Christ Baptist Church
A Bible-believing family in the heart of the city
Our History
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In 1914, Rev. Antonio Sannella was sent from
Rev. Ronald Giuffrida, from
We were without a pastor for almost 13 months, unitl November of 1957, when the Rev. Warren D. Russell, Jr. was called as our pastor. He began his work in February of 1958. Shortly after Rev. Russell was installed, we joined the American Baptist Convention. As a result, a new constitution was presented to the congregation in December of 1959 and was adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Church in January of 1960. In 1961, Pastor Russell's tenure with our church had ended and Rev. Charles Hodgeman became our next pastor. Rev. Hodgeman served our church for 14 years before retiring in 1975. The church called two more pastors over the next 6 years until we hired Rev. Richard Satkowski in 1981. Under Pastor Satkowski's leadership, our church joined the Southern Baptist Convention. Rev. Satkowski faithfully served our church for 25 years. In 2007, Rev. Walter Tilleman was installed as pastor. Under Pastor Tilleman's leadership, Christ Baptist Church was led through a transitional period. Pastor Wally retired from full-time ministry in November of 2010.