About Vashawn Mitchell

VaShawn Mitchell

2008 Performer

If the foundation of a thing is indicative of how far up it is going, Vashawn Mitchell is about to soar! In this culture and time where everything happens fast, Mitchell is only in a hurry about one thing, taking care of his Father’s business.

Having grown up in the south suburbs of Chicago, Mitchell comes from a region that brags great songwriters and ministers of music. His professional music ministry journey began at the St. Mark Baptist Church where he served along with Lonnie Hunter for six years.

While in college he landed at Bishop Larry Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church. He served there as an Assistant to the Minister of Music beginning in 1997 before taking over the Music Department in 2000.

After years of preparation, many months of prayer and consideration and after receiving release from his Bishop he is soon headed to take on the fresh task of serving as Minister of Worship and Arts at New Birth South, located in Atlanta suburb, Jonesboro, GA. Pastor Andre Landers, along with Bishop Eddie Long, has one of the fastest growing ministries in that area, on their hands. Mitchell, they feel, is equipped to take on the large Levitical task. Leaving his church home of nearly ten years, he is undaunted by the change and new territory, Mitchell rests his hope on what God has promised, and expects nothing less. On his sophomore effort on Tyscot, Promises, he encourages himself while encouraging others.

Mitchell pens eight of the eleven tracks on this project that focuses on the promises of God. He writes masterfully not only to encourage the saints, but to speak to the heart of the cynic who may be tired of the “guarantees” that come with each new year. “There are some promises that people have been waiting for God to release on them. And we have to know, that no matter what we go through God is thinking of us. No matter what our present situation is, the word of God promises that our end is going to be good.