Some organizations are built from strategy. CrossCulture Community was built from a life.
In the summer of 1982, a 21-year-old from Oklahoma arrived at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea with a one-way ticket — willing to live and die in Korea if that was God's will for him. The journey had been years in the making. During college Bill had been invited to Korea for a summer internship — but he could not go. He was delivering the Chattanooga Times every morning, 365 days a year, and Korea would have to wait until he was free. So he finished his degree, handed in his paper route, and within one extraordinary week — graduated on Monday, was ordained and sent out by his home church on Wednesday, guest spoke at a church in Pasadena, California, and boarded a plane out of Los Angeles on June 1st. He landed at Gimpo International Airport on June 2nd, 1982. He had no Korean language, no local contacts, and no map. He sat on his suitcase and waited. That young man was Bill Ray Majors — and what he was waiting for, without knowing it, was the rest of his life.
More than forty years later, Bill is still in Korea. He became fluent in the language and culture. He married a Korean woman named Ja-kyung — Niki — on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in October 1987 that happened to be Halloween in the West, though nobody in Korea noticed. He raised two daughters. He earned a doctorate. He received honorary citizenship from the city of Seoul. He became a Korean citizen. And somewhere in all of that living, he co-founded an association of international ministries in the greater Seoul area.
What is CrossCulture Community?
It is not a program. It is not a building. It is not an institution — at least, not yet. CrossCulture Community is what happens when the Gospel of Jesus Christ meets real life across cultural boundaries.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the foundation. His death, burial, resurrection, and the witness of His followers is the message we carry.
We do not retreat from culture. We enter it fully and faithfully as the Holy Spirit transforms us from within, launching the Kingdom of God.
Jesus did not say go and build organizations. He said go and make disciples. Disciples become communities — love and unity visible in the world.
Where We Are Today
CrossCulture Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit registered in Texas, USA — providing the formal structure for tax-deductible giving that supports the on-the-ground work in Asia. EIN: 84-2974290.
In 2026, 크로스컬처 커뮤니티 (CrossCulture Community) was formally established in Seoul as an Unincorporated Non-Profit Association (UNA) — giving the Korea ministry its own legal standing for the first time. Business Registration Number: 602-80-07169.
Bill & Niki
Bill Ray Majors, D.Min. has served as a missionary and pastor in Seoul, Korea since 1982. He holds a Doctor of Ministry from Biola University, a Master of Arts from Dallas Theological Seminary, and completed Clinical Pastoral Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Republic of Korea, and was awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul by Mayor Lee Myung-bak in 2005.
Niki (Ja-kyung Lyu) serves alongside Bill as Treasurer of 크로스컬처 커뮤니티 (CrossCulture Community), the Unincorporated Non-Profit Association registered in Seoul, Korea.
The Dream Ahead: Museum of the Bible in Seoul
Every movement has a horizon it is walking toward. For CrossCulture Community, that horizon is a permanent, world-class Museum of the Bible in Seoul — a landmark cultural institution at the heart of Asia, where Korea's extraordinary relationship with Scripture can be seen, studied, and celebrated by people of every background.
That future museum is being built now — one story at a time. While the physical doors are still ahead, the Museum of the Bible Korea is already open online. The Interactive Virtual Museum offers immersive, bilingual education about the Bible's arrival in Korea, its role in Korean history, and its continuing impact across Asia. You don't have to wait for the building. The museum is ready for you today.
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