Rogelio Mills

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Rogelio Mills is an accomplished U.S. television personality. He can be seen hosting his weekly inspirational/entertainment program, The Roger Mills Show is broadcast across the entire nation of Canada via the Vision Television Network. The show is also seen on the the i network's WPXD affiliate. As well, The Roger Mills Show is broadcast across the globe via satellite. Affiliates of The Roger Mills Show are affectionately referred to by the pastor as The Godly Network. He serves as pastor and is the founder of Sound Doctrine Church Fellowship of Michigan. In addition to his successful television program, Mills has also published several inspirational books through Triunity Publishing, including the blockbuster While Out of My Body I Saw God, Hell and the Living Dead, which was received with five star reviews on Amazon.com. [1]

Roger Shankle Mills

Born:
Occupation:	Talk show host
Website:	RogerMills.com

Contents 1 Popular Quotes 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Popular Quotes

• "Tough times don't last long, but tough people do."
• "We are lost without the cross."

[edit] Trivia

• Is a native of North Carolina.
• Original title of his television program was The Roger Mills Show in Video Strobe. In subsequent seasons, this would be shortened down to simply The Roger Mills Show as it is known today.
• Is longtime friends with fellow broadcasters Jack and Rexella Van Impe, who wrote the foreword to While Out of My Body I Saw God, Hell and the Living Dead.
• Affectionately refers to Tammy Faye Bakker Messner as "mom," a throwback to the days where he was mentored by her and her former husband while working at The PTL Club, the precursor to The Roger Mills Show.
• Under his current programs's format, the acronym P.T.L. most commonly stands for "Power That Lives."
• Produced his own documentary Decoding Da Vinci's Code to combat the controversial Dan Brown novel, The Da Vinci Code
• Christened “Detroit’s cable talk show host” by Melody Brooks of WJBK.
• Champions children's issues, taking the city of Detroit to task on his program for its high child mortality rates.
• In 1989, founded the Missing Children Project, which later became known as "The Roger Mills Show" Missing Children Project 1990, and resulted in an honor from former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer in 1996. As recent as 2006, once again he was honored for his courageous efforts to protect Detroit's most vulnerable citizens, which are Detroit's inner-city children. He received an honorary proclamation from the honorable Mayor of the city of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick.
• Thrown into the media spotlight during his trial against hip-hop artist Sean "Puffy" Combs after allegedly being assaulted by Combs' bodyguards following a 1999 radio interview where the personality asked Combs about any involvement in the murder of hip-hop artist Notorious B.I.G.. [2] Although a jury has ruled in favor of Combs, Mills hopes to bring his side of the story to public attention in his forthcoming tome, My Showdown in Motown! With P. Diddy. [3]
• In addition to his other talents, is also an inspirational songwriter, having penned tunes including "It's Been Too Long," a song to raise money for the homeless, and "Missing Children," the theme to The Roger Mills Show Missing Children Project.
• In 2001, received an honorary degree as a Doctor of Divinity from Faith Evangelistic Christian Schools Bible College and Seminary in Detroit, Michigan for his inspirational work on television.
• Is the recipient of an earned Masters degree in Christian Education, an earned Masters degree in Divinity, and an earned Doctor of Christian Education.
• Is currently working toward an earned Masters Degree in Communications from Spring Arbor University in Michigan.
• The most requested artist by viewers in the history of The Roger Mills Show is Usher, a good friend of the program whose music videos have been prominently featured during the course of the show.
• In 2004, celebrated a decade on the air with The Roger Mills Show at the premiere of Fox's hit film Taxi. At the red carpet to celebrate both occasions were Gisele Bündchen, Jimmy Fallon, and Queen Latifah herself, who all congratulated Mills on his decade of work.
• In 2006, Michigan governor, Jennifer Granholm appeared as a guest on his program, "The Roger Mills Show." She voiced her support of The Roger Mills Show Missing Children Project, which is in favor of stopping the plight of children in Detroit and the state of Michigan.
• Describes his interview with his cousin, R&B sensation Stephanie Mills as his most anticipated. Because he wanted to establish The Roger Mills Show on its own merits, he waited until the show's landmark 10th season for this particular interview.
• Broadway and Hollywood Actor, Kevin Carrol, a childhood friend of Mills, who has worked with the likes of Jennifer Aniston in (The Object of My Affection, 1998), as well as John Malkovich, John Cusack and Cameron Diaz in (Being John Malkovich, 1999), has accredited Mills with giving him his first acting lessons.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Roger Mills Show official website
• Sound Doctrine Church Fellowship of Michigan