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His daughters Jen and Mary and his son Andy were on several of the Donut Repair Club videos.

Personal life Įvans is married to Shelley Tait with 6 children, including an adopted girl, Tonya, from Russia. After his conversion, he has continued to produce and perform Christian music oriented toward families with small children. As a child of divorce, he equates that with the Reformation 'divorce' of Protestants from Catholics. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. Since then, Evans has completed a Roman Catechetical Diploma from St. Conversion to Catholicism Įvans, his wife, and a daughter were confirmed into the Roman Catholic Church in Easter of 2006. Evans' most recent incarnation of The Donut Man, Massterpiece Donut Shop, runs on EWTN. The Donut Man's sidekick is Duncan the Donut, a foam donut puppet built by professional puppet company Axtell Expressions, voiced by its creator Steve Axtell. His first-person songs put the audience into the shoes of the biblical characters he sings about. Evans also sings in churches as a children's Bible story songsmith and presents concerts to children and families. Over the following years, Evans and his Donut Repair club would sell more than 6 million CDs and DVDs, and held appearances at more than 2,500 church concerts. Evans used the donut's hole as a metaphor for something that was missing, a hole which Jesus could fill and repair. The "Donut Repair Club" started in 1981 with Evans as "The Donut Man". Evans attended Rutgers University, but did not graduate, instead becoming a carpenter. He met his future wife at age 19, when he was born again into a Pentecostal Bible church. At age 6 his parents divorced (which was later referenced in one of his videos, The Donut All-Stars). Rob Evans was born in 1953 in Paoli, Pennsylvania to Presbyterian parents. He is called the Donut Man in reference to one of his first songs that included the line "Life without Jesus is like a donut there's a hole in the middle of your heart". His DVDs have received six gold and two platinum sales awards from the RIAA. He is known for his many sing-along audio and video tapes produced with Integrity Music. "Rob" Evans (born 1953) is an American Christian children's songwriter and performer best known for his performances as The Donut Man.