About Pastor Joseph Holmes
The pastoral story behind HC Cowboy Ministries and Riding for the Brand Co.
HC Cowboy Ministries
Pastor Rev. Joseph Holmes
Pastor Rev. Joseph Holmes ministers through HC Cowboy Ministries, a pastoral work rooted in the Western way of life. His calling is to the people who spend their days on horseback, at the rodeo, on the range, and in the kind of country where a Sunday service might happen under open sky.
The store started because teaching that fits this life is hard to find. Most Christian publishing assumes a suburban congregation, a projector screen, and a small-group curriculum that could belong to any church in any zip code. That is not where Pastor Holmes ministers, and it is not who he writes for.
His books and study guides grow out of years of preaching, teaching, and walking alongside cowboys, ranchers, rodeo workers, and their families. The Concealed and Revealed series came from real Bible studies — the questions people actually asked, the passages they found hard, the truths they needed to hear in plain language.
Riding for the Brand Co. carries that work into a store so it can reach farther: the cowboy church in a county with one traffic light, the ranch family studying together after supper, the rodeo circuit chaplain building a resource library on a tight budget.
The Word travels — studied at kitchen tables, tailgates, and fellowship halls across the country.
Real teaching for real people who work the land and ride for something bigger than themselves.
Who This Store Serves
Cowboys and cowgirls who want faith gear that holds up to the life they actually live.
Ranchers and farmers who study scripture the same way they work a problem — steadily, with both hands.
Rodeo families and circuit workers who want a word that travels.
Cowboy church pastors and small group leaders who need study material with real depth.
What Makes This Different
Every book and study guide comes from pastoral experience, not a publishing-house content calendar. The writing is plainspoken on purpose — not dumbed down, just honest.
The apparel carries the ministry's message, not a generic slogan pulled from a wall of print-on-demand templates. Wear it because it means something to you.
And when you have a question about a group pack or a speaking engagement, you reach the ministry directly.
Take the Teaching With You
Browse the books, study guides, and apparel built for life on the ranch and the rodeo circuit.