Reformed Presbyterian University and Seminary (RPUS) is the denominational seminary of the Korean American Presbyterian Church (KAPC). The latter was founded in February 1978, in Van Til Hall, Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, Pennsylvania. The denomination was born from a collective of theologically conservative Korean American churches in North America.  Since then, the KAPC blossomed into the largest Korean Presbyterian denomination outside Korea with approximately 80,000 members and 650 churches across the globe.

The utility of having a denominational seminary was obvious: to train pastors and leaders to fill leadership roles and the needs of the denomination both in North America and around the world. RPUS began as a Korean-speaking Christian university and seminary with great ambitions.  John Junghyun Lee, D. Min was the inaugural president (2016 – 2025). He supervised the start of the university and seminary in August 2016 in Gardena, California.

The school was incorporated as a nonprofit religious corporation in October 2017 by the Secretary of State in California and was granted the verification of exemption by the Bureau of Private and Postsecondary Education (BPPE) in the same year in the state of California.

 David Cho, PhD, as the second and current president (2025-present), continues to refine and strengthen RPUS to meet the accreditation standards of educational agencies including Transnational Association of Christian Schools (TRACS) and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Under his global leadership, the English program began in January 2026 to help develop ministries that use the English language and to provide theological education in areas in the world where such education is scarce. The true uniqueness of RPUS lies in mission-mindfulness and mindedness with faculty members who have experienced teaching in seminaries and engaging with students both in and outside North America in their local contexts.