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The Vision
Korea was changed by the Bible.
Now Korea can help change Asia.

The Museum of the Bible in Seoul is a landmark vision of CrossCulture Community Foundation — bringing the living Word of God to the heart of Asia through education, art, history, and community.

The Evidence

What the Bible Did for Korea

When the first Protestant missionaries arrived in Korea in 1884, the nation was a kingdom locked in poverty, hierarchy, and hopelessness. What happened next is one of the most remarkable transformations in human history.

Korea Before the Bible — 1884
✗Rigid Confucian hierarchy — no mobility for the poor
✗Women had no right to education
✗No hospitals for the poor
✗80%+ illiteracy among common people
✗Japanese colonial occupation from 1910
✗Per capita income of $67 after the Korean War
Korea After the Bible — Today
✓Top 10 world economy — the Han River Miracle
✓First schools for girls founded by missionaries
✓World-class medical system
✓99%+ literacy — Bible translation taught Koreans to read
✓16 of 33 independence leaders were Christians (March 1, 1919)
✓2nd largest missionary-sending nation in the world
The Numbers

Seoul — The Gateway to Asia

Seoul is not just a city of 9.6 million. The Seoul Metropolitan Subway — the world's largest at 940km of track — connects Seoul to the entire Korean peninsula, making the Museum of the Bible accessible to virtually every Korean.

26M+
People in the Seoul Metropolitan Area — more than half of South Korea's population
8M+
Daily subway passengers — linking Seoul to cities across the peninsula
10M+
International visitors to Korea annually — from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and beyond
170+
Countries where Korean missionaries serve today — the Bible sent Korea, and Korea sent the world
4.7B
People in Asia — 60% of the world's population — still waiting to hear what the Bible did for Korea
#2
Korea is the world's 2nd largest missionary-sending nation — a nation transformed is now transforming others
The Museum

What the Museum of the Bible in Seoul Will Be

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History & Archaeology

3,500 years of the Bible's story — written, preserved, translated, and carried to the ends of the earth — presented in Korean, English, and major Asian languages.

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The Bible & Korea

From the first missionaries in 1884 to the Han River Miracle — how the Word of God transformed an entire nation. This is Korea's proudest story.

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Art & Culture

The Bible's profound influence on art, music, literature, and civilization — with special focus on Korean Christian art and Asia's rich heritage of faith.

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Korean Missions Gallery

From a nation that received the Gospel to a nation that sent it — the extraordinary story of Korean missionaries now serving in over 170 countries.

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Education

Programs for schools, universities, families, and scholars — in partnership with Korean academic institutions and international universities.

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Community & Events

A living space for conferences, worship, cultural dialogue, and community — where the Bible's message is experienced, not merely displayed.

The Plan

A Phased Vision

Great institutions are not built overnight. The Museum of the Bible in Washington DC began as a vision decades before it opened. Seoul's museum begins today — with prayer, relationships, and the first steps of faith.

1
Now
$0 — $100K
Vision & Feasibility
Vision document, advisory board, Korean church conversations, prayer network, initial donors
2
2026–2028
$100K — $1M
Seed Project
Traveling Bible exhibition in Seoul, pop-up museum events, media coverage, church and corporate partnerships
3
2028–2032
$1M — $50M
Capital Campaign
Major donor strategy, Korean corporate partnerships, government cultural grants, site selection
4
2032+
$50M — $2B+
The Building
Permanent world-class museum facility in Seoul, permanent collection, international partnerships, Asia-wide programming

Support the Vision

Your gift today plants a seed for a Museum of the Bible in Seoul that will serve Korea and all of Asia for generations. Every dollar given through CrossCulture Community Foundation is tax-deductible in the USA.

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"It is a long-term vision. But then again, so was a 21-year-old sitting on a suitcase at Gimpo Airport in 1982."
— Bill Ray Majors, D.Min. · Seoul, Korea · Since 1982

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