CLARKSVILLE (TN)
Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
Nov. 7, 2019
By Jennifer Babich
Wes Feltner, the top candidate for lead pastor at First Baptist Clarksville, is feeling the fallout of the pastoral abuse charges leveled against him.
In a statement released late Wednesday, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary announced they’ve suspended the teaching responsibilities of Feltner, who served as an adjunct professor.
The statement by seminary President Albert Mohler Jr. said that knowledge of the allegations first came to him Monday via social media. It went on to say: “Immediately, I sent the information received to our response team, and within an hour it was determined that credible accusations of misconduct had been presented. Accordingly, all teaching responsibilities for this individual were suspended and classes reassigned to other instructors.”
The statement went on to say they’d reviewed Feltner’s dissertation, titled “Pastoral Influence Tactics,” and determined it was acceptable for continued public circulation.
Feltner, who is lead pastor of preaching and vision at Berean Baptist in Burnsville, Minnesota, has been accused by two women of manipulating them into secret relationships — one of them sexual — while he was their youth pastor 17 years ago at First Southern Baptist Church in Evansville, Indiana.
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