Donald Eugene Evans

Background

Evans, Donald Eugene was born on August 28, 1934 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Son of John Junior and Freeda Christine (Peterson) Evans.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northwest Missouri State University, 1959; Master of Religious Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1968; Doctor of Ministries, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, San Francisco, 1982-1987.

Career

Pastor, Worthington (Missouri) Baptist Church, 1953-1955; pastor, Hamilton St. Baptist Church, Kirksville, Missouri, 1955-1957; campus minister, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 1957-1965; minister of youth, First Baptist Church, Natchitoches, Louisiana minister of youth, First Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri, 1971-1972; pastor, Novinger (Missouri) Baptist Church, 1972-1978; director of missions, Kirksville Division, 1978-1981; rural-urban director, Missouri Baptist Convention, since 1981. Missouri representative governor's Council on Infant Mortality and Disease, Washington, since 1987. Small Church Task Force Missouri Baptist Convention, Jefferson City, 1988.

Achievements

• Donald Eugene Evans has been listed as a noteworthy minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Missouri Director of Missions, Rural-Farm Crisis Council, Junior Chamber of C. (Spoke award 1964), Rotary. Lodges: Rotary International.

Interests

• Avocations: documentary video film.

Connections

Married Leilla Azelene Kelley, May 28, 1957. Children: David, Douglas.

Father:

John Evans Junior

Mother:

Freeda Christine (Peterson) Evans

Spouse:

Leilla Azelene Kelley

child:

David Evans

child:

Douglas Evans