Pastor Bennie Holmes grew  up in Augusta, Georgia to the parents of Tom and Lucille Holmes.

He is a 1965 graduate of The Lucy Craft Laney High School, Augusta, Georgia and a 1973 graduate of The Augusta Technical Institute.  He has  studied at various seminaries in Augusta, Georgia.

He is a life time member of the NAACP.  He served as Vice-President of the Evening Ministers Conference in Augusta and served as First Vice-President of The Augusta Chapter of The NAACP.

He was licensed and ordained into the ministry in 1985 at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Lincolnton, Georgia.

He served as Pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Grovetown, Ga.,  Doyle Grove Baptist Church, Blythe, Ga., Historical Silver Bluff Baptist Church, Beech Island, South Carolina and presently the Pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church, Wrens, Georgia.

Pastor Holmes retired from The Proctor and Gamble Corporation, Augusta, Ga.

He is married to Martha Reid Holmes and the father of four children.

 Teaching and preaching the Word of God is his calling. He believes     a true believer is one who wants to hear and obey the Word of God   (Matthew 7:26).

 Reverend Holmes' mission statement is "And we know that all things work together for good to those that love God."