Paulson Joshua was born on 25th December 1957, in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu and brought up in a Christian family. He worked in a secular job for ten years in the United Arab Emirates. In 1990, he resigned his job and came to India for missionary work for the Lord. From 1993 to 2003, he worked at a church planting ministry in Kolkata. At present, he stays in Kerala with his family and works for the ministries of gospel outreach. He provides counseling for drug addicts, psychotic patients and is a Bible teacher and a writer of Christian books.