Build the intellectual foundation
Develop rigorous research, bilingual interpretation, educational programs, and a clear approach to faith, history, culture, and contested questions.
A responsible path toward a world-class physical museum in Seoul.
CCF's goal is a permanent physical Seoul Bible Museum in Gwanghwamun Square or nearby, subject to feasibility, governance, partnerships, funding, approvals, and a viable site. The aim is not merely a building, but a trusted public institution able to preserve, interpret, and share the Bible's Story and its influence in Korea for generations.
Two connected museum goals
The virtual museum and physical museum have separate plans and lasting purposes.
The integrated virtual museum is an immediate, permanent worldwide museum and ministry with its own development, technology, content, staffing, and operating needs. The physical museum is a separate ten-year institutional and capital goal. Research, digital assets, exhibitions, relationships, and audiences may serve both, but the physical building will not replace the virtual museum.
Practice responsible stewardship
Develop policies and professional relationships for documenting, reviewing, digitizing, borrowing, receiving, preserving, and interpreting objects and stories.
Build a capable community
Invite scholars, museum professionals, churches, ministries, educators, cultural institutions, technology partners, supporters, and people with lived stories to contribute appropriately.
Create trustworthy structures
Evaluate governance, legal relationships, accountability, fundraising capacity, operating sustainability, and the future relationship between CCF and the physical museum.
Five accountable phases
Grow from vision to institution only when each foundation is ready.
The dates are a planning framework, not a promise that construction will occur on a fixed schedule. Each phase requires board review, professional advice, funding for both development and operation, and evidence that the next step is responsible.
Cast the vision and prove the work
Expand the virtual museum, document the case for a physical museum, conduct audience and feasibility research, form professional advisory relationships, establish collection and rights policies, begin sponsor development, and define decision gates.
Build trust through visible programs
Produce temporary and traveling exhibitions, deepen research and education, develop artifact loans and donations responsibly, strengthen fundraising, and secure appropriate small storage, office, or exhibition capacity when needed.
Move from projects to sustained capacity
Establish dependable governance, staff and operating support; expand collections care and public programs; test a medium-size exhibition or visitor center; and begin detailed site, access, audience, and operating studies.
Prepare only what can be sustained
Confirm the legal and governance structure, complete independent feasibility and business planning, identify viable sites in or near Gwanghwamun, define the museum brief, engage qualified planners and designers, and begin a capital campaign only after operating support is credible.
Secure, build, adapt, and open responsibly
If the earlier gates are met, secure a site, complete design and approvals, construct or adapt the facility, prepare exhibitions and collections, recruit and train the operating team, test every public system, and open with sufficient financial reserves.
Current phase
CCF is at the foundation stage.
Current work includes building the permanent virtual museum, refining the ten-year roadmap, strengthening research and public content, developing relationships, identifying professional counsel, and preparing defined opportunities for participation and support.
No one supplies everything. Everyone can bring something.
Relevant research, translation, technology, museum expertise, objects, documented stories, interviews, prayer, partnerships, funding, and thoughtful introductions can each help move the work forward.