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I first came to Oakmont during the summers of 1976 and 1977 after my freshman and sophomore years in college to serve as a summer youth minister. While at working at Oakmont those two summers I met my wife Leslie, who was an East Carolina University student, and we were married in August of 1978. After graduating from N.C State University in 1979 (BA in philosophy and religion) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1982 (Master of Divinity with Languages), I returned to Oakmont in September 1983 as Associate Minister for Education and Youth for three years. Since October 1986 I have served as Oakmont's third pastor. I completed my Doctor of Ministry degree in 1990 from Southeastern Seminary.
I have had the privilege through the years of serving in several areas of Baptist life-on the Biblical Recorder board of directors for eight years, and for four years on the Board of Directors for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Currently I serve as Moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC).
While Greenville has been home for 26 years, I still have a heart for my hometown, Raleigh, North Carolina. I was one of those people who had the good fortune and stability of family life to grow up in the same house, living across the street from my home church, Creedmoor Road Baptist Church, and graduating with a good number of friends from Millbrook High School with whom I had started first grade. My parents and brother, along with Leslie's two sisters and brother and their families, all live in Raleigh, so our Wake County connections remain strong.
Our son Philip and daughter Lauren were both married in 2009 within a month of each other, so our minds and bodies are tired and our pockets are empty. God has blessed us with a great son-in-law and daughter-in-law, as well as two grand-dogs, Walter and Chester, that now make up the extended Rogers family.
One of my interests in congregational life has been in blending and integrating spiritual formation practices into the fabric of the local church. Participating in the charter group of "The Pastor as Spiritual Guide" program offered through the Center for Congregational Health, personal reading and being part of a spiritual formation reading group for ten years, and multiple visits to monasteries and retreat centers like Pendle Hill (Quaker) in Pennsylvania have all helped to shape my thinking in this area.
I enjoy in my leisure time playing league tennis (I'm a 4.0 tennis player for those who are veteran tennis players), and our local team finished 11-0 this year and participated in the adult state tournament in Pinehurst, North Carolina. So grab your racquet and meet me at the courts.