Dr. adrian rogers biography
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Rogers, Adrian Pierce
(b. 12 September 1931 in West Palm Beach, Florida; d. 15 November 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee), minister and religious broadcaster who, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, helped lead a fundamentalist resurgence that turned the denomination in a dramatically more conservative direction.
Born to Arden Duncan and Rose Lee (Purcell) Rogers, Rogers grew up in Florida. In 1950 he graduated from Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach. He then attended Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, on a football scholarship, which he gave up in 1951 when he became convinced God was calling him to go into the Christian ministry. He often told a story about feeling God’s call while lying face down on a football field and gained ordination bygd the Northwood Baptist Church in West Palm Beach at age nineteen. On 2 September 1951 Rogers married Joyce Louise Gentry, his childhood sweetheart. They had two daughters and three sons, one of whom died in infancy.
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(from http://www.adrianrogers.org/biography.htm)
Adrian Pierce Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 12, 1931. It was there that he felt the call to the ministry and surrendered his life to the Lord as a high school football star.
Lying face down on the field one night with his face on the ground, young Adrian prayed, “Lord, I want you to use me.” When he felt that this was not humbling himself enough, he dug a hole in the dirt, put his nose in it, and prayed again, “Lord, I want you to use me!”
Adrian was subsequently ordained to the ministry by his church when he was a 19-year-old college student. God granted his prayer in a mighty way!
After serving several pastorates in his native Florida, Rogers came to be the Senior Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church of Memphis, Tennessee in 1972. He served in this ministry for 32 distinguished years, during which time Bellevue grew to become one of the nation’s largest churches, with more than 29,000 members. He was also
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Adrian Rogers
American pastor and author (1931–2005)
Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) was an American Baptist pastor and conservative author. He served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979–1980 and 1986–1988).
Early life and education
[edit]Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He entered Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. He studied at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1954, then he studied at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1958. [1][2] Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church (later known as The Village Baptist Church, now operating as Family Church Village[3]) in West Palm Beach.
Ministry
[edit]His first job as a senior pastor was at Fellsmere Baptist Church, a small congregation in Fellsmere, Florida. He performed his first baptism in the C-54 Canal near Fellsmere. In a r