Rev. Clay Evans

Rev. Clay Evans
"I've Got A Testimony"
The Rev. Clay Evans, son of A. Henry and Estanualy Evans, was born on June 23, 1925, in Brownsville, Tennessee. This radio and television minister who reaches more than ten states each week, is happily married to Lutha Mae Hollingshed and they are the proud parents of five children.

Ordained as a Baptist Minister in 1950, this illustrious founder and Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, for Forty-two years, is an alumnus of Carver High School, Brownsville, Tn., Chicago Baptsit Institute, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, University of Chicago Divinity School, Cortex Peters Business College, Trinity College and the International Bible Institute and Seminary, from which he received Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Brewster Theological Clinic and School of Religion.

The Rev. Clay Evans has been responsible for helping to launch the minsiterial careers of eighty-one persons including on one female minister and one adopted daughter: A leader in the Civil Rights since 1965, he was the founding National Board Chairman of Operation PUSH for five years (1971-1976) and currently serves as National Board Chairman Emeritus: July 1988, appointed as a member on the International Committee of Reference for New Life 2000 sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, and is a featured soloist on numerous albums of hte 250 voice choir Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

An autobiographical book "From Plough Handle to Pulpit - "Man With A Mission" was published in 1982 and sold thousands.

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church located on Fellowship Square, 45th Place and princeton Avenue and affectionately referred to as "The Ship" gives God the praise.

Reverend Clay Evans, a man of faith, a man on a mission emphatically believes "It is No Secret What God Can Do".

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