Rev. Cedric B. Holmes SR is the pastor of White Oak Baptist Church, located in Lindenwold, New Jersey, where he has been preaching and teaching to the people of God for 16 years. He is a faithful, available servant used by the Lord and has studied to prove himself diligent, rightly dividing the word of truth. He loves the Lord and serves him with all of his heart

Rev. Holmes started his spiritual walk in 1984 learning to serve and walk as a Deacon. In 1986 he was ordained as a Deacon at Friendship Baptist Church in Brotmanville NJ and four years later in December of 1990 he was licensed to preach the Gospel of Christ Jesus. During this time he served and worked in the Ebenezer Missionary Union of South Jersey, served as Spiritual Leader at the Mission Teen Center in Norma, and Director of the Evangelistic Outreach Ministries at St. James Baptist Church, Norma, New Jersey. On April 23, 1996 Rev. Cedric B. Holmes SR was ordained by the Permit Council of the Bethany Association of South Jersey under the tutelage of his pastor, the late Rev. David Bell. God continued to open up pathways for Rev. Holmes to excel and in February 1997 White Oak Baptist in New Jersey Church called him to pastor.