Our Spiritual Leader

Moreh Robert B. Holman, Jr. 

Moreh Holman has led First Tabernacle Fellowship since its inception in September 1994. He is a native of Sacramento, graduating from Sacramento High School, attending Sacramento City College and the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied Business Administration and Secondary Education.

He worked for the state of California in numerous capacities. And retired in 2000 after 27 years of service to answer YAHWEH’s call to full-time ministry.

Moreh Holman comes from a family of pastors. His grandfather, the late District Elder Thomas Holman, founded Christ Temple Apostolic Church in Sacramento, California. Moreh Holman learned to minister and care for people under the mentorship of his late father, District Elder Robert B. Holman, Sr.

At 20 years old, Moreh Holman received the call to minister; to preach and to teach YAHWEH’s Word. He served in the ministry his father pastored for more than thirty years; there, he oversaw the music ministry and developed one of the best choirs in Northern California. He later became the 3rd Minister of Music in the history of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World for the International Pentecostal Young People’s Union.

Over the years, Moreh Holman observed the dynamics of social, economic, and cultural change. These changes, along with the promptings of the Set-Apart Spirit, have led him to lead a congregation that reflects the Hebraic teaching of the Scriptures: the Torah, the Writings, and the Prophets.

While teaching from Exodus 31, he understood what the Set-Apart Spirit wanted him to see—that the Sabbath was a perpetual covenant established by YAHWEH for YAHWEH’s people. With this truth in mind, in January 2006, just twelve years after starting the ministry, Moreh Holman directed the ministry to return to YAHWEH Elohim’s commands by honoring the Sabbath and adhering to the commandments and the Hebraic Scriptures. Since “Truth matters,” Moreh Holman has helped many people get their spiritual lives in order by addressing the Word of YAHWEH Elohim straightforwardly.

The Moreh studies scriptures, examining them historically, scientifically, and spiritually to gain understanding and truth. He loves life and living, enjoying golf and time with family and friends. He knows that one day it will all end. For the Moreh, being physically dead does not constitute an end but a continuation of life as it awaits final judgment. The only time we can prepare is now.

Moreh Holman believes that these are the times when the Creator, Blessed be YAHWEH, calls His people to return to the Torah.