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Our Story<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Chesterbrook Taiwanese Presbyterian Church (CTPC) started with a vision to plant a Taiwanese church in the Northern Virginia area. In 1990, four families left from the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington to start the new church plant, initially named the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Northern Virginia (TPCNV). The church began holding services in the Oakton area. In 1995, the church called its first pastor, Rev. John Yieh.

In 2001, TPCNV moved to its current facility, previously Chesterbrook Presbyterian Church, and changed its name to Chesterbrook Taiwanese Presbyterian Church (CTPC). Soon after that, the church called its first English Ministry pastor, Kenneth Liu.

The English Ministry (EM) of CTPC started as a ministry to primarily high school students. Over the years, it developed into a multi-generational ministry that included high school to young adults to young families. In 2012, Rev. Kenneth Liu departed CTPC EM and was replaced by Rev. Young Park as the interim EM pastor.

In 2021, CTPC decided to reorganize the structure of the church. Until that point, CTPC was like many other immigrant churches. The Taiwanese Ministry was the primary congregation in the church, and the English Ministry was a special subsection of the larger church. As such, the Lead\/Senior Pastor was the Pastor of the Taiwanese Ministry and the Pastor of the English Ministry would be his Associate.

But in 2021, CTPC was reorganized as two equal congregations under one church. Each congregation, TM and EM, would call its own pastors. And each pastor would equally serve as Lead pastors for both their specific congregation, and for the whole church.

In 2022, the TM called Rev. Yatang Chuang to be the full-time Co-Pastor for the TM. And the EM called Rev. Young Park to be the full-time Co-Pastor for the EM.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Our History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1990<\/strong>
Four Families from the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Washington (Wheaton, MD) planted a church called Taiwanese Presbyterian Mission of Northern Virginia. They met at Christ Presbyterian Church in Fairfax.
1993<\/strong>
Taiwanese Presbyterian Church of Northern Virginia moved to Oakton Elementary School on August 1, 1993.
1995<\/strong>
Rev. Dr. John Yieh became the pastor of TPCVA. Ken and Irene Liu called to help youth ministry.
1998<\/strong>
TPCVA calls Rev. Dr. David Chen to become Pastor. Susan Chen led the youth ministry while overseeing English service
2001<\/strong>
TPCVA moves to Chesterbrook Presbyterian Church and changes her name to Chesterbrook Taiwanese Presbyterian Church. Winnie Chu called as part time youth director.
2002<\/strong>
Kenneth Liu is called as full time Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. The English Service moved to the main sanctuary in June 2002.
2005<\/strong>
Ken was ordained and installed as Minister of Word and Sacrament on May 25th.
2006<\/strong>
CTPC elected four deacons from the English Ministry and were commissioned to oversee the vision and execution of the English Ministry.
2012<\/strong>
Kenneth Liu steps down from his position as pastor of the English Ministry and is replaced by Pastor Young Park as interim staff pastor. Mayline Yu becomes part-time Youth Director. Huai-En Tsai becomes part-time Children\u2019s Ministry Director.
2013<\/strong>
Rev. Dr. David Chen steps down from his position.
2018<\/strong>
Rev. Andrew Tsai becomes CTPC\u2019s Interim Senior Pastor.
20<\/strong>21
The congregation votes to become a two congregation church using a Co-Pastor model with one lead pastor for the Taiwanese Ministry congregation and one lead pastor for the English Ministry congregation.
2022<\/strong>
The church calls Rev. Yatang Chuang and Red. Young Park to serve as Co-Pastors for the TM and EM respectively. <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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