Evgeny Evva is a 50-year-old Ukrainian missionary, originally from Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. He came to faith in 1998, was baptized in 2001, and began missionary work in Ukraine in 2006. He later studied at Odessa Theological Seminary, preparing for international missions.

In 2010, he and his family served as missionaries in Damascus, Syria, but had to leave due to the war. They then moved to Egypt, where they ministered for five years among Bedouins, the poor, orphans, and Slavic immigrants. They also evangelized Muslims and established a Slavic Baptist church, where he was ordained as a pastor.