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 1876 . Baek Hong Joon and three other Koreans were baptized in Manchuria for the first time.
 1884 . Suh Sang Ryun established <Sorae Church> in his hometown, Sorae, Jangyun -gun, Hwang Hae Province. Allen from the Presbyterian Church of North America arrived in Korea and started the medical ministry
 1885 . Rev. Underwood from the Presbyterian Church of North America arrived in Korea and started his missionary work for the evangelization of Korea.
 1893 . The Presbyterian Mission Council was organized.
 1901 . Reorganized <the Presbyterian Mission Council> into <The Chosun Presbyterian Church Council>
 1907 . Organized the <Daehan Presbytery, Presbyterian Church of Korea>
 1912 . Organized the General Assembly of the Chosun Presbyterian Church
 1924 . Organized the <United Council of Chosun Presbyterian Church>
Organized <The Chosun Association of the Christian Youth Organization>
 1928 . Organized the National Women's Association of Chosun Presbyterian Church
 1946 . First published the denominational Newspaper <Kidokkyogongbo- Christian Newspaper> (Kidokgongbo-christian weekly newspaper at present).
 1949 . Changed the church name to <The Presbyterian Church of Korea>
Organized the National Youth Association
 1954 . Established the Social Welfare Association <The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea Social Service Foundation>
 1973 . Established a legal holding body for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea
 1984 . Held a Centennial Rally to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church.
 1986 . Adopted “ The Confession of faith of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, 1986”
 1992 . Adopted the campaign plan of doubling the total number of church members in commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the General Assembly in 2012 “Ten Thousand Churches, Four Million Christians Campaign”
 1996 . Adopted <A Proposal for Developing Church Policy to Enhance Growth in the 21st Century>
 1998 . Adopted the church policy document <Earth as a community of life where all creation live together in harmony for the glory of God>
 2000 . Held “The Year 2000 Conference of the Presbyterian Churches in Korea”
 2002 . By having a commemoration worship service of the 90th Anniversary of founding the General Assembly the PCK launched a mission effort proclaiming “ A Decade of Life-Saving Movement”