PICTURED: Rev. Dr. Terrance Lamont Holder (right); the man to his left is unknown and is not a part of the story below
THE WARTBURG WATCH SAYS: “KEEP AN EYE ON SHAMIKA’S STORY. IT HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF BLACK CHRISTIAN NEWS, WHICH ADVOCATES FOR THOSE INVOLVED TO CONTACT HER (SHAMIKA LAWRENCE CALDWELL).” (BCNN1.COM SAYS THAT TO BE MORE ACCURATE BLACK CHRISTIAN NEWS ALSO ADVOCATED FOR DR. TERRANCE LAMONT HOLDER AND THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION PRESIDENT DR. JERRY YOUNG TO ALSO CONTACT THE WARTBURG WATCH.) WARTBURG WATCH SAYS FURTHER, “SHAMIKA HAS ALSO RECEIVED SOME OUTSIDE HELP, AND IF POSSIBLE, I WILL KEEP THE WARTBURG WATCH INFORMED. THERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE WILLING TO JUMP IN AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO 15 YEARS AGO, BUT I’M GLAD THIS HAPPENED. THANK YOU FOR COMING ALONG.”
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF BLACKCHRISTIANNEWS.COM ASKS EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR DEE OF THE WARTBURG WATCH, WHO IS UNDER SATANIC ATTACK FOR THE WORK THAT SHE IS DOING AGAINST THE DEMONIC EVIL IN THE CHURCH. SHE IS NOT FEELING WELL.
Rev. Dr. Terrance Lamont Holder
SHAMIKA LAWRENCE CALDWELL ACCUSES REV. DR. TERRANCE LAMONT HOLDER, PRESIDENT OF THE KANSAS MISSIONARY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION AND FORMER PASTOR OF MT. EMORY BAPTIST CHURCH, JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, AND NOW PASTOR OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WICHITA, KANSAS, OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN SHE WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, CALLS ON NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION PRESIDENT DR. JERRY YOUNG AND KANSAS MISSIONARY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION PRESIDENT DR. TERRANCE HOLDER TO CONTACT SHAMIKA LAWRENCE CALDWELL, WHO IS ACCUSING DR. TERRANCE HOLDER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN SHE WAS 17 YEARS OLD, AND THE WARTBURG PRESS THAT BROKE THE ROBERT MORRIS AND CINDY CLEMISHIRE STORY AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BOTH OF YOU REGARDING THIS MATTER BUT TO NO AVAIL. WHYTE SAYS FURTHER THAT IF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE, DR. TERRANCE LAMONT HOLDER SHOULD RESIGN AS PRESIDENT OF THE KANSAS MISSIONARY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION AND PASTOR OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH POST-HASTE.
I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou.
I want to say this upfront. I believe Shamika. Her fight for justice impressed me. The lack of response from the National Baptist Convention-associated pastors is stunning.
A difficult start to Shamika Lawrence Caldwell’s life
Shamika Caldwell (nee Lawrence) faced a difficult life as a child and teen. She told me she had been abused in every conceivable way. She was explicitly sexually abused by family members, starting at three years old. When her cousin molested her, she told her mother. Her mother told her to “not be fast.” Her father was a deacon but didn’t act “fatherly.” He had relationships with several young women. Her mother remarried, but her stepfather was not kind or helpful to her.
She said she knew Jesus, but her life was so difficult. She said something that seared into my soul. She had been so abused that she just stopped caring. She was merely looking for love, safety, and what she called “normal.” She wouldn’t get “normal” for a long time.
I just feel like my whole life was my fault in some way because I was always blamed or not believed.
Unfortunately, life got even more challenging for her. It was her senior year in high school. She had a 37-year-old boyfriend who went to prison. Life was hard.
It was my senior year of high school and I was in and out of school because I was getting in trouble for fighting, skipping school, trouble at home with my step father, and staying in the streets, and health issues where I was in and out the hospital.
What happened next would change her life for the worse. Her mother became concerned about her life choices. She had met a pastor with whom she thought Shamika might like to talk. His name was Terrance Lamont Holder, and he was the pastor of Mt. Emory Baptist Church in Illinois, where they lived at the time.
I visit church one Sunday with my mom and she introduced me to him we talked and he seemed cool so he told me my mom wanted him to counsel me and get to the bottom of my anger issues and things that happened in my childhood. I agreed and we decided to set a time to meet during a woman’s meeting because I lived in Springfield and they were in Jacksonville.
Seventeen-year-old Shamika met Pastor Terrance Lamont Holder, looking for help, and, instead, was molested.
So Shamika, 17 years old, looking for faith and love, decided to meet with Dr. Holder. What happened next would make her despair, and I seriously say that. I am quoting exactly, so be prepared.
So I dropped my mom off at my cousin’s house for Women’s night and I went to the church to meet Pastor Holder. We talked. My mom had already shared a lot with him. I told him my current situation my boyfriend was 37 years old and had just got out of prison. He was on house arrest and was threatening that if I left him he would kill me and him.
