PASTOR ROGER HOLMBERG SR., 75, FORMER PASTOR OF GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, IS UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION FOR ALLEGEDLY BACKHANDING HIS NEW WIFE, PATTI HOLMBERG, IN THE HEAD ON A PLANE BECAUSE SHE GOT A SEAT IN FIRST CLASS WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE
PICTURED: Alaska Pastor of Grace Baptist Temple, Anchorage, Alaska, Roger Holmberg and wife Patti Holmberg (Pastor Roger Holmberg’s wife died recently).
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, SAYS BOTH PASTOR ROGER HOLMBERG AND PATTI HOLMBERG ARE GUILTY OF STUPIDITY AND CHILDISH FOOLISHNESS, PARTICULARLY AT THE AGE OF 75. WHYTE BELIEVES THAT BOTH PASTOR ROGER HOLMBERG AND MRS. PATTI HOLMBERG ARE GUILTY OF SIN BEFORE GOD ALMIGHTY. PATTI HOLMBERG IS GUILTY OF DISRESPECTING, DISHONORING, AND NOT SUBMITTING TO HER HUSBAND BY GETTING A FIRST-CLASS SEAT WITHOUT LETTING HER HUSBAND KNOW — EVEN WOMEN WHO DO NOT KNOW THE LORD KNOW BETTER THAN TO DO THAT. OF COURSE, PASTOR HOLMBERG IS GUILTY OF BACKHANDING HIS WIFE ON THE BACK OF HER HEAD. IN THIS WOKE SOCIETY AND WORLD, THE MAN MUST TAKE ALL OF THE BLAME FOR THIS FOOLISHNESS, AND OF COURSE, ACCORDING TO OUR LAW, HE IS THE ONLY ONE UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION, HAS SPENT TIME IN JAIL, AND PROBABLY WILL GO TO PRISON FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.
DANIEL WHYTE III SAYS FURTHER, ROOTED IN THE BIBLE, MEN AND WOMEN HAVE FREE WILL. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU GET MARRIED, IN GOD’S SIGHT, THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE MUST ACT AND LIVE ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD FOUND THROUGHOUT THE HOLY BIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN EPHESIANS 5 AND 6. IF EITHER PARTY CHOOSES TO DISOBEY GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, THE DEVIL CAN CAUSE ANYTHING TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS FOOLISHNESS WE SEE HERE. THE MARRIAGE CAN EXPLODE EVEN INTO VIOLENCE, AND SAD TO SAY, TODAY, IT IS NOT ONLY MEN COMMITTING VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN, BUT MANY WOMEN ARE COMMITTING VIOLENCE TOWARDS MEN AS WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD IN RECENT NEWS REPORTS. IF ANY WIFE OR ANY HUSBAND FEELS LIKE THEIR LIFE IS IN DANGER OR IF THEY ARE IN DANGER OF BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED, COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR BIBLICAL FREE WILL AND REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THAT SITUATION. BUT WHEN YOU LEAVE DO NOT COME BACK. MAKE SURE YOUR DECISION IS FIRM, AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
IN OTHER WORDS, DO NOT LEAVE AND THEN HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS AND TRY TO SNEAK BACK OVER TO THE HOUSE TO HAVE SEX BY SAYING STUPID THINGS LIKE “I WAS JUST AS BAD AS YOU,” OR “THINGS WERE NOT THAT BAD BETWEEN US” BECAUSE YOU ARE LONELY AND HUNGRY FOR FAMILIAR SEX. NO. JUST LEAVE THAT PERSON AND ARRANGE THINGS WHERE YOU NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. AND GUESS WHAT? REMAIN SINGLE, CELIBATE, AND CONTENT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR GETTING A DIVORCE AND REMARRYING FOR THESE REASONS. SO PRAY AND THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED TO SOMEONE, AND ONCE YOU GET MARRIED, PRAY AND THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR SPOUSE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR BOTH OF YOU, WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS, TO ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS AND FOR THE WIFE TO HUMBLE HERSELF AND SUBMIT TO HER HUSBAND’S MANLINESS THAT SHE WAS SO ATTRACTED TO IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND DO NOT DO STUPID THINGS LIKE GETTING A FIRST CLASS TICKET ON A PLANE FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR HUSBAND WANTS TO SIT WITH YOU AND TO DO IT WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN YOU SOME NEGATIVE REACTIONS WHEN YOU HAVE DISRESPECTED HIM IN THE PAST. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOCK PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING MARRIED IS THAT THERE IS NO MORE “TWONESS”; THERE IS ONLY “ONENESS” AND THE “THREENESS” OF GOD WILL PAINFULLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE MARRIAGE. “ AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; SO THEN THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE FLESH.” IF THE HUSBAND CAN NOT LOVE HIS WIFE ENOUGH TO RESTRAIN HIMSELF FROM GETTING SO ANGRY THAT HIS VIOLENT TEMPER IS SO BAD AT HOME THAT IT EXPLODES ON FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS A PLANE, THAT IS NOT ONLY NOT SHOWING LOVE FOR YOUR WIFE; IT IS NOT SHOWING LOVE FOR YOURSELF — FOR THE THREAT OF FEDERAL PRISON SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED YOU FROM DOING THAT. WHAT PASTOR HOLMBERG SHOULD HAVE DONE IN LIGHT OF WHAT HIS WIFE DID WAS GET OFF THE PLANE AND GET A FIRST CLASS TICKET ON ANOTHER PLANE AND HEAD BACK HOME OR TO HAWAII OR SOME PLACE AND NOT TELL HIS WIFE ANYTHING THAN TO DO THIS FOOLISHNESS THAT WILL IMPACT THE REST OF HIS SHORT LIFE. BELOW IS GOD’S WORD ON IT. WHYTE SAYS EPHESIANS 5:22-33 WILL WORK FOR ANY MARRIAGE IF YOU ARE SAVED ENOUGH TO OBEY IT, AND EPHESIANS 5:22-33 THROUGH 6:1-20 WILL WORK FOR ANY FAMILY IF ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SAVED ENOUGH TO OBEY IT:
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22.Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
A pastor who lives in Virginia is facing a federal assault charge, after allegedly hitting his wife in the head for sitting in first class on a flight to Alaska.
