Paul L. Cox was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He received his BA in History and English from Pepperdine University. He graduated from the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the California Graduate School of Theology. He has served as a senior pastor in three Baptist Churches and one independent Church. He has served in a number of leadership positions, such as president of the Minister’s Council for the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest and president of the Evangelism Committee for the American Baptist Churches Pacific Southwest.

Paul and his wife, Donna, live in Hesperia, California, and are the co-directors of Aslan’s Place, a ministry dedicated to bringing freedom and wholeness to the wounded and captive.