DR. TONY EVANS STEPS AWAY FROM PASTORATE OF CHURCH DUE TO SIN
DR. TONY EVANS STEPS AWAY FROM BEING PASTOR OF THE OAK CLIFF BIBLE CHURCH IN DALLAS, TEXAS, WHERE HE HAS PASTORED FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS BECAUSE OF SIN HE COMMITTED YEARS AGO. HE IS ENTERING NOW INTO A “TIME OF SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND HEALING” AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORSHIP AT THE CHURCH HE PASTORED FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF BLACKCHRISTIANNEWS.COM, SAYS, DR. TONY EVANS IS ONE OF THE FEW PASTORS IN EVANGELICALISM WHO TRULY FEARS GOD, SERVES JESUS CHRIST, RESPECTS THE WORD OF GOD, AND IS THE MEEKEST MAN IN THE WORLD TODAY IN THE SIMILITUDE OF MOSES. NO MAN, BLACK OR WHITE, HAS DONE MORE TO TRY TO SAVE “EVANGELICALISM” FROM HERSELF, SAVE AMERICA FROM DESTRUCTION, AND QUIETLY HELP OTHER PASTORS AND PREACHERS ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION FOR GOD ALMIGHTY AND JESUS CHRIST THAN DR. TONY EVANS. PRAY FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS MINISTRY. HE WILL BE ALL RIGHT AND WILL BE BACK ON THE FIRING LINE SOON IF IT BE GOD’S WILL. THE QUESTION IS, ARE THE REST OF YOU EVANGELICAL AND CHRISTIAN PASTORS ALL RIGHT? AND THE ANSWER IS NO! IF THIS GOOD, HUMBLE, MEEK, GODLY MAN WILL ADMIT HE DID SOMETHING WRONG YEARS AGO ON HIS OWN AND STEP ASIDE, WHYTE IS CALLING ON OTHER PASTORS SUCH AS T.D. JAKES, WHO CHOSE NOT TO STAY “ABOVE REPROACH” IN DEALING WITH A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN — SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS — FOR “FILTHY LUCRE” SAKE AND WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED NOT JUST BY THE WORLD BUT BY PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH OF BEING A “POWER BOTTOM” HOMOSEXUAL, AND ABOUT 49 PERCENT OF OTHER PASTORS IN THIS COUNTRY TO “GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE” AND RESIGN OR STEP ASIDE FROM THE MINISTRY FOR A WHILE FOR THE SINS THEY HAVE COMMITTED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF DR. TONY EVANS. WHYTE IS ALSO CALLING UPON SO-CALLED “EVANGELICAL” LEADERS AND SO-CALLED “CHRISTIAN” LEADERS, BOTH WHITE AND BLACK, SUCH AS FRANKLIN GRAHAM, AL SHARPTON, PASTOR ROBERT JEFFRIES, JESSE JACKSON, GREG LAURIE, FREDDIE HAYNES, JACK GRAHAM, VAN MOODY, JOHN MACARTHUR, DARRELL SCOTT, DAVID JEREMIAH, MARVIN WINANS, JENTEZEN FRANKLIN, JAMAL BRYANT, JOHN HAGEE, E. DEWEY SMITH, ANTHONY GEORGE, DWIGHT MCKISSIC AND OTHERS TO STEP UP, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MESS IN AMERICA, AND APOLOGIZE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR LEADING THIS COUNTRY TO THE WORSE HELL-HOLE SITUATION THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER BEEN IN BY NOT OBEYING JESUS CHRIST, WHO GAVE ALL CHRISTIAN PREACHERS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT AND THE GREAT COMMISSION. BY FAILING TO OBEY THE GREAT COMMISSION, THE GREAT COMMANDMENT, AND THE PLAIN TEACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD, THESE PREACHERS AND OTHERS ARE NOW DEPENDING ON POLITICS AND POLITICIANS TO SAVE AMERICA BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO POWER WITH GOD BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO PRAY AS GOD HAS COMMANDED THEM TO DO LIKE THE APOSTLES WHO SAID “WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER AND THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD.” WHYTE SAYS AMERICA WILL NOT BE SAVED BY JOE BIDEN OR DONALD TRUMP; SHE CAN ONLY BE SAVED THROUGH AN OBEDIENT, PRAYING, AND SOUL-WINNING CHURCH.
DALLAS (BP) – In a statement posted on the Oak Cliff Bible Church website, church leaders have announced that Senior Pastor Tony Evans has stepped away from his staff role at the church due to falling “short of the high standards of [S]cripture.” Leaders say the “difficult decision” was made with tremendous prayer and after multiple meetings with Evans and church elders.
“The elder board is obligated to govern the church in accordance with the [S]criptures,” said a statement on the church’s website. “Dr. Evans and the elders agree that when any elder or pastor falls short of the high standards of scripture, the elders are responsible for providing accountability and maintaining integrity in the church.”
Evans, who has served at the church for 48 years, wrote a letter to members stating the reason for the decision happened “a number of years ago.”
“While I have committed no crime, I did not use righteous judgment in my actions,” he wrote. “In light of this, I am stepping away from my pastoral duties and am submitting to a healing and restoration process established by the elders. This will afford me a needed time of spiritual recovery and healing.
“The foundation of our ministry has always been our commitment to the Word of God as the absolute supreme standard of truth to which we are to conform our lives. When we fall short of that standard due to sin, we are required to repent and restore our relationship with God. A number of years ago, I fell short of that standard.
“I am, therefore, required to apply the same biblical standard of repentance and restoration to myself that I have applied to others. I have shared this with my wife, my children, and our church elders, and they have lovingly placed their arms of grace around me.”
Further details related to the case were not released. Evans says he intends to continue to worship at Oak Cliff during the process.
“I have never loved you more than I love you right now, and I’m trusting God to walk me through this valley. Thank you for your love, prayers, support, and forgiveness as I continue my spiritual healing journey. As we walk this journey together, keep your eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,” Evans said.