About Mark Holmes

Missionary in Nigeria serving with FBMI since 2002. Sent out of Faith Baptist Church of Gulfport, Mississippi.

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Travels and Partnerships

2024-11-12T07:58:44-06:00November 12th, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Through our affiliation with Christian Media International, we have been operating a fully equipped audio/video studio in the southwest region of Nigeria for three years and are now televising seven weekly Gospel programs in six languages. [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Furlough and Return

2024-09-25T15:33:14-05:00September 27th, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|

Our furlough continued in July with a few Independence Day celebrations: fireworks at our sending church after the midweek service, dinner at our pastor’s home the next evening, and activities at my mom’s assisted-living facility on the mor [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Furlough Activities

2024-07-25T11:58:14-05:00July 28th, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

Our family arrived in Miami on May 7 for a short furlough to celebrate Victoria’s high school graduation, firstly with a “senior trip” to the Florida Keys. On 14 May, she walked at Abeka’s homeschool program in Pensacola, and the next week [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Come and See Us!

2024-05-14T12:16:05-05:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: |

Early in March, the members of Grace & Glory Baptist Church unanimously and joyously promoted Bro. Adewale Adesina to be their senior pastor. Since the middle of 2015, I’ve been co-pastoring two churches simultaneously, so it is a big c [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Graduation and Travels

2024-03-29T12:45:44-05:00March 31st, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

After already enjoying a nice holiday break from our kids’ homeschooling and my seminary teaching, we rejoiced to have our oldest son Joseph visit us from the U.S. At both churches in which our family is involved, members were happy to see [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Travels, Visitors, and Projects

2024-01-29T10:56:06-06:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

In four out of the last five years, we have been privileged to conduct six Pastors’ Conferences in the three main regions of Nigeria. The last two conferences of 2023 were completed successfully at the beginning of November in the citie [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Expanding Our Influence

2023-12-10T06:52:59-06:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

At the beginning of September, I got the chance to close out our three weeks of youth camps by conducting the SMITE graduation in Nigeria’s southeast. In total, the Student Missions Institutes for Training in Evangelism, held in Ogbomoso, A [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Growth Points for Truth Baptist

2023-09-26T16:52:00-05:00September 28th, 2023|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

The two months of summer opened with an American Independence Day celebration among our missionary families, joined by a friend and fellow college administrator as our special guest. Pastor Ezra Owolabi of Blue Mountain Baptist College in O [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Big Days and Fruitful Trips

2023-07-18T12:17:48-05:00July 20th, 2023|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

On the 14th of May, Truth Baptist Church celebrated an anniversary 17 years to the day that it was founded. It turned out to be our largest attendance on the property, with about 400. We were glad to host Evangelist Doug Neary of A Look at [...]

Mark and Sabrina Holmes Prayer Letter: Unexpected Gifts

2023-05-22T13:59:48-05:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

In the middle of March, we received not only an amazing opportunity but also a well-timed answer to prayer. White Oak Baptist Church in Stratford, Connecticut, arranged for Sabrina and me to be their special guests during the church’s annua [...]

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