Gützlaff arrived 1832 in Wonsan Island off the west coast of Korea[4] as part of a fact finding mission and good will tour of the different countries of the Far East to collect information about the reactions in official circles, the business community and the population at large to the petition requesting opening the harbors and initiating free-trade and missionary activity.

[5] Sent by the Netherlands Missionary Society, Gützlaff visited the western provinces of Hwanghae and Chungcheong (today located within North Korea and South Korea respectively), sending gifts and a petition to the Korean king requesting an opening for trade and mission work.

As a church in the Lutheran tradition, it accepts the teachings found in the unaltered Augsburg Confession, Luther's Small Catechism and other confessional articles and symbols of the Book of Concord.

The LCK operates the Luther University, which includes a seminary through one of its graduate programs, with an enrollment of approximately 600 students.

[9] The Korea Lutheran Hour radio programme continues to broadcast weekly over six stations.