Priscilla Shirer speaks at the funeral service for her mother, Lois Evans, on January 6, 2020. | YouTube
Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer has urged believers to join her in prayer after a teenage member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, led by her father, Pastor Tony Evans, was fatally shot.
In a tweet that was later shared by Evans, Shirer, head of Going Beyond Ministries, revealed that 17-year-old Tony Evans Jr. who she clarified was not related to her was killed on Sunday.
“Family, would you please pray for the family of @TonyEvansJr1 a talented 17-year-old athlete who was a member of our church. He was killed this past Sunday. He had a promising future at the University of Wyoming this fall. I can only imagine this devastation for his parents. Jesus, mercy,” she wrote.
January 7, 2021
It’s hard to put into words exactly what went down during Wednesday’s mass chaos in Washington D.C., an attempted insurrection incited by the President against sitting lawmakers that left one woman dead after being shot by Capitol police and three others dead from medical emergencies. The word “unprecedented” gets thrown around a lot but it is hard to think of an American comparison here. The buildup to this moment has been long and, of course, predicted but nevertheless, the State of the Union is fragile.
Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum weighed in with their thoughts, which were unusually relevant to the situation. The people who stormed the Capitol building did so with “JESUS 2020” signs, “In God We Trust” banners and one enormous cross. It was a Christian Nationalist endeavor from bottom to top, a violent mob adorned in a pop Christian aesthetic. Christians have a responsibility to speak up against a violent m