• Many Alaska cruises cater to Christians.cruise ship image by Roy from Fotolia.com
  
  According to the Alaska Cruise Association, "the cruise industry is the fastest growing industry in the leisure travel market." Since 1980, passenger visits have grown by more than 8 percent per year. The "2009 Cruise Market Overview Study," prepared by the Cruise Lines International Association, states that "51 million Americans have expressed an interest in cruising." According to the same survey, Alaska is the third most popular destination behind the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. With the popularity of Alaskan cruises, cruise lines have developed trips that cater to specific audiences. Christian travelers wishing to enjoy a cruise vacation without the bars, casinos and secular entertainment featured on traditional ships have several options.
  
  

Templeton Tours (TTI)

• Sea kayaking is one of the shore excursions on Templeton Cruises.kayakers in alaska image by MAXFX from Fotolia.com
  
  Templeton Tours (TTI) started in 1980 providing pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Since that time, Templeton Tours has expanded its offerings to include an annual seven-day Alaskan Cruise. The cruise departs from Seattle, Washington, and travels north to Alaska along the Inside Passage, stopping at Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Guests can enjoy salmon fishing, sea kayaking, helicopter "flightseeing," glacier walks, traditional Alaskan salmon bakes and whale and wildlife quests. Evenings are spent in fellowship and worship with other guests and enjoying gospel music and Christian speakers such as author Gary Smalley.
  
  Templeton Tours
  PO Box 2630
  Boone, NC 28607
  800-334-2630
  templetontours.com
  
  

JRI Christian Cruises

• JRI features concerts by a number of Christian artists.macro shot of a lady singer image by Peter Baxter from Fotolia.com
  
  Operating for 11 years, JRI Christian Cruises bills itself as the "ultimate Christian Vacation." The company operates yearly seven-day cruises to Alaska visiting Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria, British Columbia. Although the line offers a number of shore excursions, the focus is entertainment. The cruise offers nightly concerts and shows by performers such as Kathy Troccoli, Sandi Patty, Avalon and Chondra Pierce, followed by a five-course dinner. Guests can experience autograph and photo sessions with the artists as well as be uplifted by devotionals and inspirational seminars. JRI Christian Cruises cater to singles, couples and families. Discounts for groups are available.
  
  JRI Christian Cruises
  731 White Bridge Rd. Suite 103
  Nashville, TN 37205
  615-386-9005
  christiancruises.com
  
  

All Christian Cruises

• Guests of All Christian Cruises can be pampered on the shipboard spa.beautiful woman have massage at spa and wellness center image by .shock from Fotolia.com
  
  All Christian Cruises has served travelers since June 2001. The company offers separate singles and couples Alaskan cruises. The seven-day cruises include stops in Juneau, Sitka, Hubbard Glacier, Ketchikan and Victoria, British Columbia. Shore excursions cater to the wildlife enthusiast and include sea kayaking, canoeing, whale watching, jeep and canoe safaris and bear watching. Shipboard activities include daily devotionals with games and testimonies, seminars and workshops on a variety of Christian topics, and praise and worship concerts. The couple's cruise offers 24-hour room service and a spa with pampering treatments.
  
  All Christian Cruises
  4555 Mansel Rd. Suite 300
  Alpharetta, GA 30022
  770-521-4245
  allchristiancruises.com
  
  

Christian Travel Finder

• Christian Travel Finders Alaska Cruise features a dog sledding excusrion on the Mendenhall Glacier.dogsledding image by Earl Robbins from Fotolia.com
  
  California-based Christian Travel Finders offers a seven-day Alaska Cruise through New Life Ministries and Celebrity Cruise Lines visiting Ketchikan, Tracy Arm Fjord, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, British Columbia. Each cruise day features morning devotionals, all-day port excursions and evening music and teachings with nationally known Christian speakers/authors. The cruise offers a plethora of tour excursions including fly fishing in the remote Alaskan wilderness, gold mining, a "Bike & Brew Tour" with an eight-mile bike trek to a glacier and microbrew beer tasting after, numerous Zip-line Glacier tours, river rafting and dog sledding on the famous Mendenhall Glacier. A unique feature of the cruise is in an opportunity to assist with a local church group or ministry project in a port city.
  
  Christian Travel Finders
  7231 Garden Grove Blvd., Suite F
  Garden Grove, CA 92841
  888-518-7571
  christiantravelfinder.com
  
  

Christian Cruises.Net

• Guests on the Christian Cruises.Net ship visit the Tracy Ann Fjord.Preikestolen fjord image by Gretchen from Fotolia.com
  
  ChristianCruises.Net offers seven-day Alaska cruises with Christian ministers and entertainers such as Matthew Ward and Barry McGuire. The ship visits Ketchikan, Tracy Ann Fjord, Juneau, Skagway, the Inside Passage and Victoria, British Coulmbia. Although entertainment is a big part of the cruise, Christian Cruises.Net provides whale watching, fishing, kayaking and other shore excursions.
  
  Christian Cruises.Net
  2074 Inverness Place
  Greenwood, IN 46143
  877-229-6155
  christiancruises.net