Paul de Gastyne is married to Kate, the “perfect gift of God for him.” Together they have filled their home with the blessings of God: Joshua, Aaron, Lindsay and Anne. 

Paul is a graduate of Virginia Tech, 1993, (B.A., Communications) and Regent University, 2000 (M.A., Communications: Editing and Directing for Film and Television). 

His professional experiences include being an Associate Pastor since 2002, Associate Producer of the nationally aired "The Knock Knock Show", founding director of the LANCE Neighborhood Network Center, Teacher at Community Christian Academy (now Pathways), Church Publications Director, and as a result of wanting to minister to children he is an award winning professional Clown, a Juggler, a Certified Balloon Artist, and a Clown Minister who has taken his Paul and “Barnabas” New World’s Mission Tour as far as Jamaica. 

Luke 1:17 is his life verse: "It is he who will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."