Southern Baptist Convention Presidency
Rogers served three times as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest American Evangelical denomination with 16 million members. He was first elected to this post on a platform of biblical inerrancy, and under his leadership, the denomination shifted sharply rightward, firing liberal and moderate seminary professors, as well as requiring all employees of the denomination's seminaries and the national office to affirm their adherence to the Baptist Faith and Message. The denomination has remained staunchly conservative since Rogers' first term as president
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