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Louis Evans,Jr. was the son of Louis H. Evans, Sr., pastor of 1st Presbyterian Hollywood. Louis, Jr. was the Organizing Pastor of Bel Air Church in Bel Air, California which started in his home in April 1956.

Louis Evans Jr.'s ministry was influenced by Henrietta Mears who was the Christian Education Director of 1st Presbyterian Hollywood. Mears led several of Louis Evans Jr. friends to evangelism and ministry including Bill Bright, and Richard Halvorsen.[1]

Louis started the Hollywood Christian Group in 1949 in the home of Henrietta Mears.[2] Original Hollywood Christian Group participants included Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Billy Graham, Colleen Townsend Evans, Jane Russell, Stuart Hamblen, Ronald Reagan [3]and many others, in the living room of Henrietta Mears home, The group was chaplained by J. Edwin Orr from 1949-1951.[4]

He spoke regularly at Billy Graham's early crusades.[5]

References

  1. ^ "It's The Life That Wins | Henrietta Mears". www.henriettamears.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. ^ "Fuller Seminary: The Original Five". www.seekgod.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  3. ^ Turner, John G. (2009-11-30). Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ: The Renewal of Evangelicalism in Postwar America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807889107.
  4. ^ "Fuller Seminary: The Original Five". www.seekgod.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  5. ^ http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/017.htm#602
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