Pastor Holder assured me, “That nigga ain’t gonna do nothing he’s just trying to put fear in you. I ain’t going to let anything happen to you.
Then some how we started talking about my sex life and the things I do sexually. Long story short he challenged me because I told him that ive never had a complaint sexually because i was taught early what to do and how to do since i was 3
Regular TWW readers probably know where this is going. This, at the minimum, is clergy abuse.
I explained to Shamika that, in the eyes of the law, oral sex is considered sexual molestation just as full intercourse is. She thought they were different.
I ended up giving him oral sex in his office at the church.
She thought Holder might actually care for her.
Due to her past, she began to believe that he cared for her. But Shamika said she became sick “almost to the point of death.” She sought help from the hospitals, but they said there was nothing they could do for her and sent her home. She had nowhere to go, so she went back to her abusive boyfriend’s home. She stayed away from the church for a while, but thinking Holder cared for her, she decided to return and join his church.
The relationship would become sexual. In the meantime, she worked on finding housing for herself, relying on friends in the short term. Holder claimed to have “no remorse.” He “had to have it.”
I called my mom to pick me up for church because I just couldn’t live this type of life anymore. So, while my 37 year old boyfriend was gone to his parents house I left and never returned. I went to church with my mother and told her I was going to join church. Pastor Holder forgot to ask at the end of service was there anyone that wanted to join church. So my mom told him my baby wanted to join church he said she can join at the next service in Quincy. We had to go to his Father in laws church for their anniversary.
A few days later he called me and wanted to meet me somewhere. I was living in Springfield so he met me. I ended up leaving my vehicle which was a red grand am to get into his silver Aurora. We went way out in the country by a place called Loame that’s where we first had sex.
She began to realize that Holder had wronged her.
Two years passed, and she realized that this relationship with Holder did not bring her the love and safety she sought. She changed her number and made changes to her life. She had her own place and left the church. She started dating a minister who eventually committed suicide. Shamika was devastated and hanging on by a thread, but she believed she was free of Holder.
In 2018, he contacted her on Messenger. She blocked him. She had many hard times and experienced other abusive relationships. But she carried on.
She is now married and has a “Brady Bunch” family consisting of seven kids in a melded family. She is a Certified Nursing Assistant and an assistant teacher. She is now a Pentecostal and still believes in Jesus, which is evident when I speak with her. She kindly prayed for my bout with COVID.
She never forgot and sought justice from church leaders who did nothing.
It wasn’t until Shamika clawed her way to love and normalcy that she realized what happened to her when she was 17 was wrong. She didn’t know that oral sex was considered sexual molestation. She understood she was groomed when she was seeking help.
I have all of her messenger notes…
Where is Dr Terrance Lamont Holder located today?
Terrance Lamont Holder has gone onto the historic (1878) Calvary Baptist Church in Wichita, Kansas, where he serves four generations of worshipers. Oddly enough, he has been an advisor to the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center.
Other evidence suggests that Holder admits to his liaisons with Shamika and does not appear ashamed.
Who did Shamika contact?
None of these listed offered to help her in her quest for justice.
Bishop Mark Gilkey: 2 messages, which means he knows.
Oh my goodness nooooo!!! I feel so bad. I am sorry to heal this. he is leading a nice congregation and he’s a great speaker.
It is not your fault you were a teenager. It is out job as adults to protect our youth. You’ve made it through and the Lord has blessed you with a fine husband and a beautiful family. It’s not your fault, you’re winning because God loves you! The eney sought to destroy you but it didn’t work. Shake the dust…As hard as it is forgive in your heart so God can bless you the more. The Lord will deal with unrighteousness.
Dr Terrance Lamont Holder
Hey, what’s up?
LOL. Well .Yes. What wa on your mind.
Cherrie Holder: I struggled with this. She did respond, stating she was aware of some “past disappointments,” but I do not feel comfortable saying more.
He did not respond after she spelled out that he believed she was harmed.
The following did not respond to her contact.
- National Baptist Convention
- Orville Jones
- Johnny Nichols
- Barrie West
- David Stewart
- Joshua West
- Missionary Baptist State Convention (Kansas)
I contacted the following:
I contacted the following people/organizations and did not receive return calls. If any of the folks below would like to contact me, please get in touch with me at dee@thewartburgwatch.com. I will post any statements.
- Dr Terrance Holder’
- Bishop Mark Gilkey
- Kansas MIssionary Baptist State Convention (Dr. Holder is the head)
- Dr. Jerry Young: New Hope Baptist Church and apparent head of the National Baptist Convention.
No one, not one of those who supposedly shepherd the shepherds, bothered to respond! I suppose it is easy to throw away one woman who had a hard life. How many other women have come forward?
