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Louis Hadley Evans,Jr. was born June 20, 1926. He died at the age of 82, on Oct. 29, 2008 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Diseas Louis Evans, Jr. was getting ready to enter Fuller Theological studies when a young man by the name of Ralph Hamburger, who the guys referred to as “Cheesy” joined the college group. He was partly Jewish and had survived WWII through the Dutch underground. Ralph’s deep hatred of the Natzi’s after watching hundreds of people being carried away by the Natzi’s, and then later working in the underground of Holland, helping Jews escape persecution, challenged his growing faith in Christ. While at Forest Home retreat Ralph was transformed and healed. He felt led to helping with reconciliation with war torn Belgium. Louis Evans, Jr. led Ralph Hamburger and a group of college age students in the first ever Belgian Fellowship as part of World Deputation team. Louis and his family moved to Washington to minister at the National Presbyterian Church, where most American presidents have attended services and visitors have included Queen Elizabeth and Mother Teresa. Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan attended Louis original Bel Air Church in California, as well as the National Presbyterian Church during his time as President. ---- ()Tumbling Walls by Walter E. James. Pg. 3 ()Tumbling Walls,page12 Louis, Jr. was the Organizing Pastor of Bel Air Church in Bel Air, California where the first church gatherings were at the manse (pastor's home) in April 1956. Louis Evans Jr.'s ministry was influenced by Henrietta Mears who was the Christian Education Director of 1st Presbyterian Hollywood where Louis' father was pastor. Mears led several of Louis Evans, Jr.'s friends to evangelism and ministry including Bill Bright, and Richard Halvorsen. Louis started the Hollywood Christian Group in 1949 in Mears' home. Original Hollywood Christian Group participants included Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Billy Graham, Colleen Townsend Evans, Jane Russell, Stuart Hamblen, Ronald Reagan and many others, in the living room of Henrietta Mears home, The group was chaplained by J. Edwin Orr from 1949-1951. This group, the Hollywood Christian Group is where Billy Graham met radio personality, Stuart Hamblen and other members of the Hollywood Christian Group including the Evans' who visited Graham on location at the Los Angeles crusade. Up until this point, Graham was doing regional crusades successfully, but his numbers were not reaching the masses until Stuart Hamblen reported about Grahama's crusades. Once this happened, Graham's crusades exploded in numbers and became national news. Louis Evans, Jr. spoke regularly at Billy Graham's early crusades.〔http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/017.htm#602〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Evans, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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