About Mark Holmes

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

Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Continued Opportunities and a New Partnership

By |2020-10-07T13:33:04-05:00October 8th, 2020|Categories: Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Building Project Brochure - Page 1 Building Project Brochure - Page 2 Our family has been amazed at the opportunities we have had for both recreation and ministry during the recent nationwide lockdowns. At the beginning of July, it was [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Evacuation Flight and Furlough Events

By |2020-08-02T14:32:57-05:00August 2nd, 2020|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

On Friday, May 8, my family boarded (what has been up until now) the last flight out of Abuja, arranged by the U.S. Embassy. There were stops in Togo and Liberia and an aircraft change in Dublin, making the trip duration a full twenty-four [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Activities and Opportunities

By |2020-05-16T17:14:19-05:00May 17th, 2020|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

The month of March was full of activity for all our ministries. We were able to complete the 20th semester of our Providence Baptist College & Seminary and conclude our Temple Baptist Institute course on music and song leading, giving t [...]

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Mark Holmes Letter: Evacuation Flight

By |2020-05-07T14:52:31-05:00May 7th, 2020|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: |

My family had purchased furlough flights for April 28 through July 29, and for a time we were determined to “ride it out” here, as we still had ministry obligations. During the last five weeks, however, our seminary students have gone home, [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Graduation and Conferences

By |2020-03-30T13:04:27-05:00March 31st, 2020|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

In the last decade, Providence Baptist College & Seminary and Temple Baptist Institute have averaged conducting a graduation every two years. Another one of these special occasions occurred on the 11th of January, with twenty-one studen [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Rewarding End of the Year

By |2020-02-15T19:01:38-06:00February 15th, 2020|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

The biggest family activity of our year actually began at the end of October, as Sabrina and all six of our kids had the chance to join me for our first Student Missions Institute for Training in Evangelism (S.M.I.T.E.) in Kenya, hosted by [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Survey Trip and Conferences

By |2019-12-12T02:36:18-06:00December 13th, 2019|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

The month of September brought about the third multi-week survey trip we hosted this year, the second time with a couple from our mission board. Daniel and Erin Lang, along with their baby boy Ezekiel, spent nineteen days with us after our [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: SMITE Travels

By |2019-10-07T13:03:18-05:00October 7th, 2019|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Our 100th prayer letter recaps a time full of activity and with the most visitors we’ve ever welcomed into the home that God allowed us to build over six years ago. The month of July began with an anticipated space of break time, as most of [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Landmark Events and Special Visits

By |2019-07-17T19:40:52-05:00July 19th, 2019|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , |

Over the last three months, Truth Baptist has witnessed several special events. On the first Saturday of April, one of our best ladies celebrated her marriage to a church planter. The wedding was sentimental, as the bride was our faithful S [...]

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Mark Holmes Prayer Letter: Our 13th Anniversary!

By |2019-05-31T23:33:18-05:00May 27th, 2019|Categories: Dr. Mark Holmes Family, Prayer Letters|Tags: , , |

In March, our ministries had the privilege of hosting Caleb and Emily Christiansen for their survey trip. On their first Sunday, I preached the closing service of a Hausa Fellowship Meeting at one of our church plants, and during the next t [...]

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