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Long Hollow Baptist Church pastor dies after battle with cancer

Please subscribe us David Landrith, pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, passed away at his home Tuesday morning after a 20-month battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Landrith, 51, was diagnosed with colorectal melanoma cancer in March 2013. "The average life span was about 20 months. Some people would live five years, but it's a very aggressive cancer,” explained Jeff Lovingood, senior associate pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church. Despite undergoing multiple surgeries and clinical trial medicines, the cancer spread throughout Landrith's body, including his lungs and brain. Doctors sent Landrith home to be with his family last week. Since his diagnosis, the church has received messages from nationally-known Christian authors and pastors, including Rick Warren, Beth Moore and Pete Wilson. "I think it's a real loss to the greater community of Nashville," Cross Point pastor Pete Wilson said. "For a man who had a passion for this city, he had a passion to help people, it's a real hole.” When Landrith took the role of senior pastor at Long Hollow, the church had about 300 people in attendance. Now, it is the largest Baptist church in Tennessee with more than 7,500 people attending services on Long Hollow Pike or the satellite campuses in Gallatin, Springfield, Hillcrest and Madison. "David would kill me today if he thought we would brag on anything he's done or we've done," Lovingood said. "One thing about David is he wanted to point everybody to the Lord, and it's about Christ doing it through us." However, it was clear people came to hear Landrith, who preached with a humility and down-to-earth personality. "He was a great preacher," said Lovingood. "People felt like they knew him. When you would sit and listen to David you're think you're his best friend. He made you feel special." Landrith continued to preach on Sundays after his diagnosis, often two days after a radiation treatment or surgery. He preached his last sermon at Long Hollow Baptist Church late last summer. Landrith is survived by his wife Jennifer and their three adult children, as well as his parents and brother. His funeral will be held at the church Friday at 5 p.m. Visitation will be held at Long Hollow Baptist Church prior to the service from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The funeral will be live-streamed on the church's website. He will be buried at the Candies Creek Baptist Church in Charleston, Tennessee at 3 p.m. Saturday.