Zan Wesley Holmes Jr.

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 University[2] where he also served as Adjunct Professor of Preaching 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.

Dr. Holmes is also known for his role as a narrator and host of the Disciple Bible Study video series produced by Abingdon Press.

He and his wife, Carrie, and grand daughter Savannah reside in Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California.

[6] He is the author of: 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).

Rev. Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. speaks at a clergy luncheon at Suncreek United Methodist Church (Allen,TX) in 2006
Rev. Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. preaching at Suncreek United Methodist Church (Allen, Texas) in 2006