The history of Grace Baptist Church began with Yongsan Baptist Church.
Yongsan Baptist Church began in 1988. It was established November 2, 1988 by U.S Army Major Mike Hall. Prior to the establishment of YBC there was no English-speaking fundamental Baptist Church in the city of Seoul. Brother Hall was lay pastor of YBC for its first two years.Later several other good men including Brother Bill Ecton and Brother Dave Lewis pastored YBC for many years. In early 2013 Brother Dave Lewis was led to go to Songtan City and start the Victory Baptist Church near Osan Airbase.
The leadership of YBC extended a call to Missionary Robert Oetman to lead them from the transition of having a membership primarily of U.S. Service men to becoming an international congregation. In 2014, YBC moved from Itaewon to its present location in Changpa-dong near the Sookmyung Women’s University. Later, in 2020, we moved from Cheongpa-dong to Yeongdeungpo.
As the proportion of Korean congregants at Yongsan Baptist Church grew, the church was renamed Grace Baptist Church in 2024. Pastor Kim, who was the associate pastor, was appointed as the senior pastor to lead the church in a new direction, and we relocated to our current location in Sinjeong-dong. Grace Baptist Church conducts Sunday services in both English and Korean.
Currently, Grace Baptist Church is sharing the gospel with the lost souls in the Sinjeong-dong area and is carrying out the mission of world evangelism in accordance with the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.