History of CCC History of KCCC

Established, 1958 Dr. Bill Bright met Rev. Joon Gon Kim as a fellow classmate at Fuller Seminary in Pasedena, California. They learned of their common vision to reach the world for Christ, and Dr. Bright shared his personal vision and the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ with him as well. Rev. Kim returned to Korea in 1958, and immediately established Korea Campus Crusade for Christ. Since then, KCCC has focused on reaching out to college students, and has played a pivotal role in shaping Christianity in Korea. Korea Campus Crusade for Christ has its main office in Seoul, and has commissioned over 1,000 staff members overseas as missionaries. They win, build, train and send, with a vision of sending a total of 10,000 missionaries into countries within the 10/40 window, by the year 2020. Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, in America As the ministry grew, Campus Crusade in Korea began to commission missionaries into the United States with the vision to reach out and minister to 1.5 and 2nd generation Korean-American students in the U.S. KCCC in America was first established in 1982, along the East Coast by Yong Won Kang. The ministry was first planted on Columbia University, NYU, as well as the campus of Julliard School of Music. The focus of this new ministry was to firmly establish the Christian identity within the rising generation of Korean-Americans. Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, Today In 1996, Rev. Dong Whan and Jung Sook Kim came into leadership of KCCC in LA, helping to bring about a great student revival in Los Angeles. Within one year, Rev. Dong Whan Kim also established a Great Commission Training Center (GCTC), which is Campus Crusade's own staff training course, in LA. By establishing our own training center here in LA, we are able to offer staff development and training. Since 1997, over 70 full-time staff members have received our GCTC training in LA. Our campus ministries have grown to over 25 college and university campuses, and we currently have approximately 1,000 students involved in our campus ministries. The Macedonian Project has also experienced rapid growth since 1996; just this past summer more than 425 students were sent to 9 countries within the 10/40 window, on summer mission projects. Our annual Vision Conference has also grown from a mere 80 attendees in 1996, to over 1100 attendees in 2005, and is working towards a goal of having more than 3,000 attendees by the year 2007. Our weekly Gethsemane prayer movement also began in 1997. Gethsemane prayer had a humble beginning of a weekly attendance of about 20 students; whereas today, nearly 350 students come out every week to pray for revival. Gethsemane prayer is what fuels our student movements, not just in LA, but in San Diego, Berkeley, New York City, Buffalo, and Toronto, Canada. KCCC is continually growing as it shapes the Christian identity for Korean-American students, who will in turn, change the world for Christ.