Non-Denominational Evangelical · Modern Evangelical

Anthony Tyrone Evans

September 10, 1949 – present

Senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas since 1976 and founder of The Urban Alternative. The first African American to earn a doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Tradition

Non-Denominational Evangelical

Era

Modern Evangelical

Preserved Sermons

1,200+

Biography

Anthony Tyrone Evans was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and converted at age ten in his bedroom after a friend explained the gospel. He attended Carver Bible College, then Dallas Theological Seminary, where he became the first African American to earn a Th.D. from that institution. In 1976 he and his wife Lois planted a ten-person Bible study in their living room that grew into Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship — now a 10,000-member congregation in Dallas. In 1981 he founded The Urban Alternative, a national ministry that broadcasts his daily teaching program The Alternative on more than 1,400 outlets in over 130 countries. Evans is the author of more than 125 books and Bible studies including the Tony Evans Bible Commentary and the CSB Tony Evans Study Bible. He served as chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys for over thirty years and for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Evans's preaching is known for systematically applying a 'Kingdom Agenda' — a framework that argues the church's primary task is to advance God's rule across the spheres of personal life, family, church, and society.

Legacy

Evans's 'Kingdom Agenda' framework has shaped both his preaching and a generation of African American evangelical pastoral leadership. He has been one of the leading voices for biblical engagement on race, justice, and the gospel in modern evangelicalism. The Urban Alternative continues to publish his sermons, devotionals, and Bible studies freely online.

Notable Sermons

Copyright & Usage

All sermons by Tony Evans remain copyrighted by The Urban Alternative. The archive below links to the official ministry site where sermons, devotionals, and Bible studies are freely accessible for personal study but not redistribution.

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