| 1998.10.23 | A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Centennial Memorial Hall is held. |
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| 1998.03.06 | MTS opens its internet homepage and finishes construction of its computer systems. |
| 1998.03.01 | MTS is registered as a social education center. |
| 1997 | MTS is granted government approval of its Graduate School of Ministry and Theology (MDiv). Dr. Yeom Pilhyung is appointed the 9th president of the seminary. |
| 1995 | Bishop Lee Jongsoo is appointed the 8th president of the seminary. |
| 1993 | MTS is officially recognized as a seminary, and thus its name is changed to Methodist Theological Seminary, and the title of Dean (“hakjang”) is changed to President (“chongjang”). |
| 1992.08.10 | Dr. Gu Dukkwan is appointed the 7th dean of the seminary. |
| 1990 | The seminary board approves the development of the second campus at Eumseong (approximately 125,500 pyeong at Wondang-ri, Gamgok-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do). |
| 1988.10. | MTS is recognized as the most excellent of theological seminaries, with its research, finance, and administrative departments being accredited as outstanding. |
| 1998.08.10 | Dr. Byun Sunhwan is appointed the 6th dean of the seminary. |
| 1985.10.30 | MTS is granted government approval to transition the Christian Education major into a department. |
| 1985.07.05 | Dr. Song Gilsub is appointed the 5th dean of the seminary. |
| 1982.10.05 | MTS is granted government approval to establish the department of the philosophy of religion. |
| 1982.06.29 | The construction of the undergraduate building (later renamed the Rev. Shin Seokgu Memorial Hall) is completed. |
| 1981.07.15 | The construction of the Dean Kim Yongok Memorial Hall (former library building, later renamed the Student Center) is completed. |
| 1981.02.14 | Dr. Park Bongbae is appointed the 4th dean of the seminary. |
| 1980.11.24 | MTS is granted government approval to establish the graduate school of theology. |
| 1980.09.30 | MTS is granted government approval of expansion of its admission quota beginning in academic year 1981, and to offer the Christian education major. |
| 1980.03.15 | MTS is granted government approval for the joint doctoral degree program. |
| 1980.02.11 | Dr. Kim Yongok is appointed the 3rd dean of the seminary. |
| 1977 | Dr. Yoon Sungbum is appointed the 2nd dean of the seminary. |
| 1971.07.15 | The Center for Korean Church Missions Advancement is founded (director: Dr. Hong Hyunsul). |
| 1971.01.23 | MTS is granted government approval for establishment of the graduate school. |
| 1970.05.07 | The Academy for Lay Training is established (director: Dr. Kim Chulson). |
| 1970.01.06 | MTS is granted government approval for a teaching license program. |
| 1969.03.17 | The Institute of Christian Education is established (director: Dr. Eun Junkwan). |
| 1969.03 | MTS partners with the denomination to establish a graduate school for missions (dean: Dr. Yoon Sungbum) |
| 1964.02.12 | MTS submits a request for change from an incorporated foundation to an educational foundation. |
| 1964.01.21 | MTS is granted government approval as a 4-year institution. |
| 1962 | Per a special exemptions by the Ministry of Education, MTS changes its school regulations and its name to Methodist Theological Seminary (with a 2-year preparatory curriculum, or a 3- or 5-year main curriculum). |
| 1960.10.31 | The restoration of the main building (currently the Graduate Building) is completed. |
| 1960.02.21 | The school’s second fire destroys the main building (including student records and parts of the library). |
| 1959.10.31 | The construction of the Welch Memorial Chapel is completed. |
| 1959.05.01 | The construction of the women’s dormitory is completed (located in Naengchun-dong). |
| 1959.03.21 | Dr. Hong Hyunsul is commissioned as the first dean of the school. |
| 1959.02.26 | Dr. Hong Hyunsul is commissioned as the first dean of the school. |
| 1957 | The school is recognized by the government as an incorporated foundation. |
| 1956.04. | The day prep program merges with that of the Methodist Daejeon Theological School. |
| 1956.03. | The night prep program is discontinued. |
| 1954.09. | The night prep program (60 students) is established (director: Dr. Byun Jongho). |
| 1954.04. | The school returns to Seoul and resumes offering its main program. |
| 1953.09.21 | The school begins admission of new students for its day prep program at Naengchun-dong Seoul (director: Dr. Lee Howoon). |
| 1953.01. | Dr. Hong Hyunsul becomes the principal. |
| 1952 | Publication of “Theology and the World” resumes (Volume 27, No. 1). |
| 1951 | The school flees to Busan, reopening in a wooden temporary building at 551 Sujeong-dong. |
| 1950.06. | The school closes temporarily due to the Korean War. |
| 1950.04.01 | The curriculum is restructured to a 4-year system according to official mandates. |
| 1949 | Dr. Ryu Hyungki becomes the principal. |
| 1946 | or reconstruction of the school after the independence, Prime Minister Yang Joosam was named founder, and Dr. Byun Hongkyu the president. |
| 1945 | Independence Day |
| 1941.12.08 | The outbreak of World War II on the Pacific front makes it difficult on the school to continue its operation, for reasons including the “Japanization of the people (hwangminhwa)” education policy to change the school name to Training Center. Towards the end of Japanese colonization, even the school buildings were allocated for war efforts, with the Choongjung-ro building used as the outpost for mental health treatment and the Naengchun-dong building as the police academy. |
