Vicky Rogers - As a child raised in Appomattox, Virginia, Vicky Rogers was blessed to have Christian parents who always took her to a Bible believing church as she was growing up. When she was 10 years old, she trusted in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She grew gradually as a believer, but it was not until she was in her late teens, that she began to grow in her desire to study the Bible, etc.
After she graduated from high school, she started working as a secretary. After 5 years in the secretarial field of work, she felt the Lord was leading her to go to a Bible college to learn more about His Word. She quit her job and went to Shenandoah Bible College in Roanoke, Virginia for 1 year. Then she felt the Lord wanted her to continue on in her Bible education, so she transferred to Washington Bible College in Lanham, Maryland. While she was at WBC, she became involved with open air evangelism in the DC area, led by Open Air Campaigners. The more she participated in this ministry, she grew to love this type of missions work. During her senior year at WBC, she sought the Lord as to what He wanted her to do after graduation. She knew she wanted to use her secretarial skills with a missions organization…so she discovered that the OAC Baltimore/Washington branch desperately needed a secretary!
So she moved to Baltimore and started an office for the 3 evangelists there. Fred Kornis was the Acting Director at that time. A year later, she transferred to the New Jersey/New York area to become the Secretary to the OAC National Director. After a year of service there, she moved back to Baltimore to get a job to help pay off her school debt. She then started working at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It was a good paying job with good benefits, but 7 years later the Lord was prompting her to go back into the ministry. As she read Fred and Barbara Kornis’ newsletters (who were presently in the Kansas City area), she sensed the urgent need of administrative help for Fred. So she moved out to Kansas in November 1988 to be his Administrative Assistant.
As a child raised in Appomattox, Virginia, Vicky Rogers was blessed to have Christian parents who always took her to a Bible believing church as she was growing up. When she was 10 years old, she trusted in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She grew gradually as a believer, but it was not until she was in her late teens, that she began to grow in her desire to study the Bible, etc.After she graduated from high school, she started working as a secretary. After 5 years in the secretarial field of work, she felt the Lord was leading her to go to a Bible college to learn more about His Word. She quit her job and went to Shenandoah Bible College in Roanoke, Virginia for 1 year. Then she felt the Lord wanted her to continue on in her Bible education, so she transferred to Washington Bible College in Lanham, Maryland. While she was at WBC, she became involved with open air evangelism in the DC area, led by Open Air Campaigners. The more she participated in this ministry, she grew to love this type of missions work. During her senior year at WBC, she sought the Lord as to what He wanted her to do after graduation. She knew she wanted to use her secretarial skills with a missions organization…so she discovered that the OAC Baltimore/Washington branch desperately needed a secretary!So she moved to Baltimore and started an office for the 3 evangelists there. Fred Kornis was the Acting Director at that time. A year later, she transferred to the New Jersey/New York area to become the Secretary to the OAC National Director. After a year of service there, she moved back to Baltimore to get a job to help pay off her school debt. She then started working at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It was a good paying job with good benefits, but 7 years later the Lord was prompting her to go back into the ministry. As she read Fred and Barbara Kornis’ newsletters (who were presently in the Kansas City area), she sensed the urgent need of administrative help for Fred. So she moved out to Kansas in November 1988 to be his Administrative Assistant.
Since she has been serving in the Kansas City area, she has served alongside Fred Kornis, with Open Air Campaigners as well as Ambassadors for Christ International. Both mission agencies are wonderful organizations, in which they were blessed to be a part of.
Presently, she serves in an administrative role at the headquarters of Heartland International Ministries, which was founded by Fred Kornis. But during the last several years, the Lord has also given her another aspect of ministry along with her administrative work….which is the ministry of visitation to the shut-ins. She has discovered that these elderly and handicapped shut-in persons are a “forgotten people group” in the United States. Her desire is to reach out to these lonely people and show them the love of Jesus.
