Trinity Bible College
Evan Cummins
Evangelism on the road: a family tradition

Music has always been part of Evan Cummins’ life — he’s been playing drums since age 5 — and he hopes it will be the gift that propels his future in ministry. Cummins accepted Christ as Savior in 1997 at age 15 while living at Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont., where he was born and raised. Within the year, he was traveling to various Indian reservations throughout Canada and the western United States with his family evangelizing and playing guitar in the family band.

“I’m usually in my room recording stuff,” says Cummins, now 21 and a senior. He also plays the saxophone, bass and keyboard. He has recorded an album with CPR Music, a Christian Native American record label in Albuquerque, N.M.

Despite his love for music, Cummins says God has called him to be a pastor. Which is why he enrolled at Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, N.D., in 2000.

“I want to plant churches on Indian reservations,” says Cummins, a Sioux and Crow Indian. “But I’d like to use my music to train teens to share the gospel on Indian reservations as well.” He serves as president of Trinity’s Native American Ministries team and leads Trinity’s Native American Ministry Band.

Cummins says the opportunity to interact with other students through ministry at Trinity has given him invaluable tools he will use as a pastor. “I love the community atmosphere we have among students,” he says. “If someone feels like they need prayer, all the guys on our floor will pray with them.”

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