Dr. Mike D. Evans is a devout American-Christian Zionist leader, multiple New York Times bestselling author, and renowned Middle East expert.
Mike Evans’ wife, Carolyn, is the founder of the Christian Woman of the Year Association. Mike and Carolyn Evans have four children, Michelle, Shira, Rachel, and Michael II, and 11 grandchildren.
Mike Evans was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work confronting and combating anti-Semitism. Dr. Evans received the Lion of Jerusalem Award and was recently recognized by the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference for his efforts on behalf of Israel.
Award-Winning Journalist
As a Middle East analyst and award-winning journalist, Mike Evans provides commentary on Middle East affairs for a variety of media. He has appeared on many network television and radio shows including Good Morning America, Crossfire, Nightline, The Good Morning Show (Great Britain), and appears frequently on the Fox Network, CNN World News, NBC, ABC, and CBS. His articles have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Times, The Jerusalem Post, and others.
Evans arranged an exclusive interview on Fox News Network with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the 65th U.N. General Assembly in New York City in September 2010.
On July 13, 2007, Evans appeared on MSNBC debating with Arianna Huffington and Pat Buchannan while discussing his book, The Final Move Beyond Iraq. Evans wrote The Final Move Beyond Iraq because he believed that an Islamic revolution would sweep the Middle East using “democracy” as a tool to game the system, as this quote from the back cover reads: “An Islamic revolution is spreading and is on the brink of becoming America’s greatest threat since the Civil War.”
He also appeared on MSNBC with Tucker Carlson debating the belief that democracy was going to solve the Middle East problems. Evans predicted it would be used to birth an Islamic revolution.
Evans is a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. For more than five decades he has covered strategic events worldwide, such as the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid and the 43rd General Assembly of the United Nations’ specially convened session in Geneva. He also covered the International UN Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague, Netherlands, and the UN Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.