A former youth pastor at a west Tennessee church will spend 24 years in prison after he pled guilty to sexual crimes against a minor. Ryan Kelley McElrath, 40, was a youth pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, Tennessee, from 2021 until his arrest in June 2024, The Roys Report (TRR) has reported. The independent church fired McElrath after his arrest and admission of guilt to church leaders, Fellowship Bible said in a statement last year.
