the membership of the pca is predominantly caucasian, but the denomination includes more than 260 korean-american churches in 9 korean presbyteries. the first korean presbytery was formed in 1982; since then the number of presbyteries has grown to 9, namely the korean capital presbytery, the korean central presbytery, the korean eastern presbytery, the korean northeastern presbytery, the korean northwest presbytery, the korean southeastern presbytery, the korean southern presbytery and the korean southwest presbytery, and the recently formed korean southwest orange county presbytery. koreans comprise approximately 15% of the denomination, and the majority of them are located in the west coast and northeast regions. in recent years several independent korean congregations have joined the pca to be a part of a conservative presbyterian denomination. the largest pca church is a korean church located in anaheim, ca called sarang community church. all the korean churches in the pca appoint non-ordained deaconesses and women encouragers (kwonsa) who are elected and installed so that women can care for other women in the church. such has been the practice of all korean presbyterian churches since its inception which is practiced across denominational boundaries.