Meet the Pastor
Pastor Dr. Van David Wilson III
BACKGROUND
In August 1989, Pastor Wilson was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ and came up out of the water, with the Evidence of speaking in an Unknown Tongue, as the Spirit of God gave him the utterance, while deployed to Okinawa Japan, serving in the United States Marine Corps. January 1990 while serving in the Infantry, 3d Battalion 2d Marine Division, his unit returned to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina and became a member of Shiloh Holiness Pentecostal Church, where the late Presiding Bishop/Dr. Robert L. Meredith and the current Pastor Dr. Bobby Gray presides. Immediately, after completing New Converts Class, Pastor Wilson joined the Alter-worker/Deliverance Committee, tarrying with people to receive the Holy Ghost and praying with people to break the oppression and possession of Satan’s grip on their lives.
January 1990, prior to deploying to Iraqi to the Desert Shield/Desert Storm War, Pastor Wilson evangelized and witness to many souls on and off the ship during the war. As the war came to an end in 1991, he returned to Camp LeJeune, NC to continue serving with the Alter-worker/Deliverance Committee.
In 1992, the Lord called Pastor Wilson to Teach and Preach the death burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. However, as he waited patiently and allowed patience to have it’s perfect work, the calling manifested in 1997. Pastor Wilson humbly accepted the duties and responsibilities as Deacon of Upperoom Apostolic Church, Okinawa, Japan.
After serving faithfully as a Deacon, he was ordained as a Minister at Upperoom Apostolic Church, Okinawa, Japan, by the late Bishop Dr. Robert L. Meredith, Shiloh Holiness Pentecostal Church, Jacksonville, NC. After serving six years in Okinawa, Japan, as one of the Ministers at Upperoom Apostolic Church, Pastor Wilson received orders to Marine Corps Security Forces Battalion, Norfolk, VA and retired after 20 years of Honorable and faithful service on February 28, 2007.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
After retiring from the Marine Corps in 2007, Pastor Wilson worked as a DOD Contractor at Fort Huachuca, AZ Army Base as a Senior Intelligence Instructor, for the following companies: Integrated Systems Information Systems (ISIS), and General Dynamics, as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Instructor/Subject Matter Expert (SME) and SAIC as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance SME/Collection Manager, Afghanistan. Pastor Wilson returned from Afghanistan, January 30, 2013, and founded Jubilee Apostolic Ministry, Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia, along with his wife First Lady, Evangelist Michelle Francine Wilson.
FAMILY
Pastor Van D. Wilson III is a Father and happily married to 1st Lady/Evangelists Michelle F. Wilson; together they have seven daughters, one son and 22 grandchildren. The Pastor's Mother, Ms. Doris Douglas, and Father Van D. Wilson II are both from Rock Hill, South Carolina. Moreover, the Pastor is the grandson of the late Reverend John L. Douglas and Mozzell H. Douglas, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
SPIRITUAL/SECULAR EDUCATION
Christian Leadership University, Cheektowaga, NY - Doctorate of Christian Leadership, 07/18/2015 (Conferred); GPA: 3.93
University of Bellevue, Bellevue, NE – Master of Arts, Leadership, 01/22/2005 (Conferred); GPA: 3.48; Certificate of Academic Achievement - Deans List
University of Bellevue, Bellevue, NE – Bachelor of Science, Ecommerce/Business, 01/19/2003 (Conferred); GPA: 3.80; Dean's List
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ – Associate of Arts, General Studies, 09/13/1997 (Conferred); GPA: 3.67
Stratford University, Virginia Beach, VA – Associate of Science Advanced Culinary Arts, 12/21/2014 (Conferred); GPA: 4.00; Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude, President's List
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Therapeutic Options Instructor, 2019
Certified Notary Public, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2018
Certified Grant Proposal Writer, 2016
Certified Chef, 2014
Certified Food Safety Manager, 2014
Certified ServSafe Food Protection Manager, 2014
Certified/Ordained Pastor, 2013
Certified Website Designer/Developer, 2003
Certified/Ordained Minister, 1999
Certified/Ordained Deacon, 1998
SPIRITUAL/SECULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Presently the Pastor/Founder of Jubilee Apostolic Church, Inc.; June 2013 - Present
Served as Minister/Sunday School Teacher, Bibleway Apostolic Church, Sierra Vista, AZ - 2007 - 2009
Served as Minister, Emmanuel Way of the Cross Church, Chesapeake, VA - 2004
Served as Minister, Bibleway Apostolic Church, Chesapeake, VA – 2003 - 2004
Served as Minister, Upperoom Apostolic Church, Okinawa, Japan – 1999 - 2003.
Served as Minister, Upperoom Apostolic Church, Okinawa, Japan - 1999 - 2003. (Ordained by the Late: Bishop Dr. Robert L. Meredith, Shiloh Holiness Church, Jacksonville, N.C.)
Served as Deacon, Upperoom Apostolic Church, Okinawa, Japan – 1998 - 1999 Served as Sunday School Teacher/Superintendant, Okinawa, Japan - 1997 - 2003
Served as Alter-worker/Deliverance Team, Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, Jacksonville, NC, 1990 - 1997
Baptized in the Name of Jesus and received the Holy Ghost, Okinawa, Japan - August 1989. (Baptized by: Bishop Courtney L. Johnson)
Honorable Service - Served 20 years of Honorable Service with the United States Marine Corps, 1987- 2007
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Christian Leadership University Alumni, 2015
Stratford University Alumni, 2014
Bellevue University Alumni, 2003
Phoenix University Alumni, 1997
Suitland High School Alumni, 1985
SPIRITUAL AFFILIATIONS
The Way Truth and the Life Ministry, Norfolk, VA - 2018
The House of the Lord, Virginia Beach, VA - 2010
Bibleway Apostolic Church - Sierra Vista, AZ - 2007
Emmanuel Way of the Cross Church, Chesapeake, VA - 2004
Promise Land Pentecostal Church, Nutley, NJ - 1989