In 1972, he became the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained until March 2005. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Merritt Island, Florida from 1964 to 1972. In a radio sermon entitled "The Final Judgment", Rogers alluded to a radio program he hosted in the 1950s called "Day Break". He performed his first baptism in the C-54 Canal near Fellsmere. His first job as a senior pastor was at Fellsmere Baptist Church, a small congregation in Fellsmere, Florida. Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church (later known as The Village Baptist Church, now operating as Family Church Village ) in West Palm Beach. 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. He entered Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979–19–1988). Adrian Pierce Rogers (Septem– November 15, 2005) was an American Baptist pastor and conservative author.
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