Jeong In-baek (정인백) was converted to Christianity by notable missionary Horace Grant Underwood.

[4] The church, and Christianity in general, was met with pushback in its early period, as foreign influences were then shunned by Koreans.

[2] By March 21, 1926, Jeong In-myeong (정인명) was appointed the church's first elder, the congregation reached a size of around 70, and a new 59.4 m2 (639 sq ft) chapel with a tiled roof was constructed.

This was done with significant resources donated by Park Chung Hee, then the President of South Korea.

[5] Park toured the church in 1966 while visiting his hometown, and commented on the damaged state of the building.