Long Hollow School of Ministry provides a biblical learning opportunity for adults who want to develop further in theological understanding and personal ministry and leadership effectiveness, whether attending individual classes or seeking to earn a certificate in areas of Christian Leadership or Ministry Leadership.

Our instructors embody the values and distinctives of the Long Hollow School of Ministry and offer varied backgrounds and experience in ministry and the workplace.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us at school@longhollow.com.

Bill Alexander

Bill Alexander and his family have been members of Long Hollow Church since the fall of 2010. Lifelong Hendersonville residents, Bill and his wife, Roseann, lead an on-campus senior adult life group. A career educator with over 30 years of experience in both Christian and public schools, Bill currently teaches chemistry and serves as the Head Football Coach at Liberty Creek High School. He and Roseann have two adult children and enjoy traveling to national parks in their free time.

Abraham Cremeens

Abraham Cremeens serves as the Multisite and Campus Operations Executive Pastor at Long Hollow Church, where he also oversees the Long Hollow School of Ministry. Before joining the Long Hollow team, he served as a pastor in Indiana and spent time on staff with The Navigators, equipping others in spiritual growth and discipleship.

Abraham enjoys time with his wife, Kari, and their two boys. He is passionate about triathlon, reading, and anything outdoors, and finds his deepest purpose in helping others grow in living a Gospel-driven life.

Mark Liverman

Mark accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior in 1990 on the sand dunes of Southwest Asia, while serving as a United States Army Sergeant during Desert Storm. Since then, the Lord has led him to serve in various capacities, some of which include Sunday school teacher, ministry events coordinator, Gospel minister, life group leader, discipleship group leader, Long Hollow Institute instructor, and has been a member of Long Hollow Church since 2014. Mark is currently a Long Hollow Peer Counselor and has served on Sundays for the last eight years with the parking and experience teams. Mark is married to Susan and together they care for aging parents while sharing the Gospel through their marriage to neighbors and their children who live across the country.

Roger S. (Sing) Oldham

Sing Oldham has served in a variety of Christian ministries for 45 years. These include youth and education ministry, college professor, denominational leader, and pastor of churches in Arkansas and Tennessee. Sing is currently the Pastor Engagement Director for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

While pastor of First Baptist Church in Martin, where he served for 21 years, he was also an adjunct instructor at UT Martin and Mid-Continent Baptist Bible College and was a frequent lecturer in the Doctor of Ministry program at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently an adjunct instructor at Union University in the School of Adult and Professional Studies.

Oldham received his Doctor of Theology degree in 1985 and Master of Divinity degree in 1980 from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. His primary field of study was systematic theology, with minors in New Testament Greek and missions’ strategies. His undergraduate degree is from Western Kentucky University where he graduated in 1977 with a BA in religious studies and a minor in speech communication.

Sing and his wife Debbie have been married since 1977. They have three married daughters and seven grandchildren. In addition to their active involvement in church ministries, they enjoy bicycling, hiking, landscaping, gardening, and spending time with family.

Nate Sala

Nate Sala is a ministry leader, speaker, and the host of Wise Disciple on YouTube. His background in preaching and pastoring as well as his degrees in Religion and Curriculum and Instruction provide Nate a unique insight into the teaching and communication methods of Christ. Nate’s vision is that all Christians think, speak, and act more like Christ in order to make disciples in the 21st century.

John Witt, MD, MTS, FAHA

John came to faith as a child, raised by devoted Christian parents, with an early interest in healthcare and global missions. He studied mathematics and medicine, and trained in neurology at Washington University in St. Louis, The University of Chicago, and Mayo Clinic. Returning to school as an older adult, he earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, doing additional work in Biblical Studies and Greek through Moody Theological Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminary.

He has been a practicing neurologist for over 30 years, most recently serving as the medical director for stroke and neurosciences at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, where he is also the program director for graduate medical education in neurology. He holds faculty positions with Belmont University’s Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine and with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.

John has served and led numerous medical mission teams around the world, including an annual team from Long Hollow to Uganda, and has held visiting professorships to teach students, residents, and faculty overseas. He is the local ministry leader for the Nashville chapter of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations, the national president of the Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship, and conducts education and research as a Fellow of the American Heart Association.

John is supported in all his endeavors by his wife Mary, and they cherish time together with their three grown children and two grandchildren.

In teaching with Long Hollow’s School of Ministry, John hopes to share his passion for God’s Word, equipping and encouraging others to read, study, and apply the Scriptures diligently, as good servants of Christ Jesus, carefully trained in the faith (1 Tim 4:6).