Samantha Evans is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs.^[1] She is the founder and Senior pastor at Planetshakers Church, alongside her husband Russell Evans.^[2][3]

In 1997, Samantha Evans began the journey which is now known as Planetshakers Church with her husband Russell. She has served her local church as co-lead pastor in Melbourne where the first Planetshakers Church was started in 2004 and has grown to more than 12,000 members.^[4][5]

Evans is co-founder, worship leader of the Planetshakers band^[6][7] that was formed in 1997.^[8][9] The band, through the church, has a record label, Planetshakers Ministries International.^[10][11][12]

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 church weekly. She met her husband Russell at the church.^[13] Samantha Evans married Russell Evans in 1992 and together they have two children Jonathan and Aimee.^[14]