Samantha Evans is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the founder and Senior pastor at

Planetshakers Church Planetshakers Church is an evangelical Christian Pentecostal megachurch adult and youth movement based in Melbourne, Australia, with several church campuses around the world. The church is also known for its contemporary worship music, with ...

, alongside her husband Russell Evans.

History

In 1997, Samantha Evans began the journey which is now known as

with her husband Russell. She has served her local church as co-lead pastor in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

where the first Planetshakers Church was started in 2004 and has grown to more than 12,000 members.

Ministry

Evans is co-founder, worship leader of the

Planetshakers Planetshakers is a contemporary worship music band, a central part of Planetshakers Church in Melbourne, Australia. With over 30 albums, the band toured annually to the US, UK, Europe, South Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealan ...

band that was formed in 1997. The band, through the church, has a record label, Planetshakers Ministries International.

Family and personal life

Samantha Evans grew up in a Catholic family. At age 16, she suffered family abandonment by her father. After finishing her senior year of high school an aunt began to talk to her about a personal relationship with Jesus and she converted to evangelical Christianity. She began to attend a small

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

church weekly. She met her husband Russell at the church. Samantha Evans married Russell Evans in 1992 and together they have two children Jonathan and Aimee.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Samantha Singers from Melbourne Planetshakers members Australian women singer-songwriters Australian gospel singers Christian music songwriters Performers of contemporary worship music Australian Charismatics Living people Year of birth missing (living people)