New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary will soon be opening the Adrian Rogers Center for Expository Preaching.
“Dr. Adrian Rogers is one of the most significant alumni in the history of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary — well-known for a lifetime of excellent expository preaching,”
NOBTS President Chuck Kelley said The center will enhance the school’s ability to train students and prepare them to open God’s Word and teach through great expository preaching over the years of their ministry.
Rogers, who died in 2005 after 33 years as pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, earned the bachelor of divinity at NOBTS in 1958. The Memphis-area pastor and three-time SBC president, launched his radio and television ministry “Love Worth Finding” in 1987. Through Love Worth Finding, millions of people were impacted through Rogers’ preaching.
Building on Rogers’ legacy of expository preaching, the new academic center will promote training and skill development for current students and pastors alike. In addition to providing leadership and promotion for the preaching degrees in the academic program the Rogers Center will host conferences and lectureships in expository preaching. The center also will develop preaching resources to assist local church pastors.
The Rogers Center will officially launch in January 2017.