Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church of Toronto has been blessed with a history filled with God's grace. Our congregation has grown not only in numbers (from the first service with 86 worshipers to more than 4000 present day worshipers), but also to become a centrally missions oriented church. We are committed locally to ethnic and underprivileged community missions. We send short-term missionaries yearly to five countries. We support 55 missionaries and organizations, spanning 20 countries. We have adopted the Kyrgyz people as our main mission focus and continue to send short-term missionaries annually. And we are in the midst of building an orphanage in Cambodia to raise orphans as the next generation of leaders. We continue to pray that God would use our church to fulfill the Great Commission and that our history will truly be a part of His Story.		  

 

Date

Event

2001-2012

31-Jan-10

   Ordained Deacon Myung Hwan Chang commissioned as a missionary to Cambodia.

20-Sep-09

   Anne Chun commissioned as a missionary to Cambodia.

01-Sep-09

   EM begins Church Planting work among Pilipinos in St. James Town.

02-Sep-07

   Session approves the usage of Young Nak facilities by Thai congregation in fulfillment of
   commitment to local ethnic missions.

11-Mar-07

   Session approves the usage of Young Nak facilities by Vietnamese congregation in fulfillment
   of commitment to local ethnic missions.

01-Feb-07

   EM launches Awana in St. James Town with Toronto City Mission

01-Jan-06

   Elder Emeritus Gook Il Kim commissioned as a tentmaker missionary to Kyrgyzstan.

04-Dec-05

   Session approves the usage of Young Nak facilities by Laos congregation in fulfillment of
   commitment to local ethnic missions.

02-Oct-05

   Ordained Deacon Bok Yeon Kim commissioned as a tentmaker missionary to Kyrgyzstan.

28-Aug-05

   Session goes on a vision trip to South East Asia in consideration of future missions
   endeavors.

05-Jun-05

   Session approves of pursuing local ethnic missions. In addition, Session approves the usage
   of Young Nak facilities by Myanmar congregation.

23-Oct-04

   Rev. Minho Song is installed as senior pastor of Young Nak Presbyterian Church.

20-Mar-04

   Rev. Suk Hwan Lee succumbs to a sudden blood infection and is called home to the Lord.

31-Jul-03

   Jin Oh Bae resigns as pastor of EM to be succeeded by Rev. Peter K. Yi.

1991-2000

04-Jun-00

   Pastor Song's commissioning service. He heads to the Philippines with the family that night.

04-Jun-00

   Rev. Jin Oh Bae joins the Young Nak pastoral staff in charge of EM.

01-Nov-99

   Young Nak commissions Caleb Choi and Don McIsaac (financial partnership with EM) to the
   Kyrgyz people at Kyrgyzstan.

06-Mar-99

   Young Nak finishes the building project with 1,200 seat sanctuary and 65,000 sq. ft. indoor
   space for gym and classrooms.

16-Nov-97

   With impetus from Rev. Song and the English Ministry, Young Nak officially adopts the
   Kyrgyz people of Central Asia as the church mission focus.

30-Apr-97

   Young Nak purchases and moves to 650 McNicoll Ave, our present location. Building project
   to improve the church begins.

01-May-95

   Peter Yi relieves the education responsibilities from Rev. Song when he joins the Youngnak
   pastoral staff in charge of education and youth. He is ordained at Young Nak on Sept 1996.

01-May-91

   Young Nak purchases and moves into 185 Bartley Drive (17,000 sq.ft.).

17-Feb-91

   Pastor Emeritus Rev. Jae Kwang Kim commissioned as a missionary to Russia.

1977-1990

12-Nov-89

   Rev. Jae Kwang Kim retires and Rev. Suk Hwan Lee is called to become senior pastor of
   Youngnak.

02-Sep-88

   Minho Song joins the Young Nak pastoral staff in charge of English-speaking ministry.

04-Nov-87

   Rev. Suk Hwan Lee joins the Young Nak pastoral staff as associate pastor.

20-Oct-79

   Young Nak files for and becomes an active member of the Presbytery of Canada in the Korean
   Presbyterian Church in America (KPCA) denomination.

25-Dec-77

   Young Nak moves to Don Mills United Church at Pape and O'Connor.

13-Nov-77

   Young Nak Presbyterian Church of Toronto begins with eighty adults and children at Don Way
   United Church. Rev. Jae Kwang Kim is called to be the pastor.