| 1941.06.03 | The school re-opens. |
| 1940.10.03 | Due to Japanese pressure, the school closes indefinitely. |
| 1940.03. | The three-year day prep program is offered concurrently. Publication for Theology and the World is discontinued. |
| 1939 | Dr. Byun Hongkyu becomes the principal. |
| 1935 | The curriculum is restructured to a 5-year system (with a 2-year preparatory and a 3-year main program] in accordance with official mandates. |
| 1932 | After the merge of Union Theological School and Union Woman’s Theological School, the new school is officially named the Methodist Theological School. The school installs a 4-year co-ed education program (principal: Bliss W. Billings, vice-principal: Anna B. Chaffin). |
| 1931 | The school changes its name to Methodist Theological Seminary and installs a 4-year co-ed public education in accordance with regulations. |
| 1929 | There is the first of its attempts at co-ed education between Union Theological School and Union Woman’s Theological School. The English department produces its first graduates (four) and is discontinued. |
| 1927 | Missionary Elmer M. Cable becomes the principal. |
| 1925 | The school merges with Union Woman’s Theological School, formerly located at 8 Choongjung-ro 3-ga, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. |
| 1924.04. | The curriculum is modified to a 4-year system. |
| 1924.03.28 | Union Woman’s Theological School sees its first class of graduates. |
| 1924.03. | 03 The school establishes its English department. |
| 1923 | Missionary Alfred W. Wasson becomes the principal. |
| 1920 | The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South agree to co-manage the Woman’s Bible School, renaming it the Union Methodist Woman’s Bible School. Missionary Anna B. Chaffin becomes its first principal. |
| 1919 | Construction for the second main building (total costs $24,000), the residence for Missionary Charles S. Deming, and other buildings, including heating systems is completed. |
| 1918 | A fire during the sixth graduation ceremony burns down the main building (Gamble Memorial) and over 1,000 theology books in English. |
| 1917 | The Woman’s Bible School is constructed at 8 Choongjung-ro 3-ga, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul as a 4-story grey-brick building. It is named the Louise C. Rothweiler Bible Training School. |
| 1916 | The Theological World becomes Korea’s first published theological journal. |
| 1915 | Construction for the brick 3-story main building, the Gamble Memorial, along with the dormitory and the residence for Missionary Cable is completed. |
| 1913 | Missionary Robert A. Hardie becomes principal. |
| 1912 | The Woman’s Bible School holds its first graduation ceremony (graduates: Son Merye, Yang Woorodeo, Park Mabul, Moon Albert). The woman’s missions department building (formerly the Sontag Hotel) is temporarily used by the Bible School. |
| 1911.12.20 | The Union Theological School holds its first graduation ceremony. |
| 1911.09.27 | A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held for the 5,000 pyeong plot of land at 31 Naengchun-dong that the Methodist Episcopal Church the Methodist Episcopal Church, South purchased and renovated jointly, in addition to a Korean traditional-style house, in 1910. Missionary Elmer M. Cable was named principal. |
| 1910.06.23 | The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South unite to manage the Union Theological School. 04 The committee for Korean missions of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South purchase the land at 31 Naengchun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul for the Union Theological School. Courses begin their offerings. |
| 1907 | The committee for Korean missions of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South jointly establish the Union Theological School. Missionary Millie May Albertson enters Korea and becomes head over the Woman’s Bible School. |
| 1901 | Kim Changsik and Kim Kibum, members of the Theological Association, become the first ordained pastors of Korea. |
| 1899 | The theological department becomes the Theological Association. Missionary Charles T. Collyer of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South sends a helper to the association to teach. |
| 1893.08. | At the 9th Annual Meeting for Korea Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church held from August 31 to September 8, 1893, Rev. Henry G. Appenzeller is appointed the principal of Pai Chai College and the dean of its theology department. There were 3-5 students per class, taught by Appenzeller, with subjects like Genesis and Romans as part of a 4-year local curriculum to become a local minister. |
| 1893.08 | Missionary George H. Jones formed a class of 12, teaching them the Bible, homiletics, soteriology, and biblical instruction. |
| 1888.03. | Mary F. Scranton begins a Woman’s Bible Study, choosing two of them as women evangelists. |
| 1887 | The committee for Korean missions (as part of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888) offers its first theological teaching to Korean students for the purpose of raising Korean pastors. |
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