About us

Pastor H.B. HOLMES, was born in New Castle, PA. He completed high school in Lakeland, FL and received his Bachelor of Arts from Jacksonville Theological Seminary. He was raised with God fearing parents, was involved in the church at an early age, having received the gift of salvation and the baptism of the Holy Spirit in 1984.

A ministerial and entrepreneurial visionary, Pastor H.B. Holmes, Jr. has traveled the breadth and depth of the world teaching the Word of God. His anointed teaching and preaching ministry is educational, life changing and applicable to the issues of everyday life. He has been in ministry for over 20 years. He founded Rhema Family Fellowship in 2007 after receiving the call of God, starting the ministry with merely two people.

As the work of Rhema has grown and reached beyond the borders of the local community and the United States, the name was changed in 2011 to encompass the International Apostolic Mantle that was placed upon the church, with the new name of Rhema Word of Faith International, reaching into Africa and around the world. H.B. Holmes, Jr. has been actively involved in broadcast and multimedia for the last 13 years, working with the nation’s largest cable company, Comcast. He’s the owner of HBTV Networks, HBTV Sports Network, B1 Networks and the President of Rhema Broadcasting.