Mike Evans (journalist)
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Mike Evans in Jerusalem.
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Michael David Evans June 30, 1947 Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, Middle East commentator |
| Employer | Jerusalem Prayer Team |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Evans, married November 25, 1969 |
| Children | Michelle, Shira, Rachel and Michael II |
| Website | www.jerusalemprayerteam.org |
Michael David Evans (born June 30, 1947) is an author, journalist, commentator and the head of several international non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Netherlands. Evans is also a Christian Zionist.
Evans has written 71 books and has provided analysis and commentary on Middle East affairs for a variety of media. He has appeared on network television and radio shows. His op-eds have been published in The Washington Times,The Jerusalem Post and others. He founded and serves as head of a number of politically conservative Christian organizations.
Michael David Evans was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 30, 1947, to a non-practicing Jewish mother whose parents were immigrants from the Soviet Union. Following his discharge from the United States Army, Evans moved to Texas where he earned an Associate of Arts degree from Southwestern Assemblies of God College.
As a child, he suffered at the hands of his virulently anti-Semitic father, who regularly got drunk and violent, and beat his wife, claiming that Mike was not his son; he did not think he would survive until he was twenty. At age 11, he objected to his father beating his mother, and was assaulted; when he recovered, he had what he describes as a dramatic encounter with Jesus Christ, who promised him a future.
Mike Evans' wife Carolyn is the founder of Christian Woman of the Year Association. Mike and Carolyn have four children, Michelle, Shira, Rachel and Michael II, and seven grandchildren.
Evans is a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He was featured in the Jerusalem Post for his work in Israel.
In addition to his work as a commentator, author and documentarian, Mike Evans is a speaker. In August 2011, he addressed the Restoring Courage event hosted by Glenn Beck in Caesarea.
Mike Evans purchased and restored the Corrie ten Boom house in 1983. It is a museum dedicated to telling the story of ten Boom's family, which harbored, fed and found safe houses for as many as 800 Jews during the Nazi takeover of the Netherlands during World War II. Upon purchasing and restoring the house, Mike Evans created the Corrie ten Boom Fellowship, a Christian Zionist organization.
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