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Our Team 

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Pastor Lindsay Holloway, CNP

Executive Director

Lindsay Holloway lived a life of addiction and incarceration for years. Since being set free from these life-controlling issues, she is driven to shine a light to lead people to Jesus’ transformative love. She has been sharing her testimony and serving in ministry for over 10 years in jails, prisons, schools, recovery programs, and churches. One of her passions is to remove barriers for those coming out of incarceration to have a real second chance. She serves as an advocacy speaker for criminal justice reform policies in multiple nonprofit organizations. She founded TILM in 2016. She lives in Baxter, TN with her husband, Derek, and daughter, Elizabeth. ​ Lindsay is currently completing her Bachelor of Organizational Leadership with Tennessee Technological University and holds her Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) industry certification through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

 
Lindsay serves on the TN Governor's Justice Impacted Advisory Council and is also a member of the Tennessee Community Resource Board (TCRB). 

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Rev. Derek Holloway

Pastor Lindsay Holloway, CNP

Derek Holloway is an ordained and licensed minister. Because God set him free from a life of addiction and incarceration over 17 years ago, he loves sharing the Word of God through preaching, teaching, and in music. He plays music at churches, prisons, and events. He has also written and recorded his own southern rock Christian music. Derek is married to Lindsay Holloway.

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Dr. Robert Frazier, PhD., MBA, MPS

Director of Development

Dr. Robert Frazier serves as the Director of Development at This is Living Ministries, where he leads donor and partner cultivation, strategic planning, grant development, program evaluation, and organizational growth. He also oversees the organization’s expanding research and data initiatives.

 

Dr. Frazier holds a Ph.D. in Organization and Management with a specialization in Leadership from Liberty University. He also earned an MPS in Strategic Leadership and a BS in Organizational Leadership from Tennessee Technological University, as well as an MBA from Western Governors University. He is an ordained minister and a Certified Nonprofit Professional.

In addition to his work at This is Living Ministries, Dr. Frazier serves as a Quantitative Scientist with Wellbeing & Equity Innovations, supporting randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, and complex program evaluations in criminal justice, reentry, behavioral health, and public-sector settings. ​Dr. Frazier is a published reentry scholar and a member of the Tennessee Community Resource Board. In his personal time, he enjoys spending time with his corgi, Elvis.

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Niki Payne, A.A.S.

Air Support with Jesus

Niki has lived in the Upper Cumberland since 1987. First moving to Sparta then Cookeville. She is originally from San Diego California. She moved to TN in hopes of giving her children a better life. During this time, she battled a 28 year addiction and was not able to gain her sobriety until 1999 when she was introduced to Jesus at the Cookeville Rescue Mission. Ms Payne quickly learned the value of helping others walk, often run out of the very darkness she lived in. Niki has been working for over 20 years assisting others to find their own recovery and introducing them to Jesus through her actions. She is trained in many areas of recovery and mental health. Program development/work is a gifting she excels in. Niki lives in Monterey TN with her husband Jon and grandson Quincye. 

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Ashley Helms

Program Director

Bio coming soon. 

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Wanda Luick, BSW

Support staff

Wanda Luick is an amazing story of God's redemption. After going down the same path as many of us, the Lord turned it around for her. Wanda found her way to us through our partnership with the American Job Center. She has been nothing short of exceptional. She has a heart for not only our ladies but loving people.

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Rose Spagnola

Board Member

Rose is the owner of two businesses, Alvina Business Services, a full-service bookkeeping practice, and Emerald Rose Productions, aka: The Drone Lady, a commercial videography/photography business in Cookeville. She has served on numerous boards throughout the years as well as helped several non-profits and churches with their books. Rose and her husband were specialized foster parents for 11 years and helped raise over 55 children during that time. They have 4 grown children and 6 grandchildren. Both Rose and her husband are also actively involved in jail ministry through Life Church.

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Leslie Scott

Board Member

Leslie Scott is a middle Tennessee native, military spouse, and mother of two adult children. She works as real estate broker with eXp Realty in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

Leslie has held many volunteer positions including teaching children in Sunday school, jail ministry, and military family readiness. In addition to her expertise, Leslie brings to our ministry an amazing heart and we see fruit in our ladies as a result of her selflessness to serve. 

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Cathie Oakley

Board Member

Bio Coming Soon!

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Ghost Holloway

Chief Executive Good boy

Ghost Holloway is an integral part of our ministry, serving in the capacity of Chief Executive Good Boy.  His roles include teaching our staff how to properly pose for staff photos. His hobbies include playing with his ball relentlessly. 

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Willie Holloway

Chief Executive Good boy

Willie James Holloway is an integral part of our ministry, serving in the capacity of Chief Executive Good Boy. His roles include teaching our staff how to properly pose for staff photos. He enjoys going outside wearing his power vest. 

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State of Tennessee Credentials

Parole-Approved Transitional House, TN Dept of Correction
Recovery Congregation, Office of Faith-Based Initiatives
Addiction Recovery Program Provider, TDMHSAS

HIPAA, ISO-27001, CFR 42 Part 2, TItle VI, EEOC-compliant Organization 

Mailing Address: 
P.O. Box 3756 Cookeville, TN 38502

 Phone: 931-854-1122

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This is Living Ministries is a 501(c)3, EIN: 82-0832575. All donations are tax-deductible.  Donor Advised Fund giving is available through the National Christian Charitable Foundation (NCF Giving Fund: #5098009).

"This is Living Ministries" is funded by a grant from the State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS). Whereby, no person in the United States or in Tennessee, shall on the basis of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal and/or Tennessee State funding assistance (Civil Rights Act of 1964; T.C.A. 4-21-904). 

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