Jonathan Evans, who serves as an associate pastor at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (OCBF), recently shared a video reflecting on his father, Dr. Tony Evans, taking a step back from ministry.
Jonathan is a former pro-football player who was a practice squad player on several NFL teams, including the Dallas Cowboys (2005). He now serves as team chaplain for the Cowboys.
On Sunday, June 9, Dr. Tony Evans released a statement explaining that he would be “stepping away” from his pastoral duties due to an unnamed sin that he committed “a number of years ago.”
Evans’ son, who also assists his father in teaching, preaching, training, and pastoral care at OCBF, said that his father’s abrupt removal from ministry shocked a lot of people, including his family.
“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.”
Jonathan described the news of his father’s step back from ministry as a “sharp change” for him personally. And just as he had recalibrated his life to a new normal following the death of his mother in 2019, Jonathan said, the news of his father caused him to do so again.
“He has been doing [ministry] since I was born, so I don’t know anything different,” said Jonathan.
Jonathan’s emotions drew him to a short study in Psalms 46. He encouraged viewers that if they are going through a resetting period, “God is our refuge and strength, our very present help in time of trouble.”
RELATED: Dr. Tony Evans’ Son Talks of Father’s Return, Was Told ‘No More, No Less’ About Evans’ Unnamed ‘Sin’
“So I need you to understand that God is with you. He’s with you, even though you don’t feel like he’s with you,” Jonathan said.
, recently shared a video reflecting on his father, Dr. Tony Evans, taking a step back from ministry.){kind=link}