Background
Paul was born in 1971.
Paul was born in 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy in Missiology (honorary), IBC.
Full-time Missionary to Belize since 1990. CEO, International Servants, Grapevine, TX, since 1990. Citizen Liaison, United States Embassy, Belmopan, Belize, since 1998. Honorary Ambassador, Government of Belize, since 2017.
Dr. Paul Whisnant has served as your full-time Missionary to Belize since 1990 and oversees our Ministries and our network of 54 Belizean Churches in Belize.
His Story: While on a short-term Mission Trip to Belize in 1989, Paul Whisnant was called by God to full-time Missions. Five months later, as a 19-year-old teenager, he withdrew from college, packed a few items in a backpack and bought a one-way plane ticket to Belize, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
He arrived with only $50 in his pocket and lived in a grass hut made of leaves and sticks, in a remote jungle village, without electricity nor running water. The locals taught him how to survive by eating iguanas and taking baths in the jungle river with the crocodiles nearby. The Mission he started in that jungle hut in 1990 is now International Servants, one of the largest Missions in Belize.
More Info: Dr. Paul has served as our Belize Mission Director, and as a full-time Missionary, with International Servants since 1990. He is married to our Belize Medical Director, Amanda Whisnant, CPNP, and has 2 children. Dr. Paul, and his wife, Amanda, were born in the United States, and are dual citizens of both the United States and Belize.
Public Speaking: His many years living in the jungle as a missionary in Belize produced a wealth of fascinating stories that led him to speak in the US, Africa, and Asia, inspiring others to make a difference with their lives.
Whether he's speaking to 600 teens at the Smokey Mountain Youth Conference in Tennessee, 200 business leaders at the HQ for Chick-fil-A in Atlanta, GA, 700 Pastors in Africa, 100 of our Mission Trip volunteers in Belize, or in the chapel at the 20,000 member Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX, it's his humor and commitment that'll keep you on the edge of your seat; but his passion for Missions that you'll remember the most.
Stats:
1990: Moved to Belize as a full-time Missionary Church Planter and founded International Servants.
1997: Appointed to replace the IMB on the National Executive Board of the Baptist Association of Belize.
2004: Ordained as a Southern Baptist Minister.
2009: Awarded an Honorary Ph.D. in Missions by the Board of Trustees at IBC.
1998-Present: Citizen Liaison, United States Embassy, Belmopan, Belize.
2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014: Awarded Certificates of Appreciation by the United States Embassy's Ambassador to Belize for his service in Belize.
2017: Recipient of the first-ever Lifetime Humanitarian Award, Government of Belize.
2017: Given the title of Honorary Humanitarian Ambassador of Belize by the Government of Belize.
CEO, International Servants, Grapevine, TX, 1990—Present.
Married with 2 children.
Honorary Humanitarian Ambassador, Government of Belize