PASTOR EUGENE B. HOLMES Jr.

PASTOR EUGENE B. HOLMES Jr. was born in Baltimore in 1962 to Eugene and Annette Holmes. He accepted Christ as his Savior as a young child. He also is a graduate of Baltimore City Public School System. In July of 2001, he was Ordained as a Deacon. Pastor Holmes was called to the Ministry in 2003 and was licensed to preach the Gospel in 2005, under the leadership of Pastor Willie E. Quick of the New Lebanon Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Holmes was ordained in 2008, while at New Lebanon Calvary Baptist Church he was the ministry leader for the Young Men’s Prison Ministry, in which he led ministers and deacons from various churches in witnessing to the young men in the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center. To enhance his knowledge of God’s Word, Pastor Holmes studied at the Baltimore School of the Bible, the National Prison Fellowship Ministry and the Maryland Theological Seminary. Pastor Holmes served as the Assistant Pastor under the leadership of Pastor Melvin C. Lee of the Rising Sun Baptist Church. 

On June15, 2014 the officers and congregation of the Bibleway Missionary Baptist Church unanimously voted Reverend Eugene B. Holmes Jr. as the Pastor of Bibleway Missionary Baptist Church. His Pastoral Installation Service was September 14, 2014.

He is married to Tawanda Holmes and they have six children and five grandchildren. Most of all, he wants everybody know he loves the Lord!

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me; to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. Isaiah 61:1 

LADY TAWANDA HOLMES is the leading lady at Bibleway Missionary Baptist Church in the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland where her husband Reverend Eugene B. Holmes, Jr. is the pastor as of June 2014.  She served as a minister’s wife for 9 years before the transition.  She accepted salvation at the age of 10.  She served on several ministries such as women’s ministry, deaconess ministry, new members’ ministry, finance ministry and she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and Children’s Church.  She is gifted with administration, leadership and teaching.  She enjoys teaching God’s Word and had the privilege of teaching at various conferences, women’s ministry fellowships, and retreats.  She has a passion and heart for hurting women.  She is a co-author of an Amazon’s best seller book “Born Again Daughters of Zion”. Her favorite scripture is Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”

She is the founder and president of the Maryland Covenant of Ministers Wives, Inc. which is a non-profit, non-denominational 501©(3) organization whose mission is to mentor ministers/pastors wives and provide community service.  God gave her the vision of supporting ministers’ wives and blessed her with godly sisters to establish this ministry in February 2014.

She graduated from Western High School and has been employed with the federal government since 1988.  She is a Deputy Director at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  She served in the U.S. Navy Reserves for 18 years and taught math and accounting at the Baltimore City Community College.  She is a CPA and provides financial advice to various ministries.  She has a B.S. in accounting from Morgan State University, Master of Arts and teaching certificate from Towson University, and graduated from the Baltimore School of the Bible.  She and Pastor Holmes were married in 2004 and together they have 6 children ages 12 through 38 and 7 grandchildren.