Roger Holmberg Sr. told authorities he was upset with his wife when she got upgraded to first class, according to an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Michael Harkless.
Holmberg, 75, previously worked as a pastor at Grace Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska, according to LinkedIn and Alaska News Source.
The alleged assault occurred earlier this month on Alaska Airlines flight 275 from Seattle to Anchorage, according to the affidavit. Holmberg and his wife, Patti, were traveling from Virginia for an event related to their ministry.
Patti Holmburg testified that her husband “struck her in the head with the back of his knuckles while she was seated in the first-class cabin during the flight,” the affidavit states.
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She claimed that he knew she had epilepsy and that contact to her head could cause a seizure, according to the affidavit. Patti Holmberg added that that her husband has “a history of abusing her,” the affidavit stated.
Roger Holmberg told local authorities that he was “upset” when his wife got upgraded to first class because “he wanted his wife to travel with him and sit next to him,” the affidavit said.
“Although he was upset, he stated he was not a violent person and did not intend to hurt his wife,” the affidavit continued.
Holmberg then claimed he merely “tapped his wife on the head in passing to get her attention.” He “insisted he did nothing wrong,” according to the affidavit.
However, two witnesses reported the incident differently.
After Holmberg learned of his wife’s upgrade, one witness heard him say, “How the hell did you get the upgrade?” The wife replied, “I’m (a) gold point member. Don’t speak to me like that,” according to the affidavit.
Virginia preacher Roger Holmberg (right) faces federal charges after allegedly assaulting his wife, when she received an upgrade on a flight. (Photo: Facebook)
The witness then saw Holmberg hand his phone to his wife from the aisle, tell her to read it, and promptly gave her the middle finger, the affidavit states.
Next, the witness said they saw Roger Holmberg “swing his arm” towards his wife. Though the witness tried to block the strike, the witness claimed that Holmberg still hit the top of his wife’s head with his hand.
A second witness reported “hearing a disturbance” between Holmberg and a female passenger behind him in the first-class cabin. This witness then realized Holmberg had hit the woman.
The witness talked with a flight attendant regarding the incident. The attendant remarked that Holmberg had previously been disruptive with his wife prior to this.
According to the affidavit, the flight crew notified law enforcement of the alleged assault and Holmberg was arrested at Anchorage Airport.
He was then taken to Anchorage Correctional Center and was released on July 8 on multiple conditions, according to court records. A judge ordered Holmberg to not come within 100 yards of Patti’s home or job, agree to submit a DNA sample, and appear in court, court records report.
He faces a potential fine and/or prison time up to six months if convicted, Wavy News reported.
Additionally, Holmberg has been banned from further Alaska Airlines flights, according to a statement the company gave PEOPLE Magazine.
“We can confirm that Mr. Holmberg has been banned from our flights and a simple assault charge was filed against him by the U.S. Gov’t. (FBI) on July 3rd,” Alaska Airlines said.
In an interview with Alaska News Source, Patti Holmberg shared that she wants to encourage other women who may be suffering from domestic abuse to speak up and seek help.
“I wish more women could . . . stand up for themselves and just say that person is not worth my time. You know, I love him, but I love him enough to let him go,” Patti said.
According to the affidavit, Holmberg allegedly broke his wife’s finger in an incident last September.
However, Roger Holmberg told local authorities that his wife broke her finger by grabbing his leg while he was driving. Holmberg also claimed that Patti had previously grabbed his genitals so forcefully that it hurt him.
Holmberg noted that his wife was “disrespectful to him often and had anger issues,” the affidavit said. He said the two had been going to marriage counseling.
Holmberg and his wife got married about a year and a half ago, after the pastor’s previous wife passed away, the affidavit stated. The couple has known each other for more than 20 years.
Before working as a pastor at Grace Baptist Temple, Holmberg earned an Associate of Arts in Christian Studies from Maranatha Baptist University in the early 1980s, according to his LinkedIn profile.
SOURCE AND TO READ MORE: https://julieroys.com/pastor-holmberg-federal-assault-charge-allegedly-hitting-wife-sitting-first-class/
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