Pastor Tony Evans Steps Down

[Matthew6:33]

Tony Evans Pausing Ministry over Unnamed ‘Sin’​

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Pastor Tony Evans of the Dallas megachurch Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship has announced that he’s stepping away from public ministry on account of sins he committed years ago, sharing in part on his church’s website:
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“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.”
…While I have committed no crime, I did not use righteous judgment in my actions. 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”​

With nary a hint to congregants or ministry supporters of what this entailed- did he engage in an adulterous sexual affair, cheat on his old wife with his new one, get filmed being a bully with anger problems, or pull a Matt Chandler and joke coarsely about alcohol with a woman he wasn’t familiar with- those answers do not seem forthcoming. For all we know he’s pulling a “Johnny Hunt” who famously argued that his own romantic entanglements with his non-wife were no one’s business but his own.

However, the most disappointing part of the announcement is not that it happened at all but that it took so long. Despite being a significant author and highly influential in evangelical circles, Evans should have been disqualified long ago for his numerous theological crimes, much less personal foibles.

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[Matthew6:33]

I like Tony Evans and I used to listen to him often. He was one of the better evangelical teachers that you could hear on the radio. As time went by and I started hearing some of his strange unbiblical doctrine such as transdispensationalism, inclusivism, pelagianism (the denial of original sin), I started to getting an uneasy feeling in my spirit so I stopped listening to him.

It is sad to say but this was probably a long time coming.

That God straightens him out like only He can do.

 

[Ronnie]

May the will of the Lord be done! Father we ask that the Holy Spirit step in to protect your glory and bring order, love and yielding to the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name.Amen.

 

[Hol]

I like Tony Evans and I used to listen to him often. He was one of the better evangelical teachers that you could hear on the radio. As time went by and I started hearing some of his strange unbiblical doctrine such as transdispensationalism, inclusivism, pelagianism (the denial of original sin), I started to getting an uneasy feeling in my spirit so I stopped listening to him.

It is sad to say but this was probably a long time coming.

That God straightens him out like only He can do.

I've listened to him several times and God used him to really help me through a tough trial

 

[mattfivefour]

I do not believe that any time a man of God, even a well-known man of God, is caught up in sin we should rejoice, or smirk, or criticize in any way. We should be horrified for his sake, and immediately go to prayer for him. We need to remember who WE are: we are no better than they, and they are no worse than we are at heart. Galatians 6:1 tells us when a brother is overcome in a sin, we are to restore him with gentleness, considering ourselves for we also are prey to temptation and also can fall.

The ministry of Tony Evans has helped countless people, a few of whom I know. I may not be a fan of his, but I will not allow Satan to place me as an enemy of his. He is a brother; he deserves my love and my compassion, not my condemnation or my judgment. Judgment is God's work; mine is to love and pray. So I pray for him, and I also pray for those who have sat under his ministry ... that their faith in Christ may not be shaken by their pastor's weakness and sin.

 

[Andiamo]

Have never watched him much but I was happy for him when he got remarried. May he be refined by this.

 

[Batman]

It do not believe that anytime a man of God, even a well-known man of God, is caught up in sin we should rejoice, or smirk, or criticize in any way. We should be horrified for his sake, and immediately go to prayer for him. We need to remember who WE are: we are no better than they, and they are no worse than we are at heart. Galatians 6:1 tells us when a brother is overcome in a sin, we are to restore him with gentleness, considering ourselves for we also are prey to temptation and also can fall.

The ministry of Tony Evans has helped countless people, a few of whom I know. I may not be a fan of his, but I will not allow Satan to place me as an enemy of his. He is a brother; he deserves my love and my compassion, not my condemnation or my judgment. Judgment is God's work; mine is to love and pray. So I pray for him, and I also pray for those who have sat under his ministry ... that they their faith in Christ may not be shaken by their pastor's weakness and sin.

I agree. We all have massive planks in our eyes and most of us are not pastors with the higher level of accounting on this side.

 

[Andy C]

I have never read anything of his, or heard any of his sermons, but I will keep him in my prayers.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I like listening to him on the radio.

 

[mattfivefour]

Between 2008 and 2010 I used to listen to him a lot when traveling.

 

[Ronnie]

I have a book authored by him on spiritual warfare.

 

[Cheeky200386]

I wish more pastors were willing to step down and admit they are struggling with sins like him. I’ve never listened to him but I respect his decision to step down.

 

[Margery]

Poor guy. Did the right thing.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Tony Evans' son describes 'punch to the gut' moment he learned father would be 'stepping away' from ministry​

Jonathan Evans, son of Pastor Tony Evans, has opened up about the moment he learned his father would be stepping away from the pulpit due to an undisclosed sin, describing it as a “punch to the gut.”

Evans, who serves as an associate pastor at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (OCBF), recently shared a video reflecting on the shock he felt earlier this year after learning his father, who led the 11,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas, would be stepping away from his pastoral duties for a season of restoration "due to sin,” which has yet to be publicly revealed.

“It was a shock to us … he told us that he’s going to take a step back from ministry, go to a time of healing and restoration — a time that he needs,” Jonathan said. “We’re all praying for his restoration, recovery, and for him to be fully back doing what he loves to do and what he’s called to do.

“People have been asking me all week, 'how do you feel'? Let me tell you, I feel like we've already won. I feel like we're on offense, not defense. I feel like we already have victory. I feel like His Word is true. I feel like He's going to finish the work that He started. I feel like, if it's not good yet, God's not done yet. I feel like all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purposes. I feel like just because it's a shock to you, doesn't mean it's a shock to Him,” he added.

“I feel like we have already won. And so, I have to go not based on just the circumstances, but based on the reality of the Savior, because His Word is true. So what are we going to do? We [are] going to play offense. We're going to go and do and be what God has called us to go and do and be. And when he returns, when my dad returns, when that time comes, we going to celebrate a victory we already knew beforehand that we had.”

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Tony Evans' son describes 'punch to the gut' moment he learned father would be 'stepping away' from ministry

Jonathan Evans, son of Pastor Tony Evans, has opened up about the moment he learned his father would be stepping away from the pulpit due to an undisclosed sin, describing it as a punch to the gut

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