2020 

• In February, at the invitation of Pastor Daeil Park and NSRBC, Concord Community Church (CCC) of Concord, Vermont, sent Sam as an ordained pastor/elder of CCC to help Pastor Park promote Reformed Baptist theology and practice, to help reform already existing churches, and to plant healthy Reformed Baptist churches.​​​

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2023 

• After a major disruption at NSRBC, in February, Pastor Park and Pastor Samuel began work to reconstitute the church with a new church order, a new covenanted membership, and a new plurality and parity of pastors.

 

    

2024​

• In April, the new church order was finished, and arrangements began being made to formally reconstitute NSRBC.
   

• In April, in order to develop his Korean linguistic ability and the cultural fluency necessary for effective long-term ministry, Samuel began focusing primarily on his culture and language acquisition.
   

• In May, NSRBC moved to a new location in the building next door to its former location. This new location and space enable NSRBC to reach twice as many people with the gospel and to establish a stable home base for the Reformed Baptist mission in South Korea.​
   

• In June, NSRBC began teaching its Essentials class as an introduction to the faith and the life of the church.
   

• On August 17, baptisms were administered for six adults and two youths.​
   

• On August 25, NSRBC was formally constituted with a new church order, a new covenanted membership, and a new plurality and parity of pastors, in which Samuel joined Pastor Park as co-pastors of NSRBC. Under NSRBC and alongside supporting churches, Pastor Park and Pastor Samuel will continue serving together to help reform existing churches, plant the next Reformed Baptist church, and form an association of Reformed Baptist churches in South Korea.​​
   

• In November, to help meet the needs for Reformed Baptist resources in Korean at NSRBC and for the broader Reformed Baptist mission in Korea, NSRBC formalized its publishing ministry and established a relationship with a book publisher in the U.K., Broken Wharfe.
   

• On December 29, NSRBC added two women to the membership. 

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2025

• Pastor Park and Pastor Samuel continued stabilizing the foundation of NSRBC in order to create a secure home base for future Reformed Baptist mission plans.
   

• In addition to helping with the pastoral needs of NSRBC, fundraising for the mission and translation and publishing needs, Sam continued his Korean culture and language acquisition. 
   

• ​The translation and publishing team continued preparing for publication: Benjamin Keach's The Glory of a True Church, Nehemiah Coxe’s A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of an Elder and Deacons, and Ryan Hodson's An Introduction to the Baptist Catechism. 

 

​2026

• In May, the translation and publishing team sent its Korean translations of Keach's The Glory of a True Church and Hodson's An Introduction to the Baptist Catechism to Broken Wharfe for publication. Coxe’s A Sermon Preached is currently being copyedited. 
   

• Additional translation and publishing project priorities: Green Pastures: Ordinary Means of Grace for Ordinary Believers by J. Ryan Davidson, True Love: The Grace of Christian Fellowship by James M. Renihan, A Covenant Feast: Communing With Christ at the Lord's Table by J. Ryan Davidson, and Before the Foundation of the World: Doctrines of God's Free Grace by Jeffrey T. Riddle.  

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Next 2-5 Years

• Pastor Park and Pastor Samuel will continue to stabilize the foundation of NSRBC, establish and cultivate relationships with the broader Reformed church in Korea, and with Reformed Baptist churches in East and Southeast Asia. 
   

• Samuel will finish his formal culture and language acquisition. 
   

• NSRBC’s publishing ministry will continue expanding and increasing the translation, publication, and distribution of Reformed Baptist resources in Korean.
   

• NSRBC plans to begin hosting an annual Reformed theology conference.

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Beyond 5 Years

• Pastor Park and Pastor Samuel intend to continue their academic training in order to establish a future learning community or institute of Reformed Baptist studies in South Korea. 
   

• Establish a learning community or institute of Reformed Baptist studies in order to help pastors, aspiring pastors, and students of theology grow in their understanding of the theology and practice summarized in the Second London Confession and to further promote the reformation of already existing churches and the planting of additional healthy Reformed Baptist churches in South Korea and the greater region.