Andrew Evans

Andrew Evans may refer to:

Andrew Evans (pastor)

Andrew Lee Evans (born Wilfred Andrew Lever Evans) OAM (born 17 June 1935, in India) is a Pentecostal Christian pastor in the Assemblies of God and a politician in the South Australian Legislative Council. Evans is most notable for pastoring Paradise Community Church for 30 years and founding the conservative Family First Party.

History

Andrew L. Evans was born to missionary parents Tom and Stella Evans in India, and is the older brother of pastor Fred Evans. From 1958 to 1960, Evans studied for Christian Ministry at the Assemblies of God Commonwealth Bible College in Brisbane (now known as Alphacrucis in Parramatta, Sydney). He graduated with a Diploma in Theology in December 1960 and was ordained to the Ministry in 1963. 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. In 1977 he became the National Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Australia, before being succeeded by Pastor Brian Houston of Hillsong Church in 1997, who then changed the position's title to National President.. He retired as the senior pastor of Paradise AOG in 2000, after 30 years, when his oldest son assumed the leadership.

Andrew Evans (figure skater)

Andrew Evans (born October 22, 1988) is a Canadian pair skater. With Carolyn MacCuish, he placed 8th at the 2007 World Junior Championships.

Career

Evans originally competed as a single skater. He decided to concentrate on pairs after not making it to the Canadian nationals as a single skater. From 2006 through 2008, he competed with Carolyn MacCuish. The two were the 2007 Canadian junior national championships, and competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. MacCuish and Evans placed 8th at the 2007 World Junior Championships. The team placed second at the 2007 JGP Lake Placid, but won the free skate. He later competed with Kirsten Moore-Towers and Julianne Séguin.

Personal life

Evans studied Nanotech Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Competitive highlights

With Seguin

With Godin

With Moore-Towers

With MacCuish

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