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H 4479

Korean Community Presbyterian Church 50th anniversary

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Terry Alexander and 122 co-sponsors

South Carolina House recognizes KCPC's 50th anniversary, honors Pastor Kim Jong-Hyun and the congregation, and commends their spiritual, cultural, and charitable service to Midlands

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Bill Summary · H 4479

Summary — H 4479: Korean Community Presbyterian Church 50th Anniversary (House Resolution)

Purpose

This House resolution formally recognizes and celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean Community Presbyterian Church (KCPC) of Columbia, South Carolina, and congratulates Pastor Kim Jong‑Hyun and the congregation for fifty years of ministry and service to the Korean community in the Midlands.

Key provisions

  • Expresses the South Carolina House of Representatives’ congratulations and honors KCPC on its 50th anniversary celebration (scheduled for July 20, 2025).
  • Recognizes the church’s history, founding members and early leadership, ministry milestones, community services, and cultural activities (including hosting the South Carolina Korean Festival beginning in 2005).
  • Commends current pastor Kim Jong‑Hyun for his leadership and notes his educational background (M.Div., M.Th. from Duke Divinity School, D.Min. from Columbia Theological Seminary) and assignment to KCPC in March 2022.
  • Formally extends the House’s appreciation for the church’s spiritual, cultural, educational, and charitable contributions to the local Korean and broader Midlands community.

Background and history (as recited in the resolution)

  • KCPC traces its origins to 1975 when 20 people met at the Campus Presbyterian Church Student Center at the University of South Carolina; Reverend Kim Soon‑kwon served as temporary preacher.
  • The congregation registered as a nonprofit in 1976 (originally Korean Community Church). Pastoral leadership and organizational milestones include Pastor Kim Seon‑bae (inaugurated 1977–1981), joining the PC(USA) presbytery in 1978, relocation/acquisition of an American church on Richland Street (1980), opening of a Korean school, formation of a women’s missionary society, establishing an infirmary (1982), supporting the creation of other Korean‑American Presbyterian congregations, publication of a church magazine, and creation of the Korean Service Society (1987).

Who is affected / impact

  • Primary beneficiaries of the recognition are KCPC, its clergy (notably Pastor Kim Jong‑Hyun), church members, and the Korean community in Columbia and the Midlands.
  • The resolution is ceremonial and symbolic: it does not create legal rights, change state law, or authorize spending.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Filed/introduced in the House in May 2025 and noted as “introduced and adopted” (May 2025).
  • House actions include referrals and committee processing; the record shows the Senate concurred on September 4, 2025.
  • Hearing entries later in 2025 (scheduled/rescheduled for November 13, 2025) appear in the legislative action log but the resolution is recorded as adopted.
  • As a concurrent/adopted resolution, it serves as a formal legislative commendation rather than statutory legislation.

Sponsors

  • The resolution lists numerous primary sponsors from the House (a broad bipartisan group of representatives), including Alexander, Montgomery, Schuessler, Oremus, Cobb‑Hunter, and many others.

Notes
- The text record provided also includes unrelated docket language from another jurisdiction (a Massachusetts bill on rescinding prior calls for a federal constitutional convention). That content is not part of this South Carolina House resolution and is not reflected in this summary.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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