Sheppards and Lapsley
Presbytery Calls Executive

An installation service for the Rev. Dr. Tom Evans is scheduled for August 18, 2005 at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. The selection of Evans as new Presbytery Executive for Sheppards and Lapsley was confirmed at a called meeting of the presbytery on July 21 at Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.

Rev. Dr. Tom Evans

Tom Evans was born in Brazil to missionary parents, the fourth son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Evans, HR, and the Rev. Dr. Abigail Evans, currently Professor of Practical Theology at Princeton Seminary. Evans graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1989. He received his Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton in 1994 and his DMin from Princeton in 2004. Since February of 2000, he has been senior pastor at the Northport Presbyterian Church in Williamsville, New York, a growing church of 690 members.

Tom’s wife, Wendy, has a Master’s in Counseling but has spent the majority of her time these last years with their two children, Matthew, five, and Elizabeth, 14. She joins Tom in the ministry of the church, sharing her gifts for teaching, including adult education classes about world religions and children’s worship at the presbytery level.

Tom enjoys cooking, sports, science fiction and classical music.