Background
Andrew L. Evans was born to missionary parents Tom and Stella Evans in India, and is the older brother of pastor Fred Evans.
Andrew L. Evans was born to missionary parents Tom and Stella Evans in India, and is the older brother of pastor Fred Evans.
He graduated with a Diploma in Theology in December 1960 and was ordained to the Ministry in 1963.
Evans is most notable for pastoring Paradise Community Church for 30 years and founding the conservative Family First Party. He then served as a missionary with AOG World Missions in the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea from 1963 to 1969. From 1970 Evans served as Senior Pastor first of Klemzig Assembly of God in Adelaide, then Paradise Assembly of God when the church relocated there in 1982.
After retiring, Evans helped found the Family First Party and was elected into the Legislative Council at the 2002 state election., retiring from service on 3 July 2008.
Evans received a Doctor of Divinity from the unaccredited California Graduate School of Theology on 5 August 1981. He was also awarded a Doctor of Ministries on 20 September 1994 from the School of Theology in California. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal OAM for his service to the Christian Church 26 January 2003. In the South Australian Parliament from 2002 to 2008, the Honorary Andrew Evans MLC: introduced the Bill that abolished a feature of the South Australian legal system, his Bill removing the bar to prosecuting people for sexual offences committed before 1 December 1982 introduced the motion that established the Select Committee into the Status of Fathers in South Australia Compelled the State Labor Government to include an interim 2020 target for its climate change legislation.
