Bryan College Graduate And Leading Christian Writer Rachel Held Evans Dies At 37

  • Saturday, May 4, 2019
Rachel Held Evans
Rachel Held Evans

Rachel Held Evans, a Bryan College graduate, who became a leading writer on Christian issues, has died at the age of 37.

She went into the hospital in mid-April with what was described as flu plus UTI issues and had a severe reaction to medication. She had been placed in a medically induced coma.

Ms. Evans and her husband, Dan, had two children.

She was a New York Time best-selling author with a popular blog.

She had questioned some fundamentalist beliefs and was outspoken in behalf of those in the LGBT community.

She lived for a time at Dayton and graduated from Bryan in 2003.

 

 

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