Pastor Holman is a native of Sacramento. He
graduated from Sacramento High School, attended Sacramento
City College, and the University of Nevada Reno where he studied
business administration and secondary education. He worked
for the State of California for 27 years in many capacities,
finally retiring in the year 2000 to the call of full time ministry.
Pastor Holman comes from a family of pastors. His grandfather,
the late District Elder Thomas Holman, was founder of Christ
Temple Apostolic Church here in the city of Sacramento California. Pastor
Holman learned to minister and care for people under the mentorship
of his late father, the District Elder Robert B. Holman Sr.,
successor of Christ Temple Apostolic Church.
At twenty years of age, he was called to the ministry of preaching
and teaching G-d’s word. He served in the ministry
his father pastured for more than thirty years. During
that time, he became a very good organizer of choirs which
lead him to become the third minister of music in the history
of the national organization of which he belonged, an organization
that was over fifty years old.
Over the years, Pastor Holman has watched the dynamics of
economic, social, and cultural change shape the city of Sacramento. These
changes, along with the prompting of the Holy Spirit (Ruach
HaKodesh) have lead him to pastor a congregation that reflects
Hebraic biblical teachings, the scriptures.
He has pastured First Tabernacle Fellowship since its inception
September 1994. He has helped many people get their lives
in order by being straight foreword with G-d’s word for
their lives. Because ‘Truth Matters’ to him. While
teaching from the book of Exodus he saw what the Ruach wanted
him to see, that the Sabbath was a perpetual covenant that
G-d has established for his people, everyone who believes. With
this in mind in January of 2006 just twelve years after the
start of the ministry pastor Holman directed the ministry to
return to the commands of G-d by honoring the Sabbath and adhering
to His commandments, and the Hebraic roots of scripture.
Pastor Holman believes these are the times when The Creator,
Blessed Be He, is calling people to return to the Torah.
“For out of Tziyon
will go forth the Torah the Word of Adonai from Yerushalayim” Yesha’yahu
(Isaiah) 2:3.
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