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1953 Founding year of KCB.? The Rev. Tae-Sun Park, a then graduate student in Boston University, School of Theology, organized the church as a non-denominational church, and became the first Pastor of KCB.? The first worship service was held on Thanksgiving Sunday in 1953 at Robinson Chapel in Boston University.? About 40 worshippers attended the Sunday worship services held only once a month for the first 10 years.
1955
    KCB relocated to the First Congregational Church in Cambridge.
1957
    KCB moved again to the Copley Methodist Church in Boston.
1958
    KCB moved back to B.U. Robinson Chapel for worship services.
1963
    Sunday services held twice a month.
1964 Started regular weekly Sunday services. New church by-laws adopted.
1966 KCB chartered as a non-profit, religious organization in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1967 KCB moved to the current location, the First Presbyterian Church in Brookline, on September 17.
1971 The first full-time Pastor, Rev. Jin-Tae Kwon, was installed (1971 - 1974).
1978 Rev. Kap-Dong Kim served as the Pastor of KCB (1974 - 1978).
1980 Rev. Keun-Soo Hong was called and installed as the Pastor of KCB (1978 - 1986).
1985 KCB by-laws amended to adopt a system of Elders, Deacons and Kwon-Sa＊s as church officers.
1985 KCB by-laws amended to adopt the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) polity. The official name of the church changed to: The Korean Church of Boston, P. C. (U.S.A.).
1986 On October 28, 1985, KCB was received into the Presbytery of Boston as its 23rd member.
1989 On November 23, during the 32nd anniversary worship service, 9 Elders, 1 Kwon-Sa and 24 Deacons were ordained and installed for the first time.
1994 Rev. Wie Chai was called and installed as the Pastor of KCB (1986 - 1994).
1995 On March 5, 1989, the KCB English Ministry (E.M.) was initiated with 16 persons. Rev. Jong-Dae Kim was appointed as the Pastor of the EM group.
1997 Rev. W. Chai, after 8 years of service, honorably retired in May, and became the first Korean Pastor to retire among all Korean churches in New England.
1997 Rev. Young-Ghil Lee was called and installed as the Pastor of KCB in June 1995.
1997 Two worship services held in Korean on Sundays (9:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon), starting June 1, 1996.
2000 On September 21, 1997, the stewardship and deeds for the current church building and its facilities were transferred to KCB from the First Presbyterian Church in Brookline and the Presbytery of Boston.
2000-2002 On November 23, 1997, during the 44th anniversary service, the KCB church building was
re-dedicated.
2002 The first overseas mission support was initiated to help create the ※Hope Village§ in Yanbian, China. The ※Hope Village§ was created to help those Koreans who escaped the North Korea.
2003 Short-term overseas mission teams sent to Peru during August for 3 years (2000 - 2002).
2003 The first Korean cultural festival offered to the local (Brookline) residents in May.
2003 Short-term overseas mission team, in partnership with two other member churches of the Presbytery of Boston, sent to Nicaragua during August 2003.
2004 On September 8, 2003, the KCB E.M. group was chartered as an independent church, Bethany Presbyterian Church, P.C. (U.S.A.), and became a member of the Presbytery of Boston.
2005 The first Jubilee year of KCB. On November 23, 2003, KCB celebrates the 50th anniversary with a special Jubilee worship service. [Total KCB church officers: 148 (18 Elders, 17 Kwon-sa＊s, 67 Ordained Deacons and 38 Suh-Ree Deacons); Average Sunday Attendance (2 services): 600]