#NationalBaptistConventiontoo
Finally
This is a story of an impoverished, abused teen in trouble who tried to reach out for help and, instead, was molested by the pastor. I don’t know anything about the National Baptist Convention, but I have a suggestion. They need to develop a sexual abuse policy. They must return the calls of those harmed by pastors in their organization. Any pastor who molests a member of their congregation should be booted from the denomination. They have turned in their pastor credentials. I suspect the boys protect their version of celebrity pastors at the top. All of them should hang their heads in shame. They are supposed to be shepherds, but, in this instance, it appears they are dancing with wolves.
#justiceforShamika
source: https://thewartburgwatch.com/2024/07/30/when-shamika-lawrence-caldwell-was-a-troubled-teenager-she-was-molested-when-seeking-help-from-dr-terrance-lamont-holder-no-one-in-the-national-baptist-convention-cared-enough-to-help-her-get-justic/
IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, WHERE WOULD YOU GO: HEAVEN OR HELL? IF YOU’RE NOT SURE, “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED” FOR JESUS CHRIST SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS EVER SPOKEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHEN HE SAID, “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.” READ FURTHER RIGHT HERE:
THE BIG QUESTION
GOSPEL LIGHT MINUTE X #447 WITH DANIEL WHYTE III
This is the “Chief of sinners,” Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, with the Gospel Light Minute X Podcast #447 titled, “The Big Question” I’m here to remind you of what the Bible says, that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” like you and me.
“HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN?”
The question is not “Have you joined a church?” or “Are you trying to do your best?” or “Do you have religion?” but “Are you twice-born?” Jesus Christ said in John 3:3, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”.
We enter the physical world by birth. Spiritual life likewise is entered with a birth. We become members of a human family by birth; we become members of the family of God by birth, by being “born again.” There is no other way to get into the human family except by birth, and there is no other way to get into God’s family except by the new birth. Neither education, nor cultivation, nor reformation, nor “turning over a new leaf,” will accomplish this. What is needed is not a new “leaf” but a new “life”! “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).
A New Nature Needed
By physical birth we become partakers of human nature; by being born again we become “partakers of the divine nature”. A Christian is the product of a divine “begetting”. The second birth is not an improvement of the old nature; it is the imparting of an entirely new nature. The old nature is hopelessly corrupt and incapable of ever being made fit for His presence. The new birth requires a creative act of the Holy Spirit. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature”.
Not “Trying” But “Trusting”
“Trying to follow Christ” is not Christianity. Christianity is not imitation of Christ, it is the indwelling of Christ. Christianity is not trying to do anything. It is trusting Christ Who has done it all! He has “finished the work” and there is nothing left to do but simply to receive and trust Him. He shed His precious blood on the cross and the work is all done once and forever! Cease trying and begin trusting! Believers will progressively become more and more like Christ, but by His power, not their own.
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Simply “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ”. The Bible says in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God”. The Bible states in John 1:12,13, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”.
You are born again, you become a Christian by trusting a Person—receiving a Person. The very moment you do this, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in and life begins!
What Is Meant By “Believe”?
To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” means more than simply believing the historic facts concerning Him. Intellectual belief about Christ is not sufficient. The belief that brings salvation must be “with the heart,” that is, with the whole being. This belief also includes repentance: “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ”. The Bible states in Acts 17:30, “God … now commandeth all men every where to repent”.
The faith which saves, then, includes the necessity to repent, and to receive Christ as Saviour and Lord, to rest upon Him alone for salvation. It means to trust Him so utterly and completely that, if He should fail, there would be no hope at all!
May I Know That I Am Born Again?
This is an important question. We know that we are born again by the testimony of God’s Word. God says in John 5:24, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life”. Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as explained by God’s Word? If so, then you are saved, you are “born again,” you have “passed from death unto life.” God says so! Take God at His Word, and go on your way rejoicing!
One Final Word
You may “belong to a church,” you may be “trying to do the best you can,” you may be “striving to live right.” Your outward life may be the model of moral correctness, and you may be looked up to, honored, revered, and respected. Yet, if you have not been “born again” you are just as lost as if you had never heard of Christ. Yes, you may teach in the Sunday school, read the Bible, sing, shout, “feel happy,” and all the rest—but if you have never been “born again” you are still in your sins and a stranger to the Lord Jesus Christ!.
If you want to be saved from the wrath to come and from an eternity in Hell, and if you believe that Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead and you are willing to trust Jesus Christ with all of your heart so you can go to Heaven, please pray with me what is called the sinner’s prayer: Holy Father God, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I admit that I have sinned against You and that I have broken Your Ten Commandments. I have lied before. I have stolen things before. I have lusted after people and things before. I have dishonored and disobeyed my parents. I have taken Your holy Name in vain. For Jesus Christ’s sake, please have mercy and grace upon my soul and forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in Your Holy Son the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried and rose again. Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and save my soul and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to repent of my sins past. Help me to turn from my old, evil life and follow You in the new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.
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