Certainly God could have used the evolutionary process to create. I used to think that when I bought the evolutionary drivel I was taught in undergraduate studies (even at a Christian college). And just believing evolution does not make you automatically not a Christian.
However, the Bible states God created man personally, with His own hands - separate from the other parts of Creation. The more I study and come to know God, the more I turn away from evolution. Its like global warming - taught as fact when the scientific underpinning is thin and widely disputed.
The real answer is evolution and Creation are both faith based systems and everyone has to judge for themselves. I find the belief in evolution as a Christian kind of like the mushy middle in politics, but that’s just my personal point of view.