Mike Evans (author)
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 other newspapers.
He founded and serves as head of a number of politically conservative Christian organizations.

Biography

Personal life and faith 
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.

Journalist 
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.

Speaker 

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.

The Ten Boom Fellowship 
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.

The Friends of Zion Heritage Center 
In 2015, Evans founded the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem, with the main purpose of highlighting religious tolerance and investing dialogue between Christian Zionism and the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Israel's 9th President, the late President Shimon Peres, was the international chairman of Friends of Zion, and he was the founder of the Friends of Zion Award that is given to world leaders such as President G. W. Bush, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and President R. Plevneliev of Bulgaria to honor outstanding support for Israel.

Jerusalem Prayer Team 

Mike Evans began the Jerusalem Prayer Team in 2002, which raised money for Ehud Olmert's New Jerusalem Foundation. Recently, the Jerusalem Prayer Team funded the construction of the Mike Evans Museum  in Jerusalem, now officially known as The Friends of Zion Heritage Center. Evans has been accused of being a Christian missionary due to his past history. In 1977, he headed B'nai Yeshua, a "Hebrew Christian" group, which was active on college campuses. A campaign accusing him of subterfuge in Long Island resulted in media coverage. Recent articles continue to simultaneously praise him for his pro-Israel activism, but warn of a possible hidden agenda to convert Jews in Israel to Christianity or "Hebrew Christian" beliefs.

Honors 

 In 2006, Mike Evans was granted an Honorary Doctor of Political Science by Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.
 In May 2017, Evans received a "Shield of Social Justice Award" for his contributions to Holocaust survivors organizations. The ceremony was held at the Friends of Zion Heritage center, and was attended by many Israeli MKs and ministers.

Author 
Evans has written extensively on the Middle East, Christian Living, Prophecy, and Iraq. His works include 42 fiction and non-fiction books, many self-published. Those that have made The New York Times Best Seller list are The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps, The American Prophecies, and Showdown with Nuclear Iran. His most recent copies are See You in New York, Finding Favor with Man, The Volunteers, History of Christian Zionism (2 vol. set), Christopher Columbus, Betsie Ten Boom "Promise of God", and Countdown. One of Mike Evan's best-seller books on Iran was published in February 2009, and is called, "Jimmy Carter, The Liberal Left, & World Chaos".

Evans' book Israel: America's Key to Survival was endorsed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Documentary producer 
Mike Evans has produced 18 documentaries based on his books about Israel.