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Tony Evans
Dr. Anthony T. Evans (born September 10, 1949) is an American evangelical pastor, author, and speaker.
Works on this site: 2011.
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In their own words
You can't pray very long in an unrighteous condition without God taking you to the real issue, your heart.
Tony Evans· "Effective Prayer" (blog post, TonyEvans.org), 2026Evangelical
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
The groaning of a mother in labor is both bad and good news. The bad news is that this is going to hurt. The good news is that something is going to happen.
Tony Evans· "The Language of Prayer" (blog post, TonyEvans.org), 2026Evangelical
Romans 8:22–23 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
The connection between verses 27 and 28 is this: Those for whom God is causing all things to work together for good are the ones for whom the Spirit is interceding according to God's will.
Tony Evans· "Prayer and God's Will" (blog post, TonyEvans.org), 2026Evangelical
Romans 8:26–28 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep…
About this voice
Dr. Anthony T. Evans (born September 10, 1949) is an American evangelical pastor, author, and speaker. He founded Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (Dallas, TX) in 1976 with 10 members meeting in his home; the church has grown to a multi-thousand-member congregation. He earned his Th.M. (1976) and Th.D. (1982) from Dallas Theological Seminary — the first African-American to earn a doctorate of theology from DTS. He is the founder of The Urban Alternative (urban ministry network), a longtime DTS adjunct in evangelism, homiletics, and Black-church studies, and one of the most respected African-American evangelical voices of his generation. His book catalog is substantial (50+ titles). In June 2024, Evans stepped down from Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship's senior pastorate due to a publicly-acknowledged but unnamed past sin — the church and Evans's family have framed this with substantial transparency while preserving privacy on specifics. The MannaFest registry holds this transparently per Rule 9 — Evans's substantive teaching contribution to evangelical theology is real; the 2024 step-down is part of the public record.
3 works
What this site reads them for
| The work | Year | Quoted here |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Agenda: Life Under GodEvans's signature framework articulation; the Kingdom Agenda is the load-bearing concept across his catalog. | Not quoted here yet | |
| Kingdom Man / Kingdom Woman / Kingdom Marriage / Kingdom FamilyEvans's family-discipleship articulation through the kingdom-framework lens; widely circulated in evangelical men's-and-women's ministry contexts. | Not quoted here yet | |
| Oneness Embraced: Reconciliation, the Kingdom, and How We Are Stronger TogetherEvans's articulation of biblical racial-reconciliation theology; foundational for his Kingdom Race Theology development. | 2011 | Not quoted here yet |
Where to find them
3 quotations across 2 books