Paul Hassell

Knoxville Associate Area Director

Paul grew up in Knoxville, TN and met Jesus as a boy while regularly visiting a tree fort along the Tennessee River not far from his Presbyterian Church. Meditating on Psalm 46:10 continued these encounters in creation with the Creator. His talent for making photographs of wildlife and the landscape launched him into publishing his work and other entrepreneurial business ventures before he was out of high school. He continued to lead workshops and photo adventure tours around the world for several years. He married his best friend Nora in 2011. They have four blonde adventurers who farm farm goats, chickens, and pigs on a small hobby farm near downtown Knoxville. His heart burns to see men rise up into full maturity in Christ through the study and practice of the Word and other spiritual disciplines.