It was subsequently shortened to be named Capitol Hill Baptist Church.

Senior pastors prior to Dever included: John Compton Ball; Walter Pegg; K. Owen White (one time president of the Southern Baptist Convention, early proponent of conservative theological fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention, and later pastor at First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas); J. Walter Carpenter (later pastor at Kendall Baptist Church, Washington, DC); R. B. Culbreth; Harold Lindsell (interim) who was also Editor of Christianity Today; John Stuckey (later a United Methodist Church pastor); C. Wade Freeman Jr. (who also served as trustee at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary); and Walter S. Tomme, Jr. (later pastor / founder of Tysons Community Church).

Dynamic, theologically conservative preaching was a pulpit trademark during most of the early 20th century, Metropolitan/Capitol Hill Metropolitan Baptist Church years.

[4][5] Although conservative, Capitol Hill Baptist Church supports the practice of having female deacons.

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