Rev Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. graduated cum laude from Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas and holds two graduate degrees from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University² where he also served as Adjunct Professor of Preaching for 24 years.

Holmes was a Texas House of Representatives from 1968–1972; he served as a United Methodist District Superintendent. and 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.

Dr. Holmes is widely known for his role as narrator and host of the Disciple Bible Study video series produced by Abingdon Press. He also served on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas from 1991 to 1997.⁴ In 2012, the Dallas Independent School District named the groundbreaking, state of the art Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School in his honor. ⁵

Pastor Holmes is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and is an active lifetime member of the NAACP.