George Verwer (July 3, 1938 – April 14, 2023) was an American evangelist and founder of Operation Mobilisation (OM), an evangelical Christian missions organization.

As a child, Verwer had a reputation for mischief, most notably setting creating a fire in Bergen County forest and getting caught by the police breaking into a neighbor's home.

In 1953, as a 14-year-old student from Wyckoff, New Jersey, attending Ramsey High School, Verwer went to a Jack Wyrtzen meeting in which Billy Graham spoke in Madison Square Garden, in New York City.

Afterward, Verwer used the name "Send the Light" for a book distribution operation to India based in the United Kingdom.

After high school, he attended Maryville College and then transferred to Moody Bible Institute, where he met his wife, Drena, a fellow student.

George and his wife were involved in Special Projects Ministries[clarification needed] full-time, traveling and taking meetings around the world.