What is Capitol Hill Baptist Church?
'''Capitol Hill Baptist Church''' is a [[Baptist]] [[church]] on [[United States Capitol|Capitol Hill]] in [[Washington D.C.]]. [[Mark Dever]] serves as the senior [[pastor]] of the church. It is linked with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. == History == In 1867 on Capitol Hill, a group of people came together to [[Prayer|pray]] for a church to be started in their area. The church would one decade later become known as the Metropolitan Baptist Church. In 1878, it had 31 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/we-are/linked/the-past/ |title=History of the church |access-date=2008-04-22 |archive-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530191155/http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/we-are/linked/the-past/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the coming [[year]]s, the church grew. In 1912 the church finished working on the new main hall. Their then current [[pastor]] Dr. John Compton Ball oversaw the church membership increase, it [[number]]ed in the [[thousand]]s by 1950. Over the next several [[year]]s, the membership slowly dropped, and hit a low of around one hundred [[people]], in the early 1990s. In recent years the church has grown to a much bigger church. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.capitolhillbaptist.org/ Official church website] {{multistub|US-geo|religion}} [[Category:Southern Baptist Convention]] [[Category:Churches in the United States]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:1877 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Washington, D.C.]]