[1] Early pastors were Reverend Richard Sneethen, (1846-1847) and Reverend John Richard Anderson, (1847-1863).

[2] The church celebrated its 170th anniversary on March 4, 2016, with an event where the guest speaker was Reverend Dr. Jerry Young, President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.[2] The church membership in 2016 was about 1,500, with about 750-900 attending services weekly.

Its senior pastor from 1999 to 2016, Reverend Dr. Robert C. Scott, left in 2016 to head an even larger congregation in Charlotte, North Carolina.

[3] Reverend Anthony L. Riley, began his pastoral leadership at Central Baptist on March 17,2019 as the 14th senior pastor in its 173-year history.

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