#MantleMondays (E1.23) with guest: Overseer Andre Person and host: Bishop Travell Travis, Esq.

Tune in every other Monday for a new episode of #MantleMondays with host: Bishop Travell Travis, Esq. as he interviews entrepreneurs, pastors, authors, and leaders sharing their career, entrepreneurial, and ministerial journeys. Learn more: www.travelltravis.com Purchase books authored by Bishop Travis: "Don't Eat the Baby: The Characteristics of Cannibalistic Church" and "Where Will the Mantle Fall: A Biblical and Legal Guide to Succession Planning" #mantles #leadership #succession #entrepreneurship #pastors #mantles #cannibalisticchurch #wherewillthemantlefall Overseer L. André Person is the youngest of three children, Gregory and Dionni, born to Apostle Alexander and Dr. Helen Person. From childbirth, Overseer Person attended St. Matthew Holiness Church, now New Harvest Temple. It was at the end of a Tuesday night Bible Study on June 26, 1990 when Overseer cried out to God, asked Him to come into his life, and as a result, he gave his heart to God. Later that summer, he was baptized in Jesus Name and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. Overseer Person is an anointed musician who has played for various musical groups around the tri-state area. It was through his musical journeys that he met the love of his life, Shelby Lewis. On November 4, 2000, they were married in holy matrimony, and they now have two children, Lamar André, Jr. and Shaylen De’Lise. In addition to their biological children, they are also parents to their oldest son, Floyd Littles. Overseer was educated in the Southeast Delco School District of Pennsylvania and maintain his membership on the National Honor Society. He has completed courses in both Delaware and Bucks County Community Colleges, as well at The Full Gospel Baptist Bible Institute. Overseer Person answered the call into ministry when he delivered his initial sermon at the age of sixteen titled “Breathe on me.” Overseer was the youngest person ever to deliver his initial sermon in the history of the St. Matthew Holiness Church, in addition to being the only minister to ever have a prayer line after his initial sermon. Because of the anointing on his life, he progressed as a minister in Godly fashion. In November of 1999, Overseer was licensed as a minister of evangelism and later served as the Junior Pastor. Continuing under the tutelage and training of his father and pastor, Bishop Alexander Person, Overseer was then ordained an Elder in the Lord’s Church on July 17, 2004. In June of 2005, Apostle Alexander Person announced his retirement and appointment announced Overseer Person, Sr. as the new Sr. Pastor of the St. Matthew Holiness Church, later renamed New Harvest Temple; the vision was enhanced and strengthened for Kingdom Expansion. Overseer serves as the General Overseer and Establishmentarian of the Refreshing Harvest Assembly of Churches, while also serving as a member of the Christian Covenant Fellowship of Ministries (CCFM) under his mentor and episcopal covering, Bishop Michael A. Blue. Over the years, Overseer has served in a number of capacities in the Lord’s church such as an usher, devotional leader, adjutant, musician, an ordained evangelist, youth pastor, prophet, elder, and senior pastor. Through Overseer Person’s ministry, souls are saved, marriages mended, miracles performed and healings provoked. God has anointed this youthful man for this generation’s new harvest of souls. Having been chosen to be used in such a time as this, Overseer Lamar André Person, Sr. is simply pleased to be called servant of God.