Rev. Clay Evans

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The Reverend Clay Evans, son of A. Henry and Estanualy Evans, was born on June 23, 1925, in Brownsville, Tennessee. Ordained as a Baptist Minister in 1950, this illustrious founder and Pastor of The Fellowship Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, is an alumnus of Carver High School in Brownsville, Tennessee, Chicago Baptist Institute, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, University of Chicago Divinity School, Cortex Peters Business College, Trinity College and the International Bible Institute and Seminary. Pastor Evans received Honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Brewster Theological Clinic and School of Religion.

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

Rev. 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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