Paul Madson is founder and president of Global Training Network (GTN), (birthed in 2004) a non-profit 501(c)3 interdenominational ministry focused on equipping and encouraging indigenous church planters, pastors and Christian leaders throughout the developing world. GTN currently has over 45 full-time U.S. based staff members and is now actively involved in 44 countries around the world.

Prior to leading GTN, Paul spent 25 years in the pastorate – 11 as an associate pastor in Youth Ministry and 14 as a church planter and Sr. Pastor.

It was in 1997 that the church he pastored adopted an unreached people group (in partnership with The JESUS Film Project) known as the Borok people. It was through Paul’s involvement with the Borok people in the 1990′s and early 2000′s that he felt called to spend the “second half” of his life investing in pastors and leaders throughout the developing world who do not have the blessings and benefits of Bible colleges, seminaries, pastors’ conferences/seminars, as well as the proliferation of great Christian books and resources that are available in the western world. All of this led to the birth of Global Training Network in the summer of 2004.

Paul received his Bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Ministries from Southwestern College (now Arizona Christian University), his M.Div degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR), and has done some work on his D.Min at Phoenix Seminary.

Paul has been married to his wife, Lisa, since October of 1980 and they have three adult children. Paul and Lisa reside in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. Paul’s hobbies are reading (especially biographies), photography, hiking and watching documentaries.

Some of his favorite authors are (in alphabetical order)…

Alcorn, Randy
Aldrich, Joseph C.
Begg, Alistair
Boice, James Montgomery
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Bounds, E.M.
Bridges, Jerry
Carson, D.A.
Chambers, Oswald
Chan, Francis
Colson, Chuck
Crabb, Larry
DeMoss, Nancy Leigh
DeYoung, Kevin
Dever, Mark
Driscoll, Mark
Edwards, Jonathan
Elliott, Elisabeth
Hendricks, Howard
Henry, Carl F.H.
Houston, James
Hughes, R. Kent
Keller, Tim
Lewis, C.S.
Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn
MacArthur, John
MacDonald, James
Mahaney, C.J.
Mohler, R. Albert
Murray, Ian H.
Noll, Mark
Packer, J.I.
Piper, John
Schaeffer, Francis A.
Sproul, R.C.
Spurgeon, Charles
Stetzer, Ed
Stott, John R.W.
Stowell, Joseph
Swindoll, Chuck
Taylor, Justin
Tchivdjian, Tullian
Tozer, A.W.
Wells, David R.
Willard, Dallas
Yancey, Philip