A life of service in Korea begins.
Relationships with Korean students and an English Bible study begin in Gwangju through Youth for Christ (YFC).
A CrossCulture Community taking shape.
Jesus Christ—the Word made flesh—led the way. Across more than four decades, people followed through Bible study, service, fellowship, worship, mission, and community.
How to read this history
This is not the history of one institution expanding or one person building a platform. It is a record of relationships and forms of service that took shape in Korea. Some efforts completed their season. Others continue through different people, churches, and organizations.
Bill Majors participated in this history, but his first-person story belongs primarily on BillMajors.com. Here the emphasis is what became possible for people to study Scripture, worship together, connect across cultures, and serve.
Children’s-home ministry takes shape.
Service and relationships develop through Hwarang and Sungshin Children’s Homes.
Marketplace ministry takes shape.
Christian fellowship and service in the workplace develop through relationships that include International CBMC and Korea CBMC—Christian Business Men’s Committee.
Translation, sports outreach, and regional relationships grow.
Work connected with Korean churches, the 1988 Summer Olympics, sports evangelism, and marketplace ministry across Asia widens the network of relationships.
CrossCulture Community takes shape.
The name gives language to a community forming across cultures, churches, workplaces, Bible studies, and places of service.
AIM fellowship lunches begin.
Bill Majors and Jim King begin bringing international pastors and missionaries together for Tuesday lunch. Fellowship grows into a regular time of short worship, prayer, relationship, and a shared meal.
Joint worship takes shape.
The first joint Christmas worship is hosted in 2004 by International Worship in English at Youngnak Church. A joint Good Friday worship follows in 2006 at Onnuri Community Church. For ten years, international people and English-language congregations are invited to annual joint worship hosted by participating churches.
International Bible study takes shape.
Structured Bible study in an international setting creates another place to read Scripture carefully and grow with others.
Short-term mission relationships take shape.
Teams and relationships create opportunities to learn, serve, and participate in mission beyond familiar settings.
CCF is established.
CrossCulture Community Foundation (CCF) is recognized in the United States as a 501(c)(3) public charity to steward the mission and support public-benefit work.
A new chapter begins.
크로스컬처 커뮤니티 in Korea and Seoul Bible Museum begin developing present-day ways to explore, encounter, grow, go, and contribute.