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Long Hollow is pastored by Robby Gallaty, a former convicted drug dealer. Robby frequently brags about his Christian turnaround story, including in a promotional website disguised as an exposé titled "He is NOT Who You Think".<ref>http://heisnotwhoyouthink.com</ref> Robby describes battling a cocaine and heroin addiction in the early 2000s, which at one point forced him to steal $15,000 from his parents to get by. After a worsening life situation, two rehab sessions, and losing several friends to drugs both via overdoses and arrests, Robby describes getting his life together by listening through a gospel shared by a college friend in November 2002. Robby later took up interest in Christian missioning and pursued education in Christian theology.<ref name=LHsite>https://longhollow.com/meet-our-staff/</ref> Robby was first a pastor at the Brainerd Baptist Church, before eventually moving to Long Hollow on 25 October 2015.<ref name=RobbyHatesHomos>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-gallaty-anti-gay-pastor_n_5792996</ref><ref name=LHsite/><ref>https://tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/hendersonville/2015/10/23/new-long-hollow-pastor-starts-sunday/74465230/</ref> | Long Hollow is pastored by Robby Gallaty, a former convicted drug dealer. Robby frequently brags about his Christian turnaround story, including in a promotional website disguised as an exposé titled "He is NOT Who You Think".<ref>http://heisnotwhoyouthink.com</ref> Robby describes battling a cocaine and heroin addiction in the early 2000s, which at one point forced him to steal $15,000 from his parents to get by. After a worsening life situation, two rehab sessions, and losing several friends to drugs both via overdoses and arrests, Robby describes getting his life together by listening through a gospel shared by a college friend in November 2002. Robby later took up interest in Christian missioning and pursued education in Christian theology.<ref name=LHsite>https://longhollow.com/meet-our-staff/</ref> Robby was first a pastor at the Brainerd Baptist Church, before eventually moving to Long Hollow on 25 October 2015.<ref name=RobbyHatesHomos>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-gallaty-anti-gay-pastor_n_5792996</ref><ref name=LHsite/><ref>https://tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/hendersonville/2015/10/23/new-long-hollow-pastor-starts-sunday/74465230/</ref> | ||
Robby's lectures can be quite eccentric, like a October 2022 lecture | Robby's lectures can be quite eccentric, like a October 2022 lecture in which he pulled out a set of playing cards to demonstrate how some people are dealt bad cards in life.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSlzGza0Uyc</ref> In a 2014 lecture at Brainerd, he suggested that gays "must be put to death" or remain celibate.<ref name=RobbyHatesHomos/> | ||
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