Elder Travell Travis
President

From an early age, Elder Travell Travis has devoted his life to God and the people of God. Since that time the Lord has blessed him both spiritually and professionally.

Elder Travell Travis was born January 17, 1978, in Martinsville, Virginia, to Cassandra Johnson Travis and the late Perry Anglin Travis. During his early years, Elder Travis came to the knowledge of God at the Saint James Holiness Church in Fieldale, Virginia, under the leadership of the late Bishop James T. Agnew, Sr.

In 1987, at the age of nine, Elder Travis gave his life to Christ and was baptized in Jesus Name at the Shiloh Way of the Cross Church in Martinsville, Virginia, by the hand of then Elder Earley Dillard. In February 1991, at the age of thirteen, Elder Travis was filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost during the National Youth Christ Winter Jubilee.

At age thirteen, Elder Travis began working with the National Youth for Christ. In June 1991, he was elected Vice President of the Intermediate Youth and was elected President of the Intermediate Youth in 1993. He held the position of Intermediate Youth President for seven years.

During that time, Elder Travis graduated with honors from Fieldale-Collinsville High School and enrolled in college at the University of Virginia. While there Elder Travis sat under the ministry of Bishop Rufus Hayes at the Charlottesville Church of Christ (Bible Way World Wide) and there gave the first sermon in his ministry on April 5, 1998. In May 2000, Elder Travis graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in History and African American Studies, and a minor in Religious Studies.

On June 24, 2000, Elder Travis was elected 2nd Vice President of the National Youth for Christ. As 2nd Vice President, Elder Travis was responsible for the Intermediate Youth for Christ, Membership, Hospitality, the National Newsletter, and the National Scholarship Program that he helped establish in 2003.

On August 6, 2000, Elder Travis returned home to Martinsville to give his initial public sermon at the Shiloh Way of the Cross Church. His sermon was entitled “I’m Getting Ready to Close, are You Ready for the Rapture?”

In fall 2000, Elder Travis enrolled in law school at Howard University in Washington, DC. During this time he had the opportunity to serve at The Way of the Cross (Mother) Church and sit under the ministry of Bishop Alphonzo D. Brooks. In May 2003, Elder Travis graduated from Howard University School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

On November 1, 2005, Elder Travis opened the Law Office of Travell Travis; a general practice law firm based in Hampton, Virginia. The law firm represents local residents, college students, churches, civic organizations, and small businesses in matters such as business law, church law, criminal law, entertainment law, estate planning, family law, landlord-tenant law, and personal injury law.

On December 30, 2006, Elder Travis married the former Sherina D. Mason (granddaughter of Bishop John and Mother Cecilia Williams) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his wife currently reside in Hampton, Virginia.

In addition to having his own law practice, Elder Travis is employed at the Hampton University School of Business as an assistant dean and professor of entrepreneurship and business law.

Further, Elder Travis continues to serve as an associate minister at his home church, the Shiloh Way of the Cross Church, in Martinsville, Virginia, under his father in the gospel, Bishop Earley Dillard. In addition, he also serves as an affiliate minister for the Gates of Praise Way of the Cross Church in Hampton, Virginia, and for the Living Waters Way of the Cross Church in Newport News, Virginia.

Indeed, Elder Travis is a living example of Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”

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