The Mindset of the Author

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.  In January 1990, while serving in the Infantry, 3d Battalion 2d Marine Division, his unit returned to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. It became a member of the Shiloh Holiness Pentecostal Church, where the late Presiding Bishop/Dr. Robert L. Meredith and the current Pastor, Dr. Bobby Gray, preside.  Immediately after completing the 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. 

In January 1990, before deploying to Iraq for the Desert Shield/Desert Storm War, Pastor Wilson evangelized and witnessed 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 its 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 an Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Instructor/Subject Matter Expert (SME) and SAIC as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance SME/Collection Manager, Afghanistan.  Pastor Wilson returned from Afghanistan on 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/Evangelist 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, E-commerce/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