After 48 years and plenty of worship companies, Dr. Tony Evans of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in South Dallas introduced to his congregation on Sunday that he’s stepping away from his pastoral duties.
Dr. Evans, the primary Black individual to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, based the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in 1976 alongside together with his good friend Rev. Crawford Loritts.
On the time, that they had solely 10 members and held companies in Evans’s residence together with his late spouse, Lois. Since then, the church has garnered over 10,000 congregants and has 100-plus ministries.
“The muse of our ministry has at all times been our dedication to the Phrase of God as absolutely the supreme commonplace of reality to which we’re to adapt our lives,” Evans mentioned in a launched assertion.
“After we fall in need of that commonplace as a result of sin, we’re required to repent and restore our relationship with God. Various years in the past, I fell in need of that commonplace. I’m, subsequently, required to use the identical biblical commonplace of repentance and restoration to myself that I’ve utilized to others.”
Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship officers mentioned they made a troublesome choice after a lot prayer and a number of other conferences with Dr. Evans and the church elders.
“The elder board is dedicated to main the church in step with the teachings of the scriptures,” the church acknowledged.
“Dr. Evans and the elders agree that it is the elders’ accountability to carry any elder or pastor accountable if they do not meet the excessive requirements of the scripture, and to make sure that the church maintains its integrity.”
Evans shared that transferring ahead, Pastor Bobby Gibson and the elders will present extra info relating to interim management and the subsequent steps for the way forward for their church.
