Biography

DR. ADRIAN PIERCE ROGERS

September 12, 1931 - November 15, 2005

Founder of Love Worth Finding, Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, TN, and three-time president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Adrian Rogers, Founder of Love Worth Finding Ministries, Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church and a gifted man of God passed away in to the presence of the Lord early this morning after battling cancer and double pneumonia.

Dr. Adrian Rogers, preacher/teacher of Love Worth Finding Ministries, was one of America's most respected Bible teachers. A devoted family man – he is survived by his wife and childhood sweetheart Joyce, four children, and nine grandchildren.

Under his 32 years of pastoral leadership, Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, grew from 9,000 members in 1972 to more than 29,000. today. He was elected three times as President of the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the world's largest Protestant denomination of 16 million members.

Dr. Rogers has preached overseas crusades in Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Russia, Romania, and in Central and South America. He has also served as the keynote speaker for such meetings as "Washington for Jesus," the National Association of Evangelicals, and the National Religious Broadcasters. He has also served on the board of Focus on the Family. In 2003, Dr. Rogers was honored to be inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame by the National Religious Broadcasters.

Most important to Dr. Rogers were the tens and thousands of believers who have had their faith strengthened and thousands of others who have for the first time entered into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

"I believe God wants us to proclaim the message of salvation in the power of the Holy Spirit by every means possible…”

The staff of Love Worth Finding stated, “I imagine literally thousands who came to know Jesus because of his ministry met him at the gate as he stepped over to glory and beheld the face of Jesus.”