Anthony Tyrone "Tony" Evans Sr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American evangelical pastor, speaker, author, and widely syndicated radio and television broadcaster.

Recorded in a tiny studio on the seminary campus, Evans spent the next few years faithfully preaching into a microphone for a crowd unseen in Houston.

Under the leadership of Lois Evans, Senior Vice-President of TUA, the radio ministry grew nationally and internationally.

[1][2] He also founded The Urban Alternative, a national organization that seeks to restore hope and transform lives through the proclamation and the application of the Word of God.

He taught evangelism, homiletics, and black church studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, and serves on its Board of Incorporate Members.

Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American.

In June 2024, Evans resigned as senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship due to an unnamed sin he committed many years ago.

His daughter Priscilla Shirer is a New York Times Best-Selling Author, Christian speaker, and founder of Going Beyond Ministries.

[11] In June 2024, Evans announced he was stepping back from his ministry due to sin he committed years ago.