Dr. Caesar Roland Richburg, a native of Sumter, S.C is the senior pastor of Williams Chapel AME Church in Orangeburg, S.C., where he has served since November 2006. Previously, Dr. Richburg served for 18 years as pastor at Allen Temple AME Church in Greenville, S.C.



Before entering the ministry, Dr. Richburg, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and biology from Claflin University, pursued graduate studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri where he obtained a Masters Degree in Administration. Other academic achievements include a Masters of Divinity Degree in Theology from Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury N.C.

Dr. Richburg served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Regular Army (Infantry Branch).  Upon separation from the military Dr. Richburg was employed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in marketing and sales and served in Allentown, PA., Kansas City, Missouri and South Carolina where he served as Sales and Marketing Manager for the state of South Carolina.

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Dr. Richburg’s ministry has been described as one that reaches beyond the walls and pews of the church. He led the Allen Temple congregation in the construction of a state-of-the-art Community Development Center (50,000 square feet) used to provide ministries, programs and numerous beneficial and uplifting services to the greater Greenville community. Under Dr. Richburg’s leadership, the Center also offered Tutorial Programs during the school year, a Supplemental Service Program, which was offered to elementary and middle schools. The Center housed the first charter school in inner city Greenville. During his tenure as pastor, Rev Richburg also served as Chairman of the Board for the Allen Temple Community Development (Economic) Corporation, a Not-for-Profit corporation.



Offering leadership beyond Allen Temple AME Church, Dr. Richburg participated in successful initiatives in the areas of housing, community economic development and supported partnerships and collaboration with various neighborhood associations in the Greenville Community. Dr. Richburg served on the Board of Trustees for the Piedmont South Carolina Annual Conference of the AME Church. He has served as a delegate to the General Conference of the AME Church since 1992. Dr. Richburg also serves as Dean of the Episcopal District (South Carolina) Board of Examiners, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Examiners for the Central Annual Conference of the AME Church, and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Conference. He has served as the Co-Chair of the Investiture Service for Bishop Preston Warren Williams, II being elected and investiture as a President of the Council of Bishops in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and as Co-Chair of Bishop Williams 50 Year in Ministry Celebration Banquet.



Dr. Richburg was selected as one of the 50 most influential people of 2006 in Greenville by Greenville Magazine. He is a member of The NAACP; he has served as the President of Rainbow Push Coalition (Greenville Chapter). Other distinguished memberships and achievements include member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., member of the Model County Initiative for the upcoming investment of Jafza International in Orangeburg County, member of the Board of Trustees of Allen University, member of the Board of Directors of Fellowship of Christian Athletics, member of Orangeburg Rotary Morning Club, Member of the Board of Friends of Juvenile Justice (FJJ), Founder of the Southern Midlands African American Family Reunion (Orangeburg, SC), Vice Chairman of the Board of the Martha Jean-Adams Heggins Foundation Institute, Chairman of the Board of Orangeburg County Youth Council (a partnership with FJJ and United Way of the Midlands), past president of the Ministerial Alliance of Greenville and Vicinity, Chairman of Greenville Technical College Multi Cultural Advisory Board, Co-Founder of the Greenville HBCU Basketball and Football Classics, and the African American Upstate Family Reunion. Dr. Richburg was very instrumental in pursuing MLK Holiday as an official Holiday in Greenville County, SC.

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At Williams Chapel, Dr. Richburg is pursing ministry beyond the walls of The Chapel. In an effort to engage in cutting edge ministry, he has organized the West End Riverside Community (Economic) Development Corporation to help position the community where Williams Chapel is located as a kingdom corridor, where affordable  housing is made available and serves as Chairman of the Board.  He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Nehemiah Ministries of Orangeburg County, a collaboration and partnership with other agencies and organizations to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Orangeburg in the areas of economic development, reentry programs and services of persons returning back to the community, senior housing, affordable housing, health disparity, youth and teen mentoring and serves as a Chaplain for the Orangeburg County Sherriff Department.  Dr. Richburg also served as an adjunct professor at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He is also a member and as of November 2012, was elected the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties.



In addition to serving as pastor of Allen Temple AME Church and Williams Chapel AME Church, Dr. Richburg also served as pastor at Benton Avenue AME Church in Springfield, Missouri, Friendship AME Church in Summerton, S.C, and Mount Lebanon AME Church in Due West, South Carolina.



Dr. Richburg is married to Ella Gadsden Richburg; originally of Saint Stephen, South Carolina and a teacher for the Orangeburg District 5 School District. Dr. and Mrs. Richburg have three daughters: Felicia (Calvin), an elementary school teacher in Richland County School District II, a doctoral candidate at the University of South Carolina,  Columbia, S.C.; Kendra (Kevin), a Dentist and recent graduate of Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN and Tiffany, a medical doctor and recent graduate of Meharry Medical College. They are the proud grandparents of  Peyton Richburg Sellers.