Bio

Ronnie W. Rogers serves as the senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Norman, Oklahoma.  Nestled in the heart of the Bible belt, Norman is a university town labeled by the North American Mission Board in 2006 as the most unchurched city in the state. His expositional preaching style draws a large collegiate crowd during the school year.

Pastor Rogers preaches, teaches, and writes from a biblical perspective that is boldly challenging popular culture.  He has developed a program entitled The Roundtable, a three-year training environment that provides men with advanced training in theology, ethics, worldviews, and apologetics.  He is often invited to speak on these same topics to college and graduate groups.  His desire is to train Christians to engage the life, culture, politics and current events of today’s society with sound, knowledgeable, convincing proof of the truth of scripture.

A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, he worked for the Rock Island Railroad for eight years, and then left to start a business, Rogers’ Enterprises.  After the death of his father, in 1978, his grief led him to the love and mercy of Christ, and he became a Christian.  Later he surrendered to the ministry and returned to school. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies from Criswell Center for Biblical Studies in Dallas, Texas.  He also holds a Masters in Counseling from Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 

Pastor Rogers has served as pastor of three Southern Baptist churches since 1981. He has been at Trinity Baptist Church since 1998.  He served as president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, and for the Southern Baptist Convention as a trustee and chairman of the board of trustees of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chairman of the Committee on Nominations, and as a member of the Committee on Committees.  

In 2004, Ronnie was invited to present at the Oxford Round Table, on Religion, Education and the Role of Government, meeting at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University in Oxford England.  His paper was entitled “Government Policy Toward Teaching Religion in State Schools”.  In 2007, he was invited back to present at the Oxford Round Table on Religion, Education, Public Schools and Politics: Is There Common Ground? meeting at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University in Oxford England.  His paper was entitled “The Decline of Religion in Public Education and The Decline of Public Education.” He has been a member of the Oxford Round Table since 2004. Pastor Rogers’ first published work is Undermining the Gospel: The Case for Church Discipline.  He is currently working on his next book project. 

He and his wife Gina are the parents of two grown daughters, Natalie and Nancy.