Paul Lodato

Executive Director

Paul Lodato grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He began his career with the Christian Television Network in the Fort Myers/Naples, Florida region (CTN WRXY) in 2005. Bob D’Andrea, the Founder of CTN, hired him as the network’s youngest General Manager. Throughout his eighteen years in that role, he developed strong national business and ministry relationships while helping CTN to build a viewing audience that now reaches 110 million homes throughout the United States. Paul serves as executive producer and host of “Contending for the Faith,” a weekly program aired internationally on CTN. He has also been instrumental in promoting and marketing numerous faith-and-family films, beginning with Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” released in 2004. A dynamic speaker and singer, Paul Lodato is a beloved and popular host for ministry and marketplace events. He has been described as a visionary, a highly motivated leader, and an excellent communicator. Paul is well known in the Southwest Florida community for his heart for people. Paul and his wife, Ivette, are partners in both ministry and the marketplace. Together they founded Light of the Word Ministries, whose purpose is to awaken, empower, and equip the body of Jesus Christ to rightly divide the word of truth, and to seek and save the lost. The weekly broadcast is aired internationally on CTN.