Adrian Rogers, 74, pastor emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., and a former president of Southern Baptist Convention passed away in the early hours of Nov. 15 after battling cancer and double-pneumonia.The following announcement was made at 5:30 a.m. (CT) on the Web site of the ministry Rogers founded, Love Worth Finding (http://www.lwf.org/):
“Dr. Adrian Rogers, Founder of Love Worth Finding Ministries, pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church and a gifted man of God passed away in the presence of the Lord early this morning after battling cancer and double pneumonia."
“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.”
More details will be announced later. The Love Worth Finding Web site asks readers to “continue to pray for the Rogers’ family.”
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Thanks for covering this.
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