Rachel Held Evans, a best-selling author, died Saturday morning at age 37, two days after doctors discovered swelling on her brain. according to a blog post her husband maintained on her website.
On April 19, Evans' husband Daniel began publishing updates on her blog, About her health, said that during treatment for an infection, doctors found she was having constant seizures.
Dan Evans said that his wife never made it back to an alert state. and described his wife's death as "surreal," adding: "I still hope this is a nightmare I will wake up from." I feel like I'm telling someone else's story "
Writer Sarah Bessey said Evans died surrounded by friends and family who sang and prayed at her bedside.
It is with a broken heart that I share that @rachelheldevans passed away early this morning. She was surrounded by her family and her close friends - we sang, prayed, held her always. Woman of valour, eshet chayil. Official update: https://t.co/WYznnc5tYh— Sarah Bessey (@sarahbessey) ٤ مايو ٢٠١٩
News of her death brought an outpouring of grief from fans and leaders of established denominations and organizations. Bible teacher Beth Moore was one of those who posted her grief on Twitter.
Sobbing over @rachelheldevans’ death. My heart is broken for Dan and the children and for all of you who loved her so so much. I will spend the time I’ve been daily praying for her praying for all of you.— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) ٤ مايو ٢٠١٩
Russell Moore, The president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said he was grieving and asked for prayers and financial support for her family.
. @rachelheldevans leaves behind a husband and two small children, one 3 and one less than one year old. As many as can, let’s please help this grieving young family with the overwhelming medical bills:https://t.co/LZnq7Z3j0p— Russell Moore (@drmoore) ٤ مايو ٢٠١٩
Evans married her husband in 2003, the same year she graduated from college. The couple lived for the first time in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where I worked as an intern at Al Madina. Evans later went to the Herald News in Dayton, Tennessee. In 2007, Evans received the "Best Personal Humor Column" from the Tennessee Press Association. At this time, Evans began blogging for the first time.
Evans published her first book in 2010, Evolving in Monkey Town, and will continue to write four other books during her lifetime. From there, Evans gained national publicity, wrote a column for The Washington Post and appeared on NBC's Today program.
In 2014 Evans said she left the evangelical movement because of her association with right-wing politics.
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