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Reverend Tracey Adebisi, Executive Pastor
Rev. Tracey Adebisi is a native of Sarasota, Florida. She moved to New York in 1993 and became a member of Mt. Lebanon Church in 1995 under the leadership and teaching of the Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Bernstine.
In 2003, she answered her call to preach The Gospel and was confirmed and licensed by the church in 2004. She received her Masters of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary in 2019. Her ministry outreach encompasses both men and women with a particular focus on young adults.
Rev. Adebisi plays an instrumental role in the worship experience in the church and is a gifted soloist. She has attended Florida Memorial College in Miami, Florida and is in pursuit of her Chaplaincy Certification. She is humbled to be used by the Lord whenever called to minister.
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Minister Andre Samuels, Youth Minister
Andre A. Samuels Is a dynamic and enthusiastic speaker, educator, and youth empowerment coach who is passionate about seeing the growth and success of others. Andre is a mentor who has unwaveringly invested his time providing leadership, communications and self-empowerment training to young people, helping them to identify their greater potential and ignite an unquenchable passion to succeed. He endeavors to impact, equip and encourage people in the way of the Lord and helping them to live in, and live out, their God ordained purpose.
Andre is a proud Jamaican, the product of a single parent household. He holds a Bachelors in Business Management from Monroe College, and a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Evangelist Carole Clarke
Evangelist Carole Elise Taylor Burris-Clarke was born on August 21st in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She is the seventh daughter of 15 brothers and sisters born to George and Ophelia Bell Taylor, both deceased.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Education at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C. She received a Master’s of Science in Early Childhood/Elementary Education at Long Island University, and 24 credits in Guidance and Counseling at Brooklyn College.
Her religious education has also been extensive. She has received diplomas and certificates from The National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, Eastern Baptist Association of New York, Morris Cerullo School of Ministry and Elim College Courses. She is an ordained elder in Morris Cerullo World Evangelism and is presently enrolled at New York Evangelical Seminary as a candidate for the Master of Divinity.
God has been gracious to allow her to serve as Deaconess and also Church Schoolteacher for 32 years. She served as Director for NBC for over 20 years and coordinator of the Prison Ministry at Mt. Lebanon Church, Brooklyn, NY where she has been for 45 years. She celebrates life and ministry with her husband Fernando Augustus Clarke.
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Nadale Ravenell, Minister of Music
In just a few years, Nadale Ravenell’s fearless approach to music has helped him to emerge as a serious contender on the modern piano keyboard scene. Adept in any context, his organic, adventurous, whimsical, fiery, and heart-felt approach to keyboarding is always on the cutting edge. Nadale seamlessly weaves together a potpourri of styles illuminating “down home” fun missing in much of the modern piano genre. With any musical genre, he is poised and mature, and particularly comfortable with the traditional gospel and jazz repertoire.
With southern roots and raised in Brooklyn New York , Nadale attributes his success to being reared in his uncle Jeremiah Ravenell’s church. This is the foundation of his musical style. He is the product of many musicians who were groomed through this ministry (Neno Ravenell, Solomon Tucker, and Anthony Ravenell).
Nadale’s professional career began at the age of 21 when he had the opportunity to perform with Dr. Gloria Cooper and the Manhattan Jazz Ensemble. Nadale also went on to become the Musical Director for the Medgar Evars College gospel and jazz ensembles. This collaboration produced two album recordings.
Nadale continued his career by performing with Jason Marsalis, Bill Saxton, Lenny Covington, and Miles Griffith, who are indisputably great musicians in their own rights. Nadale has also performed at The Blue Note, Smalls, and Dizzy’s as a solo artist or as a sideman in New York City.
Nadale continued his musical education at Long Island University where he received his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Jazz Studies and Computer Education. During his studies at Long Island University he had the opportunity to study with Professor Enos Payne, Dr. Gloria Cooper, Dr. Bob Aquino, and Professor Peter Yellin. As a pianist in the Long Island University Big Band, he performed with Tito Puente, and The Mingus Big Band.
As for Nadale Ravenell’s future plans, he states, “My goal is to make the piano and organ as expressive as the human voice.”