Paul Rasmussen

A fourth generation Methodist Minister, Paul grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. After graduating from Centenary College and graduate school at the University of Richmond, Paul returned to Shreveport to coach college basketball for five years. He left coaching for a career in sports marketing and a move to Dallas. But all that was before the call. In 1999, Paul left the corporate world to answer God's call to ministry. Driven by a passion to "make the modern church relevant and meaningful," Paul entered seminary at SMU's Perkins School of Theology. He has been part of the Cornerstone worship team since 2001. Paul and his wife, Ashley, have three children.

Who were some of your influences/inspirations? Mom & dad and the craziest family on the planet. William Sloane Coffin, Gene Hamner of the Southfield Soaring Eagles, Tommy Vardeman of the not-so-polite Centenary Gentlemen, Mark Craig, Andy Stanley, Adam Hamilton.

My all time favorite movie is...Star Wars – We watched the trailer for Star Wars before watching Smokey and the Bandit. I told my brothers it would be a total bust – then I went to see it about 20 times at the mall.

My favorite food is...Cajun, no doubt about it.

My favorite sport is...Basketball.

What's on your Ipod? Piles and piles of Petty, Springsteen, Henley & Frey, Snider (Todd, not Dee), Jackson Browne, Dylan, Mercy Me, Crowder, and tons of other great poets of rock-n-roll.

My favorite scripture is...1 Corinthians 9:22 "Whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him."