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.