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​Bishop C. Shawn Tyson is the youngest of 5 talented siblings born to the late Bishop James E. and Elect Lady Evelyn Tyson. Born and raised in the church, he began matriculating in the ministry at a young age, being born again at the age of eight and preaching his first sermon at the age of eighteen, and launched into full time ministry in 1990 traveling globally as an international evangelist.

In 1997, Bishop Tyson returned to Indianapolis, IN, as the Assistant Pastor of his home assembly, Christ Church Apostolic. July of 2010, Bishop Tyson assumed the call to pastor Calvary Ministries International in Youngstown OH, succeeding the late, Honorable Bishop Norman L. Wagner. In 2013, he also assumed pastorate of his home assembly, Christ Church Apostolic, where he currently serves as Overseer. During the 2023 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Summer convention Bishop Tyson was elevated to the office of Bishop and is currently serving as Diocesan Bishop of the 76th Episcopal District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.

Bishop Tyson has written and published his first book entitled “Intentional Momentum”. In this book it is his prayer that you will find principles that will help empower you to become a partner with God, to Recapture your focus, Re-engage your mind, Return to your place in God, and ministry and start building momentum!

His intense devotion to worship, evangelism, and unifying the body of Christ across denominational lines through fellowship and the spiritual and academic development of aspiring young ministers and musicians through the spoken word, seminars, lectures and symposiums has made him one of the most sought-after speakers in the United States to date.

Bishop Tyson is a committed husband to Pastor Krista Tyson, father to Pastor James E. Tyson II and Lady Desiree Tyson, and a proud grandfather to 3 beautiful grandchildren