# Korean Central Presbyterian Church

Korean Central Presbyterian Church (KCPC; Korean: 와싱톤중앙장로교회) is a Christian church located in Centreville, Virginia, situated in the Washington D.C. in the US. Korean Central Presbyterian Church is a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America.

## Mission statement

The mission of Korean Central Presbyterian Church is "Training the Saints to Transform the World" (Ephesians 4:12).

## Overview

The Senior Pastor is Eung-yul David Ryoo and He works with twenty other assistant pastors. Korean Central Presbyterian Church currently averages 4,600 in attendance per week. In addition to the main campus, Korean Central Presbyterian Church currently has an Arlington campus that serves DC and its immediate surrounding areas. From a sample of more than 50,000 churches in the United States, Korean Central Presbyterian Church was selected to be one of the 13 "breakout" churches by the Rainer Group.

## History

The Korean Central Presbyterian Church was founded on November 4, 1973, by Rev. Myung Ho Yoon with 20 Korean American families. The first service was in his residence at 313 Park Street, N.E. Vienna, Virginia. Rev. Won Sang Lee became the succeeding senior pastor in 1977 and served for the next 26 years. During this time, the congregation grew to over 3,700 members by 2003. The English-speaking congregation (Korean Central Presbyterian Church English Ministry) began in the early 1990s to minister to the American-born or raised members of the church. To accommodate the growing size of the congregation Korean Central Presbyterian Church relocated from the previous 12-acre Vienna campus to a new 80-acre campus at Centreville on July 11, 2010. Rev. Danny C. Ro became the third senior pastor of Korean Central Presbyterian Church in October 2003. Rev. Ro Ro resigned on July 1, 2012, and became the senior pastor of Sarang Community Church of Southern California. Rev. Eung-yul David Ryoo was installed in 2013 as the church's fourth pastor. The congregation, having joined the Korean Capital Presbytery, changed its name to Christ Central Presbyterian Church. In recognition of CCPC's particularization as an organized church, Korean Central Presbyterian Church launched a 10 a.m. worship service for its English-speaking congregation (Korean Central Presbyterian Church EC) in 2019. An English Congregation Support Committee (ECSC) was launched in 2020 to systematically pursue Korean Central Presbyterian Church's vision of unity and diversity between the English and Korean speaking congregants under a "one church" model.
On January 10, 2021, Korean Central Presbyterian Church launched its KCPC-DC Campus in Arlington, Virginia.

## Ministries

The congregation has several ministries including youth, health and security.

## Community service

In the past, KCPC has supported the community by;
* Supporting Fairfax County government by providing use of their buildings for the Providence District staff meetings and the Long Term Care Council monthly meetings.
* Providing a Personal Care Aids Program in Fairfax, Virginia.
* Providing voter registration campaigns.
* Participating in the Senior Navigator Korean project which provides translation of information into Korean for the local Korean community.