SBC Conservative Leader Adrian Rogers Dies

Three-time Southern Baptist Convention president Adrian Rogers, whose 1979 election sparked a revolutionary leadership change in America’s largest Protestant denomination, died early Tuesday of complications from cancer. Rogers, 74, was hospitalized Nov. 3....

Praying for Adrian Rogers

Why must we pray for Adrian Rogers? Rogers is the recently retired pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, who was elected as the Southern Baptist Convention president in 1979, 1986 and 1987. He represents much that is detestable about Southern Baptist...

Adrian Rogers Honored at Retirement

Three-time Southern Baptist Convention president Adrian Rogers retired after 32 years as senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in suburban Memphis last weekend. Several current and former denominational leaders honored the popular preacher credited with launching...

Adrian Rogers Retiring as Pastor

The Memphis mega-church pastor whose 1979 election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention launched the “conservative resurgence” that transformed the nation’s largest Protestant denomination is stepping down from his pulpit. Adrian Rogers...