Key Dates in KCPC History

1973
Nov 4	First worship service is held at 313 Park St. N.E. Vienna under pastor Myung Ho Yoon.
1974
Dec 22	Service to celebrate 1st anniversary is held. The church is renamed to Korean Central Presbyterian Church (KCPC).
1977
Dec 4	Pastor Won Sang Lee becomes the pastor in charge of the ministry.
1978
Jun 4	The church moves to the chapel of the Lewinsville United Presbyterian Church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA.
Dec 2	Installation ceremony for Rev. Won Sang Lee and ordination ceremony for the first three elders are held.
1979
Nov 10	The Church Building Construction Committee is formed.
1980
May 14	Purchase of 3.5 acres of church construction site at $150K at 8526 Amanda Pl. Vienna, VA.
1982
Jan 10	Establishment of the Church Korean language school.
1984
May 5	Groundbreaking service of the new sanctuary is held.
Oct 4	Construction of the new sanctuary starts.
1985
Jun 6	Resolution to join the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is adopted in a congregation meeting.
Nov 15	First worship service and first communion are held at the new sanctuary.
Nov 17	Opening service is held at the new sanctuary.
Dec 7	Dedication service is held for the new sanctuary.
Dec 8	KCPC becomes a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
1986
Mar 2	Adult English worship service is launched in the 1st worship service.
1988
Feb 19	Purchase of 2 acres of land at 2535 Cedar Lane, next to the sanctuary.
Mar 13	Beginning of worship in three services: in Korean at 9:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. and in English at 10:15 a.m.
Nov 6	Service is held to celebrate 15th anniversary.
1990
Jun 3	Construction offering is dedicated toward the construction of the education building, the missions building and a church parking lot.
Noiv 20	Establishment of the Central Missionary Fellowship.
1991
Sep 30	Purchase of a church cemetery lot.
1992
Feb 16	The Missions Prayer Request bulletin is published.
May 3	Monthly KCPC Newspaper "The Disciples" is published.
May 29	Purchase of 6.55 acres of land at Amanda Place.
Jun 28	The English Ministry holds first worship service.
Sep 18	16th Evangelism Explosion Leaders' Training is conducted.
Sep 30	Service is held for the establishment of church cemetery.
Dec 5	Groundbreaking service is held for the education building and missions building.
1993
Jan 18	Construction for the education building and missions building starts.
Nov 7	Service is held to celebrate 20th Anniversary.
Dec 31	Opening service is held in the education building and missions building.
1994
Jan 22	Dedication service is held for the education building and missions building.
May 25	The education program for senior citizens is launched.
Jul 17	Purchase of the second lot for the church cemetery.
1995
July 17I	Start of 2nd adult worship service at 9:30am in the education building.
1996
Feb 28	35 people from KCPC take first pilgrimage to Israel.
Oct 26	A fundraising bazaar is held for the construction of the Pine Ridge retreat center.
1997
Apr 12	A sports competition is held for congregation fellowship.
1998
Jan 25	Adoption of a resolution to construct the Culpeper retreat center.
Feb 22	Purchase of land for Culpeper retreat center.
May 25	A sports competition for congregation is held to celebrate 25th anniversary.
Sep 19	"Open Worship" service is launched in the 5th worship service.
Nov 1	A praise worship service "Messiah" is held at the Hylton Memorial Chapel in celebration of the 25th anniversary and for the establishment of a church and a community center in Washington DC.
1999
Sep 16	The 1st Dove Discipleship Training program launches.
2000
Jan 11	Purchase of the community center building in Washington DC.
Sep 10	Renaming of the children's Sunday School to KCPC Promiseland.
2001
Sep 23	Adoption of a resolution to purchase land in Centreville for a new sanctuary at an interim congregation meeting.
Nov 10	The Korean Central Senior Center receives a VA Governor's award for outstanding religious volunteering service.
Nov 11	Change of the worship service times (1st service: 7:35am, 2nd service: 9:15am, 3rd service: 10:35am, 4th service: 12:30pm, and 5th service: 2:00pm.)
2002
Feb 8	Christian concert "Worship Korea 2002" is held at the Hylton Memorial Chapel.
Feb 10	1st "Intercessory Prayer" seminar is launched.
Feb 24	Congregation name-tag wearing campaign launches.
Mar 31	Dedication service is held for the community center in Washington DC.
May 1	Start of use of the Culpeper retreat center.
Nov 15	Rev. Won Sang Lee receives honorary PhD degree from Kye Myung university in Taegu, Korea.
2003
Jan 1	Rev. Won Sang Lee goes on sabbatical leave for six months and Rev. Chang Soo Ro becomes the interim senior pastor.
Jan 22	The Korean Central Senior Center receives the Korean President's award.
Mar 1	Christian concert "Worship Korea 2005" is held at the Hylton Memorial Chapel.
July 1	Rev. Won Sang Lee returns from sabbatical leave.
Aug 16	Thanksgiving service is held to celebrate the publication of Rev. Won Sang Lee's poetry book "Feed My Lamb".
Sep 27	Rev. Won Sang Lee's retirement is officially observed and he becomes Pastor Emeritus. Rev. Chang Soo Ro is installed as the new senior pastor.
Nov 2	Service is held to celebrate 30th anniversary.
Nov 16	Handel's Oratorio "Messiah" concert is held at the Hylton Memorial Chapel to celebrate 30th anniversary.
Nov 26	KCPC ranks 13th in ranking of "Good to Great Churches" among 52,333 churches in America.
2004
May 2	Registration of the English ministry in PCA as the Mission Church Status. The English ministry renames to Christ Central Presbyterian Church (CCPC).
May 8	Service is held to celebrate 10th anniversary of the Korean Central Senior Center.
June 6	Congregation commit to raise funds for the construction of the new sanctuary in Centreville, the goal is to raise $5 million in three years.
Dec 12	Compassion Sunday is observed to adopt children for the Compassion ministry.
2005
Oct 1	Reorganization of church organization into five teams, 16 ministries, 76 departments, 51 missions groups, 48 zone groups and 152 cluster groups.
Dec 1	Service is held to celebrate 32nd anniversary.
2006
June 8	Revision of the format of the 4th adult worship service.
Apr 3	Permission is obtained by Fairfax county for the construction of new 2,100 seat sanctuary and parking spaces for 1,180 cars in Centreville.
Jul 31-Aug 3	Conduction of the 1st Pastors' Conference for Startup Churches.
Nov 30	Service is held to celebrate 33th anniversary.
2007
Jun 3	Committment of construction offering (4th) for Centreville sanctuary.
July 14	Groundbreaking service for the construction of the sanctuary in Centreville.
July 15	English worship for college students (Salt & Light) starts.