Pastoral Staff

Senior Pastor
Jason Harris

Rev. Harris joined Central as the Director of Church Renewal in August of 2011 through a partnership with the New City Commons Foundation and was called to serve as the Senior Pastor of Central in June of 2013.  Previously Rev. Harris served as the founding Campus Minister for Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at Northwestern University.  Rev. Harris began this ministry in 2005 after receiving his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. 

Prior to attending seminary, Rev. Harris worked as a sales analyst for Morgan Stanley in New York City after graduating from Princeton University magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Archaeology in 2000.  Rev. Harris met his wife, Ashley, at Princeton University where she studied economics and Japanese and subsequently received a J.D. degree from Columbia University Law School.  The Harris’s have four young children: Luke, Olivia, Eliza, and Charlotte.

Executive Pastor
Chris Hildebrand

Rev. Hildebrand was called to serve as the Executive Pastor of Central in August of 2021. Prior to joining Central, Chris served as Senior Pastor of Resurrection Park Slope in Brooklyn. Prior to that role, Chris served as Executive Pastor of Resurrection Brooklyn, a multi-congregational church, and Director of its church planting residency program.

Chris received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida and participated in the church planting fellows program at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. He graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and prior to seminary worked in marketing and sales in the chemical industry. Chris and Jeannie have four children, Owen, Evie, Jacob and Wells.

ELDERS and Trustees

Kirk Balzer
Partner, Ardsley Partners

Brian Brenberg
Executive Vice President and Associate Professor of Business and Economics, The King’s College

Kevin Brown
US Executive Director, Greater Europe Mission

Wilma Jordan
Founder and CEO, The Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc.

Thomas Knott
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Peter Milligan
Partner & General Counsel, Ember Infrastructure Partners

John Moon
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Carolyn Portwood
Strategic Finance, Cityblock Health

Zach Pouga
Partner, EY

Scott Stephenson
Chairman, President, and CEO, Verisk Analytics