Clay Evans (June 23, 1925 – November 27, 2019) was an African American Baptist pastor and founder of the influential Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, famous for its gospel music infused Sunday service and choir.
[2][3][4][5] He was a graduate of Carver High School, then he moved onto Chicago Baptist Institute for seminary education.
In 1965, Evans joined the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., to promote the civil rights movement in Chicago.
[4] Evans married Lutha Mae Hollingshed on October 15, 1946; they resided in Chicago, Illinois.
The last blues preacher: Reverend Clay Evans, black lives, and the faith that woke the nation.