Bill Majors

Bill Majors

Bill Majors is an American Christian missionary to South Korea. [Ramstad, Evan. " [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118534385590477350.html Abductions Imperil Relief Work.] " "The Wall Street Journal". 26 July 2007. accessed 01 January 2008] He is the pastor of the International Worship in English (IWE) of Young Nak Presbyterian Church in Seoul. He arrived in Korea at the age of 21 in 1982 and began working for Young Nak Presbyterian Church in 1988. He founded IWE in 1998 with the approval of Pastor Emeritus Rev. Kyung-Chik Han, who was the founder of Young Nak Presbyterian Church (1945) and the recipient of the 1992 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Majors, an Oklahoma native (born in 1960) and a graduate of both Tennessee Temple University and Dallas Theological Seminary, also studied Korean at Yonsei University. He has served as a translator for Young Nak Presbyterian Church, the United States Army community in Seoul, and for five South Korean presidents at the National Prayer Breakfasts of South Korea. On May 1, 2005, Majors was made an Honorary Citizen of Seoul for "distinguished service" by then mayor and 17th President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak. [Seoul Metropolitan Government. [http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_03hon.html "A Clean, Attractive & Global City, Seoul!" ] ] Majors was married in 1987 and has two daughters.

References

Bibliography

*Kim, Sun-jung. [http://www.joongangdaily.joins.com/200410/10/200410102227084939900090409041.html "Church with patience and grit."] "JoongAng Daily". 10 October 2004. ( [http://myiwe.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=board&page=10&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=48 Archived] )
*Park, Jin-Hee. [http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=168 "Youngnak Caters to Foreign Worshippers."] "The Seoul Times" 16 December 2003. accessed 29 December 2007.
*Scott-Ashe, Richard. [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2884070 "Preaching in a much-changed place."] "JoongAng Daily." 19 December 2007. accessed 29 December 2007.

External links

* [http://myiwe.com Youngnak Church]
* [http://www.youngnak.net Youngnak Church (Korean)]


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