Tony Evans’s son says church will go on offense as father continues restoration

Jonathan Evans, son of Pastor Tony Evans, supported his father in a recent message at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. Tony Evans, who founded the church, stepped down from ministry because of an unspecified sin he committed a “number of years ago,” saying he was going to enter “a healing and restoration process established by the elders.”

“My dad has been there for all of my challenges,” Jonathan he told the congregation. ” “He’s been there for a lot of y’all’s challenges. Whether it’s counseling, preaching, radio, some of y’all’s YouTube, whatever medium has been, he’s been there. So it’s an honor for me to return the favor.”

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He said he has been asked several times about how he has felt since his father stepped down.

“Let me tell you, I feel like we’ve already won,” he said. “I feel like we’re on offense, not defense. I feel like we already have victory. I feel like God’s 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. 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, it doesn’t mean it’s a shock to him.”

The pastor’s son asserted that the church will “celebrate a victory” when his father returns to the pulpit.

“And so, what are we going to do?” he asked. “We’re gonna play offense. We’re gonna 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 gonna celebrate a victory we already knew beforehand that we had.”

When it came to his father’s sin, Jonathan said Evans told his family the “exact same thing he told you. No more. No less.”

In his statement, Evans said that throughout this season of restoration and healing, he will be “a worshiper” with the rest of the congregants and looks “forward to seeing all that God is going to continue doing to make his name great as we continue to build kingdom disciples, who function as kingdom servants, in order to make a kingdom impact as God]advances his kingdom agenda at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.”

–Alan Goforth | Metro Voice