Patrick Louis Evans is a native Chicagoan. He is the eldest of three to the union of Bobby and Barbara Evans. Rev. Evans is a disabled veteran who served in the United States Army. He completed this time at Fort Louis Washington in 1989. Shortly after his departure from the Army, in that same year Rev. Evans received his calling to preach the gospel under the leadership of Dr. E.F. Ledbetter, Jr., where he served faithfully until he began pastoring with Dr. Ledbetter's blessing. 

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Rev. Evans was called to pastor Universal Christian Center LCM Church in 2001, located in Lansing, IL; he joined the Children's Hunger Fund, a program geared towards helping less fortunate families while they were facing difficult times. He organized the Boys to Men Mentoring Ministry and 2nd Chance Ministries. Rev. Evans also partnered with Ingles Medical Center to help provide workshops and testing for those in the community. He served as pastor from 2001 to 2019. While serving as pastor, he felt the need to pursue higher learning at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. where he achieved Bachelors Degree in Crisis Counseling, Nonprofit and Pastoral Leadership, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

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After graduating in 2019 he relocated to North Carolina where he joined Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winston Salem under the leadership of Dr. John Mendez. Taking the advice if his mentor Dr. Mendez, Rev. Evans enrolled at Wake Forest School of Divinity. There he received his M.Div. graduating Cum Laude class of 2022. He served as President of AKONI (Black Student Body) from 2021-2022.

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Rev. Evans is the husband of Kathryn Lynette; they have two children, Nikkos Raymon (Imani Jasmin), and Nikole Rae, 2 take in children: Michael Harris and Brittany Walker and 2 grandchildren: Michael and Traci.

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"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him...."

1 Corinthians 2:9