Zan Wesley Holmes Jr
Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., is Pastor Emeritus of St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, where he served for 28 years.[1]
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[edit] Life
Dr. Holmes graduated from Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas and has two graduate degrees from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.[2]
He was Adjunct Professor of Preaching at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University for 24 years. Known as much for his community activism as his preaching and teaching, Holmes was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from 1968–1972, while he also served as a United Methodist District Superintendent.[3]
He is widely known from his role as narrator and host of the Disciple Bible Study video series produced by Abingdon Press (Disciple 1).
He was on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, fron 1991 to 1997.[4] In 2001, he was recognized as one of the Civil Rights Movement’s “Invisible Giants” in the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma, Alabama. In 2009, Dallas is naming a middle school for him.[5]
He and his wife, Carrie, reside in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California.[6]
[edit] Publications
He is the author of:
- Reaching for Revival (1991),
- Encountering Jesus (1992), and
- When Trouble Comes (1996).
Holmes has also written chapters in Our Time under God is Now (1993) and in Power in the Pulpit: How America’s Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare their Sermons (2002).
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.marionfirst.org/Zan/
- ^ http://smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/03018.html
- ^ Paul McKay (August 2002). "Dallas Pastor Looks Back: Rev. Zan Holmes Retires". United Methodist News Service. http://www.blackandchristian.com/articles/pulpit/umns-08-02.shtml.
- ^ http://www.utsystem.edu/BOR/former_regents/regents/Holmes/
- ^ http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/jul/23/dallas-isd-approves-names-new-schools/
- ^ http://www.foundryumc.org/news/JulyandAugust2008Forge.htm
[edit] External links
- Zan Holmes looks back on career that influenced many
- Abingdon Press
- Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Communtiy [sic] Life Center facebook
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