Roger was ordained to the ministry of the Gospel on May 17, 1963. After serving Baptist Churches in Colorado and California, he was received into the Reformed Church of the U.S in April of 1968, where he served churches in South Dakota and Colorado. In 1980 he was received into the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and served as pastor of Knox Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 2001. Since that time he served mission works in Wisconsin and Texas. He is presently serving as an evangelist for the Presbytery of the Midwest of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church charged with starting Orthodox Presbyterian Churches in Minnesota. He and his wife have been married for 45 years. They have five children, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. They live in Garrison, Minnesota.