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History of HTUS
 
In 1955, the Korean missionary group from the Presbyterian institutions in the southern U.S.A. established Honam Bible School. The school’s objective was to cultivate church leaders from among the residents of farming and fishing villages in the Gwangju area. After some time, the Honam Bible School needed to offer a higher quality of education. To meet this need, Honam Bible School, Sun chon Maesan Theology School, and Gwangju Night School merged under the name Honam Theology Institution.

A short time later, in 1963, Honam Theology Institution was renamed Honam Theology Seminary. Honam Theology Seminary was recognized as a Korean university in 1984. A church music department was established in 1988. Honam Theology Seminary finally became a university. A graduate school of theology was approved in 1995. With the addition of the professional graduate school, Honam Theological University took the shape it has today.
1989 - After 1950
1955.03.01 Honam Bible School established.
1961.04.11 HBS was reorganized as Honam Theology Institution. George Thompson Brown (Rev. Dr. Bu Mung-Gwang) took office as the first principal of Honam Theology Institution.
1967.05.04 Dr. Kim Hyung-Mo took office as the second principal.
1971.01.18 George Thompson Brown took office as the first chairperson of the board of trustees.
1972.02.16 Presbyterian Honam Theological Seminary established.
1973.03.01 Rev. Joseph Baron Hopper took office as the second chairperson of the board of trustees.
1973.06.12 Rev. Dr. Kim Hyung-Mo was elected as the honorary principal, and Rev. Thomas Dwight Linton took office as the acting principal.
1974.03.05 Rev. Thomas Dwight Linton took office as the third principal.
1978.08.03 Rev. Thomas Dwight Linton retired. Rev. Oh Chun-Geun, took office as the acting principal.
1979.08.03 Dr. Mang, Young-Guill took office as the 4th principal.
1981.07.07 Rev. Lee, Hee-Chul, took office as the 5th principal.
1982.06.08 Rev. Hwang, Sung-Yong took office as the 6th principal.
1982.06.24 Rev. Hwang, Ho-Eun took office as the 3rd chairperson of the board of trustees.
1984.01.20 Became a university with four years of work beyond secondary education.
1987.03.31 Rev. Jung, Jil-Jae took office as the 4th chairperson of the board of trustees.
1987.12.09 The Church Music Department added.
1989.10.27 HTS was reorganized Honam Theological Seminary & College
2011 - After 1990
1990.03.01 Dr. Hwang, Sung-Yong took office as the first dean.
1991.02.05 License course of religious teacher opened.
1991.09.15 Became a approved seminary by the 76 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.
1992.04.01 HTSC was reorganized as Honam Theological University & Seminary, and Dr. Hwang, Sung-Yong took office as the first president of HTUS.
1995.05.02 Instituted a Joint Program of M.Div. with Howard University.
1995.06.10 Rev. Jo, Yong-Gi took office as the 5th chief chairperson of the board of trustees.
1996.11.02 The Church Music Graduate School (M.M) added.
1997.07.10 HTUS was designated as an excellent university for the quality of its education programs.
1997.08.22 Rev. Jang, Jung-Shik took office as the 7th chairperson of the board of trustees.
1997.11.05 The Church Music Department was renamed the Music Department.
1999.02.22 HTUS was designated as an excellent university for its education facilities, finance and administration conditions after evaluating by University Evaluation Committee of KCUE(Korean Council for University Education).
1999.03.08 Conservatory and Christian Counseling Institution opened.
1999.07.05 Jung, Hyun-Sung took office as the 7th chairperson of the board of trustees.
1999.11.02 The Doctor of Theology (Th.D) and Master of Arts (M.A) programs opened.
2000.02.01 HTUS was designated as an excellent university in four of five areas during the Graduate School General Appraisal.
2000.07.26 Hwang, Sung-Yong took office as the 3rd president.
2000.07.26 The Ministry Professional Graduate School established.
2002.02.08 HTUS was designated as an excellent university in liberal arts and also as a most excellent university in the areas of facilities and financing support.
2002.02.19 Rev. Jung, Chae-Gwan took office as the 8th chairperson of the board of trustees.
2003.07.05 Jung, Hae-Dong took office as the 9th chairperson of the board of trustees.
2004.02.24 The School of Continuing Education as an auxiliary organ established.
2004.02.27 The Social Welfare Department opened.
2004.04.01 Hwang, Sung-Yong became president-emeritus of HTUS.
2004.06.01 Cha, Chong-Soon took office as the 4th president.
2008.09.10 Cha, Chong-Soon took office as the 5th president.
Historic Dates - After 2012
2012.09.10 Ro, Young-Sang took office as the 6th president.
2016.10.25 Choi, Heung-Jin took office as the 7th president.