for a safer traveling ministry in the early 1960s with the first ship purchased in 1970. Azim learns the history of the ship and meets some of the volunteers from around the world who call it home.

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