Minister Lenora Holt is a native of West Memphis, AR. and she is the last of twelve children and the Co- Pastor and First Lady of Abundant Grace Fellowship Church in Smithville, TX; where she proudly serves with her husband and best-friend, Senior Pastor Ronnie L. Holt Jr. As partners in the ministry, they acknowledge and are implementing the mission and vision of the ministry “Where you can come as you are to become the person God has called you to be.” Providing a place “Where the Grace of God Abides “so that you can worship God in spirit and in truth.
First Lady is the grateful and proud mother of three beautiful children, Naquasha Riser (Jarvis: son-in-love) and Larry McGarity; and one unique and precious grand-daughter, Giselle Riser.
She has over 28 years of ministry experience and has received certificates in Growing In Christ, Going Through The Bible In One Year, God’s Amour Bearer I & II, and Purpose Driven Life at Golden Leaf Cathedral School Of Ministry in Memphis, TN under the leadership of Bishop Dandridge Wilborn. She pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2001 and had an awesome privilege to walk where Jesus walked and to be baptized in the Jordan River. She has served in ministry in many capacities such as a servant, student, teacher, praise dancer, mentoring coordinator, choir member, worship leader and has a willing and humbling spirit to help wherever she is needed.
Minister Lenora Holt is an anointed and appointed woman of God who believes that the Spirit of the Lord is upon her to preach and teach good news to the meek, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. She accepted her calling to preach the gospel in December 2010 and received her licensing as a Minister at South Austin Community Church under the leadership of Pastor A. L. Sneed II. She received her ordination in the ministry under the leadership of Pastor Ronnie L. Holt Jr. in August 2014 at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Minister Lenora Holt is a nurse by profession but indeed is a woman after God’s own heart for her genuine and unconditional love for His people and work of the ministry.