A youth pastor at Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church in North Carolina has been fired after he was accused of engaging in sexual misconduct while previously serving with the youth ministry of Oaks Church in Red Oaks, Texas.
Tim Somers worked as an intern at Oaks Church from 2009 to 2011 and then as a staff member from 2011 to 2013.
He is now being investigated in connection with a separate investigation on Jerry Nickerson. Nickerson was fired from his role as the student pastor of Hope Fellowship’s Frisco West Campus in January after he voluntarily confessed to engaging in “inappropriate contact with a minor” 10 years earlier at Oaks Church.
The alleged misconduct from Somers reportedly occurred around the same time frame as the abuse allegedly perpetrated by Nickerson.
According to ChurchLeaders.com, Elevation Church was told about the allegations against Somers in January after the Oaks Church disclosed the allegations against Nickerson to congregants by email.
