At present, there are as many as the 31 YMCAs in Korea boasting a total membership of more than 45,000. The total number of those working for the various projects and undertaking of the YMCA exceeds 2,500,000 man-days.

In its early days, the YMCA spearheaded the nation's drive for modernization by introducing Western sports, educating industrial workers through vocational training and by imbuing the youths with the ideal of democracy through the guidance of group activities.

During the period of Japanese rule over Korea, the YMCA endeavored to promote the spirit of resisting Japanese imperialism by means of sponsoring Sunday lectures and enlightenment gatherings, and implanted patriotism in the minds of the people of Korea throught training youths on farms and remote villages and communities. At the same time, the YMCA played a pivotal role in the independence movement of the nation and in propagating Christianity. It also led the ecumenical movement.

The purpose of the YMCA, Korea, is for the people, following the way of Christ, to learn together, discipline each other, development of love and justice, contribute to the improvement of the people's welfare and to the creation of a new culture, and, thereby, help establish the Kingdom of God on this earth.