Andre M. Rogers is the founder and pastor of Church of the Open Door in Columbia, South Carolina. He also serves as the Director of Pastoral Ministries at Columbia International University. Andre has been a church planting consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and Columbia Metro Baptist Association for the past seven years and has taught and led workshops and seminars in the area of church planting. He has also helped to plant churches in Mali, West Africa and Brazil. Andre holds a Bachelors degree from Columbia International University, a Master of Theology in Pastoral Leadership from Dallas Theological Seminary and is a Doctoral Candidate at Columbia International Seminary. Andre is married to Sylvia and they have two daughters Adreanna and Savannah.