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Pastor Tony Evans and his fiancee Carla Crummie, Sept 10, 2023.<\/span> | Screenshot: YouTube\/Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pastor Tony Evans announced his engagement to Carla Crummie on Sunday, four years after the death of his wife, Lois Evans.<\/p>\n

During a celebration service for Evans\u2019 74th birthday at his church, the senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0in Dallas was joined on stage by his four children to make the exciting announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evans’ late wife, Lois<\/a>, whom he was married for nearly five decades, died Dec. 30, 2019, after battling biliary cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I come up to the fourth year of the loss of Lois, my wife of 49-and-a-half-years, it is a tender time. There are reminders everywhere of her life and her influence on me, my family, and this ministry,\u201d Evans told his church<\/a> on Sunday in a video shared online Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The respected church leader made the announcement surrounded by his children, Priscilla Shirer, Jonathan Evans, Anthony Evans Jr. and Crystal Evans Hurst, standing by his side in solidarity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a very close family,\u201d Evans said, \u201cand all that has happened in my life, family, church, Urban Alternative<\/a>, books, tapes, everything, has been defined by [Lois], so we\u2019ve had over these four years the ups and downs and the roller coaster of emotions, sometimes high, sometimes low, but it comes with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evans thanked his congregation for grieving with him and his family through it all. The minister acknowledged that Lois\u2019 loss was \u201coutside of our hands. We had to put it in the hands of a sovereign God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I worked through the ups and downs of singlehood, God in His sovereignty has brought someone into my life,\u201d Evans told the congregation as they erupted in cheers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis someone has traveled this similar road,\u201d Evans explained. “Carla Crummie and her husband were on their way to Lois\u2019 funeral when \u201cher husband died.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019ve tried to share the ups and downs of my life with you,\u201d Evans continued, \u201cI wanted to share this and give you the opportunity to meet my new fianc\u00e9e, Miss Carla Crummie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The church gave the pastor a standing ovation, but he redirected the congregation to be respectful to those who were still grieving the loss of his wife.<\/p>\n