About Mark Holmes

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

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Big Announcements for Family and Ministry

2018-05-08T15:11:39-05:00May 9th, 2018|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Sabrina and I wish to announce the good news that we are now expecting our 6th child! As we have with the birth of each of our children, my family is planning a furlough to begin in July and last through the end of this year. If you would l [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: New Venues for Churches and Conferences

2018-03-13T22:36:08-05:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

At the beginning of January, we started a new semester of Providence Baptist College & Seminary with 17 students, 2 of them new. Our Saturday-only Temple Baptist Institute classes also resumed with 16 students after a holiday break. On [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Graduation, Ordination, and Conferences

2018-01-19T13:31:30-06:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

In early December, we rounded up our 15th semester of Providence Baptist College & Seminary and were pleased to have 5 teachers working together for the first time since we started in 2009. Two missionaries (Bro. Sonny McGuffee and Ms. [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Partner With Us!

2017-11-21T22:55:37-06:00November 22nd, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Good news has been relayed to us that the Bible Education And Missionary Service (BEAMS) wants to partner with us to send a container full of Bibles and “religious materials” to Nigeria. We share the same sending church with BEAMS and are h [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Record-Breaking Youth Camps

2017-09-12T17:55:21-05:00September 13th, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

June of next year will mark forty years since S.M.I.T.E. in Louisiana/Mississippi began its unique ministry of training independent Baptist young people in the reaching of children through Bible Clubs. Seven years ago, we carried that legac [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Highlights From Seven Ministries

2017-07-05T16:29:52-05:00July 7th, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Happy Independence Day! This update is being written as our family is preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July with another missionary couple and a family from our newer church plant; we’re thankful to have good fellowship with close frien [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Expansion and Maturity

2017-06-02T11:20:34-05:00June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

An enjoyable benefit to partnering with pastors in our ministry-training schools or hosting multiple pastors annually in our conferences and camps is being invited to participate in ordinations and other special days for those on whom I’ve [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Homecoming

2017-03-20T15:31:57-05:00March 20th, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

On January 19, our family returned to Nigeria after a productive time on furlough. The last two weekends in America were spent at our sending church in Gulfport and then at Sabrina’s home church in Baton Rouge, where I had the privilege of [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: New Nigeria Partners

2017-02-08T21:45:48-06:00February 10th, 2017|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

November was momentous for Sabrina and me in that it was our first Thanksgiving in the U.S. in over a decade. Our family thoroughly enjoyed spending the holiday with both sets of relatives. Christmas was extra special, as all three of Sabri [...]

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Active Furlough

2017-02-02T14:42:55-06:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

This letter is being written as I am wrapping up our 10th missions conference in as many weeks. My family has traveled north to Michigan twice, flown west to California, and driven east to Durham, North Carolina. I am now in Brownsville, Te [...]

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