Michael Rogers explains,

I accepted Jesus Christ in 1979 and entered the Baptist Denomination where I served the Lord for eighteen years. I was trained very well in the study of God’s Word and I have always hungered for truth no matter what the topic. I found myself some years later in the Pentecostal church where I served as an elder for many years. I answered God’s call on my life and after finishing bible college I started a church in Bellefontaine Ohio. While I was under my former pastor we would often sit in his office and discuss the may topics of Scripture that the church struggled with, such as eternal security, tithing, etc. One day he asked me what I believed concerning the Rapture. My response was simple, I believed in the Rapture and believed it could occur at any moment. I had never heard of the prewrath rapture position nor of the authors who have written on the subject. My pastor, instead of enlightening me on the subject challenged me to study the topic out starting with Matthew 24. At the time I did not know he was a prewrath advocate. I took the challenge and spent a year searching the subject out using Matthew 24 as my spring board. It wasn’t long before I connected all the dots and what I found both excited me and scared me. I was afraid to share my findings with my pastor for fear I would be rejected. But, I entered his office one day and told him I had concluded my study and shared with him my new found belief. I explained to him that I saw the Rapture as “Prewrath” and that the church would enter Daniel’s 70th week and suffer persecution by Antichrist after which the church would be raptured. Without saying a word he just smiled at me, got up from his chair, pulled a book from his book case and handed it to me. It was the Prewrath Rapture of the Church by Marvin Rosenthal. I was shocked that not only did the doctrine exist but books existed on the subject. I took the book and read it through two times. Though my findings was vague in comparison to Marvin Rosenthal’s book my study matched his exactly. This confirmed that I had discovered truth. That was eight years ago, and I have been studying the prewrath rapture ever since and teaching it wherever I can. At this time I am not pastoring a church and I am finding it difficult to get the message out. I fear that the churches lethargic attitude concerning the Second Coming of Jesus is only setting the church up for the Apostasy. Pray with me and for me as I want to do my part to get the truth of God’s Word out. If there is anything I can do to be apart of this movement please let me know.