NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Adrian Rogers, pastor of 28,000-member Bellevue Baptist Church and founder of the "Love Worth Finding" program, was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Hall of Fame during the group's annual convention at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 10.
In 1987, after requests for tapes of his sermons grew beyond management, Rogers developed "Love Worth Finding," with one-hour television broadcasts and 30-minute radio broadcasts of his preaching.
Today the program is seen and heard worldwide on more than 14,000 television outlets and 2,000 radio stations across America and in more than 120 countries. The program's Spanish broadcasts reach nearly all of Latin America.
Rogers served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1979-80 and again from 1986-88, and he has preached in overseas crusades in Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Russia, Romania and Central and South America. He has been the keynote speaker for such meetings as Washington for Jesus, the National Association of Evangelicals and the National Religious Broadcasters.
Others honored at the gathering were: Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ (Board of Directors' Award); the late W.A. Criswell, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas (Milestone Award); "FamilyLife Today" host Dennis Rainey (Radio Program of the Year); and "Money Matters" host Larry Burkett (Talk Show of the Year).
