Over the course of Holm's career, he has performed many styles of music including adult contemporary, country, blues, reggae and pop-rock.
He started writing his own Christian songs around this time performing them in jails, churches and in street ministry.
During the late 60s, Holm was a member of a Christian group called the Tri-Tones who made an album entitled I Saw the Light released by the Universal Audio Corp.[2] He expanded his use of music while he was a youth pastor in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
[2][3] As a solo artist, his early albums for Zondervan and Impact contained worship songs done in a MOR rock style.
[2]: pg 419 [3] This album contains the song Rise Again which was one of the biggest radio hits in the history of Christian music.