Pastor Willie J. Bamberg II was born in Bamberg, South Carolina to Willie J. Bamberg and now Vivian F, McGhaney in October of 1978. He was raised on a farm in Lynchburg, South Carolina where he learned good Christian values and work ethic at a young age from his devout mother Vivian F. McGhaney and grandfather the late Samuel “Pop” Fleming. He attended school in the Sumter county public schools system in Sumter School District two. After graduating from Crestwood High school in 1997 he started his higher education at Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter South Carolina then joined the U.S. Marines Corps in 1998 where he served honorably for 12 meritorious years earning many distinguished awards and achieving two meritorious promotions during his tenure for exceptional performance.

 Pastor Bamberg started working in ministry from an early age singing on the choir and being the church musician. It was noted early on that Pastor Bamberg had a calling on his life; he demonstrated zeal and devotion to serving God. He accepted the call to ministry and preached his first message at the age of 17 while in high school. While serving in the Marines he joined Shekinah Glory Full Gospel Ministries where he was placed in the Minister in Training program where he preached his trial sermon in 1999. During his tenure at Shekinah Glory, Pastor Bamberg was given a firm foundation of holy living and this is where he knew without a doubt that he was Holy Ghost filled. During this time he married then Josephine Gass of Sumter, SC while he served faithfully as church musician and taught bible study until receiving orders to Camp Pendleton, California in 2001. He and his new family then joined the Shiloh C.O.G.I.C. in Oceanside, CA where he was licensed a Minister 2002 under the leadership of now Supt. Dr. Michael N. Henderson, Jr.  and now Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. Jurisdictional Prelate. This is where he learned the importance of being a minister that serves the community. Throughout Pastor Bamberg’s military career he had the opportunity to travel and live in various places. Consequently he has served in various capacities within the life of ministry serving as minister of music, praise/worship leader, Sunday school teacher, armor bearer, pastor’s aide, youth pastor and assistant pastor. At the district level he served as district music department president of Southern District South Carolina Jurisdiction and is currently serving as Urban Initiatives President in the Central District of Historic VA #1. At the jurisdictional level he served as the Jurisdictional Praise/Worship President of the Historic Virginia # 1 under the leadership of Bishop Ted G. Thomas Sr. General Board Member C.O.G.I.C, as well as adjutant to Bishop Thomas. 

He is an active National Adjutant brother in which he now serves diligently at all jurisdictional and national conferences. Pastor Bamberg founded the Judah Sanctuary C.O.G.I.C and the doors opened in February of 2014 where under his leadership they are making a positive impact on their community as a multicultural church in which he believes to be in keeping with the mission of Bishop Mason and before racial tension caused our white counterparts to break away. (Assemblies of God)

 Pastor Bamberg is a proven leader and is sincere in his mission to make a difference. His motto is “There is no greater quality than always striving to be better than the person you are” and believes in working to strengthen weaknesses. He vows to keep working for the betterment of his community, nation and world and declares that he will not stop until his work is done. The sentiment that motivates Pastor Bamberg derives from Luke 2:49: “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?” It is Pastor Bamberg’s earnest expectation that he is always found fulfilling the call on his life and being about God’s business.

Pastor Bamberg is a humanitarian and takes civic responsibility and serves on many committees and boards as he strives to make a difference in his community, nation and world. He currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors (BOD) of Chain Breakers Inc. He is a member of the Church and Community In Action (CCIA) committee and Martin Luther King Leadership Steering Committee two Portsmouth based out Portsmouth, Va. He also serves as a BOD member of the Portsmouth chapter of Kiwanis International and serves with the Westmorland Children and Youth Association. Pastor Bamberg was elected the President of the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) at Portsmouth’s Woodrow Wilson High School after serving as Vice-President of Portsmouth’s Park View and Hodges Manor PTAs. Seeing Pastor Bamberg’s faithfulness to the betterment of his community, the City Council appointed him to serves as Chairman on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Commission with the city of Portsmouth.

Pastor Bamberg continued higher education steadily throughout his military career and attends classes while in ministry and working full time. He attended the North Carolina College of Theology, Campbell, and Strayer Universities and is now taking final courses to earn bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management then he plans to pursue an earned doctorate of divinity.

Pastor Bamberg is a devoted family man; a husband of one wife as he married Josephine Bamberg in March of 1999. He is the proud father of two sons, two daughters and a grandfather of one. He believes that his family is his first ministry and ensures to be successful at home as well as pastor. He is a sincere pastor and is adamant about teaching the rightly divided word of truth in love. Pastor Bamberg is a prophetic teacher and unapologetically declares the rhema word of God.