Inside United Podcast #206: Roy Holladay - Personal History

Roy Holladay has served a full career for more 50 years as a pastor, Regional Pastor, Council of Elders member, Chairman of the Council of Elders, Ministerial Services Operation Manager and President of the United Church of God. He shares his remembrances and observations in this podcast with Victor Kubik. Mr. Holladay is retired and lives with his wife Norma in Ooltewah, Tennessee.

Active in the ministry of Jesus Christ for more than five decades, Victor Kubik is a long-time pastor and Christian writer. Together with his wife, Beverly, he has served in pastoral and administrative roles in churches and regions in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. He regularly contributes to Church publications and does a weekly podcast. He and his wife have also run a philanthropic mission since 1999. 

He was named president of the United Church of God in May 2013 by the Church’s 12-man Council of Elders, and served in that role for nine years.

At the time of his retirement in 2016, Roy Holladay was serving the Operation Manager for Ministerial and Member Services of the United Church of God. Mr. and Mrs. Holladay have served in Pittsburgh, Akron, Toledo, Wheeling, Charleston, Uniontown, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Uvalde, the Rio Grand Valley, Richmond, Norfolk, Arlington, Hinsdale, Chicago North, St. Petersburg, New Port Richey, Fort Myers, Miami, West Palm Beach, Big Sandy, Texarkana, Chattanooga and Rome congregations.

Roy Holladay was instrumental in the founding of the United Church of God, serving on the transitional board and later on the Council of Elders for nine years (acting as chairman for four-plus years). Mr. Holladay was the United Church of God president for three years (May 2002-July 2005). Over the years he was an instructor at Ambassador Bible College and was a festival coordinator for nine years.