Rev. James H. Evans, Jr., Ph.D., Litt.D., C’68
Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, and Senior Pastor, St. Luke Tabernacle Community Church.
Dr. James H. Evans, Jr., President of Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary from 1990 to 2000, is a pastor, educator, and scholar. Son of a Baptist minister, Dr. Evans is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of the Cranbrook School and the University of Michigan. He is currently the Robert K. Davies Professor of Systematic Theology at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and Founding Pastor of the St. Luke Tabernacle Community Church in Rochester, New York.
Following college, he received a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and completed his Doctorate at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In the city, he served as associate pastor of the Chambers Memorial Baptist Church. In 1979 he was appointed to the position of Instructor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York.
A year later, he accepted the position as a full-time professor at the Divinity School. He was named Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies and, in 1989, was made Dean of the Program of Black Church Studies. In August of1990, he became President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He holds an honorary doctorate from Colgate University.
Dr. Evans is the author of numerous articles and five books: Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living; We Shall All Be Changed: Social Problems and Theological Renewal; We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic Theology; Black Theology: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography; and Spiritual Empowerment in Afro-American Literature. Co-editor of Modern Christian Thought, Volume II, Second Edition, Dr. Evans authored a three-act play, Swamp Angel.
Dr. Evans is married to Dr. Linda Hickmon Evans, and is the father of three children: James, Jamila, and Jumaane, and grandfather of four: Christian James, Jayla Symone, Jayden Valentina, and Josiah Beau.
Dr. Evans was one of the first HUB Scholars at Cranbrook Schools. He graduated in 1968, and in 1991-92, received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Following college, he received a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School and completed his Doctorate at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In the city, he served as associate pastor of the Chambers Memorial Baptist Church. In 1979 he was appointed to the position of Instructor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York.
A year later, he accepted the position as a full-time professor at the Divinity School. He was named Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies and, in 1989, was made Dean of the Program of Black Church Studies. In August of1990, he became President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He holds an honorary doctorate from Colgate University.
Dr. Evans is the author of numerous articles and five books: Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living; We Shall All Be Changed: Social Problems and Theological Renewal; We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic Theology; Black Theology: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography; and Spiritual Empowerment in Afro-American Literature. Co-editor of Modern Christian Thought, Volume II, Second Edition, Dr. Evans authored a three-act play, Swamp Angel.
Dr. Evans is married to Dr. Linda Hickmon Evans, and is the father of three children: James, Jamila, and Jumaane, and grandfather of four: Christian James, Jayla Symone, Jayden Valentina, and Josiah Beau.
Dr. Evans was one of the first HUB Scholars at Cranbrook Schools. He graduated in 1968, and in 1991-92, received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
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