First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood

=== 1941–1953: Dr. Louis H. Evans ===
Dr. [[Henrietta Mears]] served as the Christian Education Director from 1928 until her death in 1963. She became famous for growing the [[Sunday school]] from 400 to over 4000 in the first two-and-a-half years of ministry at the church. The Sunday school curriculum she created became the foundation for Gospel Light Press. Mears also founded the Forest Home Christian Conference Center in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]]. Though perhaps most significantly, Mears is remembered for mentoring over 400 men and women into full-time ministry, including: [[Richard C. Halverson]], [[F. Dale Bruner]], [[Darrell Guder]], [[Donn Moomaw]], [[Louis Evans Jr.]], [[Colleen Townsend Evans]], [[Margaret Kerry]], [[Bill Bright]], and she encouraged and counseled [[Billy Graham]].

“Hollywood Pres,” as it is informally known, grew to be the largest Presbyterian Church in the world during the tenure of Dr. Evans and Dr. Lindqust (below).

Dr. [[Louis H. Evans]] was senior pastor from 1941 to 1953, during which time the membership grew from 1,400 to its peak of 8,900, according to the church's website. Evans left to become “Minister at Large”<ref>{{Citation |title = Time |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817709-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022165751/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817709-1,00.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> for the Presbyterian Board of National Missions.