For many years, it was led by the late Adrian Rogers, a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The sitting Conservative MP, John Hannam had retired and the Conservatives chose Adrian Rogers to be their candidate.

In 1963, it was updated under the chairmanship of pastor-theologian Herschel H. Hobbs, and in 2000 under the chairmanship of pastor-author Adrian Rogers.

Billy Graham, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Lt. Col. Oliver North, Steve Forbes, Leonard Davidson, former US Senator Jesse Helms, Sam Donaldson, John R. Rice, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, CEO William S. Simon, Elisabeth Elliot ( wife of the late missionary Jim Elliot ), Skip Erickson, Freddie Gage, Adrian Rogers, governor Tim Kaine, Sean Hannity, Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Pastors ; Mel White, Mark Driscoll, Josh Mcdowell, Miles McPherson, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick and Francis Chan, Entertainers / Athletes in pro-wrestler Lex Luger, Bobby Bowden, Lou Holtz, Carrie Prejean, Allan Houston, and Candace Cameron Bure, Douglas Gresham, Gianna Jessen, Clint Hubbard and 2008 Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.

He was a regular on the series: Broadside ( 1964 – 1965 ) as Commander Rogers Adrian.

VCY America's radio programming includes Christian Talk and Teaching programming including ; Crosstalk hosted by Vic Eliason, Worldview Weekend with Brannon Howse, Grace to You with John MacArthur, Back to the Bible, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, The Alternative with Tony Evans, Liberty Council's Faith and Freedom Report, Back to Genesis by the Institute for Creation Research, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, The Listener's Bible narrated by Max McLean, Joni and Friends, Unshackled !, and Moody Radio's Stories of Great Christians.

KVCX's programming includes Christian Talk and Teaching programming including ; Crosstalk hosted by Vic Eliason, Worldview Weekend with Brannon Howse, Grace to You with John MacArthur, Back to the Bible, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, The Alternative with Tony Evans, Liberty Council's Faith and Freedom Report, Back to Genesis by the Institute for Creation Research, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, The Listener's Bible narrated by Max McLean, Joni and Friends, Unshackled !, and Moody Radio's Stories of Great Christians.

KVCF's radio programming includes Christian Talk and Teaching programming including ; Crosstalk hosted by Vic Eliason, Worldview Weekend with Brannon Howse, Grace to You with John MacArthur, Back to the Bible, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, The Alternative with Tony Evans, Liberty Council's Faith and Freedom Report, Back to Genesis by the Institute for Creation Research, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, The Listener's Bible narrated by Max McLean, Joni and Friends, Unshackled !, and Moody Radio's Stories of Great Christians.

Simpson Medallists: ( 8 total ) 1945: Alan Ebbs, 1957: Frank Conway, 1962: Ray Sorrell, 1964: Norm Rogers, 1965: Dave Imrie, 1979: Kevin Taylor, 1992: Clinton Browning, 1994: Mark Amaranti, 1998: Adrian Brommage

Adrian Pierce Rogers ( September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005 ) served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention ( 1979 – 1980 and 1986 – 1988 ), a Southern Baptist pastor, and a conservative author.

Rogers was also the founder of the Adrian Rogers Pastor Training Institute for ministers, which is currently headed by his widow, two sons, and a granddaughter.

Nevertheless, the Seminary has maintained a close relationship with the congregation ever since it moved to Memphis in 1976 ; former Bellevue pastor Adrian Rogers was an influential figure at MABTS.

Adrian Rogers

The church's most well-known leader, Dr. Adrian Rogers, was the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist from 1972 until March 2005.

In June 1972, members of the pulpit search committee traveled to Philadelphia to hear Adrian Rogers preach at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference.

His biography, Love Worth Finding: The Life of Adrian Rogers and His Philosophy of Preaching, was published in 2005.

At his retirement celebration on March 4, the Memphis City Council honored Rogers by naming a segment of Appling Road that runs in front of the west entrance, the Adrian P. Rogers Parkway.

A graduate of Union University with a master's and doctorate degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he served on the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message revision committee for the Southern Baptist Convention along with the committee chairman, Adrian Rogers.

Pastor Adrian Rogers led missions crusades in Brazil ( 1990 ) and Romania ( 1992 ) with many church members participating.

Stones from the Brook published by BorderStone Press, LLC-reflections by Dr. Dale Palmer who served under Dr. Adrian Rogers as an Assistant Pastor.

Lane served with three Bellevue pastors who were each elected Southern Baptist Convention president: Robert G. Lee, Ramsey Pollard, and Adrian Rogers.

KCRO airs national programs hosted by such people as Hank Hanegraaff, Jay Sekulow, Adrian Rogers, James Kennedy, Chuck Smith, and James Dobson.

Banner continued much as before, with Adrian Schubert as music director, though the end of 1931, but after ARC acquired the rights to the Brunswick label, Banner's product lines began to reflect the general ARC product, and this added a lot more African-American and country music to its catalogue.

Sandover Medallists: ( 11 total ) 1931: Lin Richards, 1950: Jim Conway, 1957: Jack Clarke, 1961 & 1963: Ray Sorrell, 1971: David Hollins, 1974: Graham Melrose, 1977: Brian Peake, 1985: Murray Wrensted, 1995: Craig Treleven, 1998: Adrian Brommage

The London premiere was conducted by Adrian Boult in November 1931.

Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007 ) was a Republican politician from Michigan.

After 1931 the work received no further gramophone recordings until Sir Adrian Boult's 1950 recording.

* 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor

* 1968 – Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and writer

* Pope Adrian II ( 792 – 872 )

* Pope Adrian IV ( c. 1100 – 1159 ), English pope

* Pope Adrian V ( c. 1205 – 1276 )

* Pope Adrian VI ( 1459 – 1523 ), Dutch pope

* Adrian of Moscow ( 1627 – 1700 ), last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

* Adrian Cruickshank ( 1936 – 2010 ), Australian politician and philanthropist

* Adrian Quist ( 1913 – 1991 ), Australian male tennis player

* Adrian Stoop ( 1883 – 1957 ), English rugby union player

* Adrian ( costume designer ) ( 1903 – 1959 ), born Adrian Adolph Greenberg, costume designer for over 250 films

* Adrian Biddle ( 1952 – 2005 ), English cinematographer

* Adrian Borland ( 1957 – 1999 ), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer

* Adrian Boult ( 1889 – 1983 ), English conductor

* Adrian Heath ( painter ) ( 1920 – 1992 ), British painter

* Adrian Hoven ( 1922 – 1981 ), Austrian actor, producer and film director

* Adrian Jones ( 1845 – 1938 ), English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses

* Adrian Mitchell ( 1932 – 2008 ), English poet, novelist and playwright

* Adrian Rollini ( 1903 – 1956 ), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music

* Adrian Willaert ( c. 1490 – 1562 ), Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School

* Adrian Zingg ( 1734 – 1816 ), Swiss painter

* Adrian von Bubenberg ( 1434 – 1479 ), Bernese knight, general and mayor

* Adrian Hardy Haworth ( 1767 – 1833 ), English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist

* Adrian Kantrowitz ( 1918 – 2008 ), American cardiac surgeon