Korean Central Presbyterian Church
Korean Central Presbyterian Church (KCPC) is an Evangelical Christian megachurch located in Centreville, Virginia, situated in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America. From a sample of more than 50,000 churches in the United States, KCPC was selected to be one of the 13 "breakout" churches by the Rainer Group. KCPC currently averages 4,600 in attendance per week. It was founded on November 4, 1973. Rev. Eung Yul David Ryoo is the senior pastor of the church. Korean Central Presbyterian Church is a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America . Mission statement. The mission of KCPC is "Training the Saints to Transform the World" (Ephesians 4:12). 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. Despite the growing pains of its early years, Rev. Won Sang Lee who became the succeeding senior pastor faithfully served the congregation for the next 26 years. With its emphasis on becoming a missional community of faith, the congregation grew to over 3,700 members by 2003. After the  retirement of Rev. Won Sang Lee and his installation as pastor emeritus, Rev. Danny C. Ro became the third senior pastor of KCPC starting from October, 2003. Rev. Ro resigned on July 1, 2012, as the senior pastor of KCPC to answer a call from Sarang Community Church of Southern California as its senior pastor. A new senior pastor, Rev. Eung-yul David Ryoo was called and installed in 2013 as its fourth pastor. To accommodate the growing size of the congregation and to expand the reach of its vision, KCPC relocated from the previous Vienna campus of to a  new Centreville campus of July 11, 2010. In addition to the main campus, KCPC operates the Culpeper Retreat Center in Sperryville, Virginia (13092 Major Brown Dr.). The English-speaking congregation (KCPC English Ministry) began in the early 1990s to minister to the American-born or raised members of the church. 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, KCPC launched a 10 o'clock worship service for its English-speaking congregation (KCPC EC) in 2019. An English Congregation Support Committee (ECSC) was launched  in 2020 to systematically pursue KCPC's vision of unity and diversity between the English and Korean speaking congregants under a "one church" model. On January 10, 2021, KCPC launched its KCPC-DC Campus in Arlington, Virginia to reach the unchurched in DC.