Many may be familiar with Dr. Tony Evans through his radio program, "The Alternative View," which now reaches people in over 130 nations on more than 1,000 radio outlets. In 1985, however, as he was starting his radio ministry, a number of major Christian radio station managers told him there was no place for blacks in the general Christian broadcast media because his presence "would offend their white listeners." Evans was the first African-American to earn a doctoral degree from Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS). As a seminary student, he was told that he was not welcome to worship at a prominent Bible church in Dallas. Since then, Evans has taught evangelism, homiletics, and black church studies at DTS. His church, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, where he has been senior pastor for more than 35 years, now has close to 10,000 congregants and more than 100 ministries. Read more at christianpost/news/a-call-to-oneness-100485/#yLbRyz4Mo5vEw75m.99
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:14:02 +0000
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