Rev. Bart Teel
After serving as a lay ministry leader for many years, Bart Teel joined the FBCW ministerial team in January of 2011 to serve full time as Minister to Students and Coordinator of Evangelism and Outreach Ministries. After serving four years in that role, the church expanded Bart’s leadership role to that of Associate Pastor in January of 2015, and he continues in that role today, working alongside our pastor to help cast a clear vision for ministry for our church family and to help equip our members to grow in their faith and serve as leaders in ministry. Throughout each ministry week, Bart is engaged in leading, teaching, and discipling in a wide variety of age group ministries, from younger school-aged kids to high school athletes to young adult couples to FBCW Men.
Bart and his wife, Denise, are both graduates of Wetumpka High School as well as Samford University. Bart also has postgraduate degrees and professional leadership certifications from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Auburn University in Montgomery, and the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Denise is active in ministry at FBCW, serving in ministry to children, to young mothers, and as a member of the adult worship choir. The Teels have been blessed with four children. Their oldest daughter and son-in-law, Tori (Teel) & Tanner Harris (and grandson, Brody!) live and work in Birmingham, AL. Their second-born daughter, Karen, is a professional educator in Germantown, TN, just outside Memphis. Their third-born and oldest son, Sam, is a recent graduate from Auburn University, and their youngest son, Jay, is a freshman at Auburn. The Teel family has been a part of the FBCW family since 1993.
Bart’s hobbies include distance running and serving as P. A. announcer for Wetumpka High Football. On any given weekend you are most likely to find the Teels working around the house, reading, running, enjoying local youth sports events, enjoying local lakes and trails, or traveling to visit with their young adult kids.
Bart and his wife, Denise, are both graduates of Wetumpka High School as well as Samford University. Bart also has postgraduate degrees and professional leadership certifications from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Auburn University in Montgomery, and the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Denise is active in ministry at FBCW, serving in ministry to children, to young mothers, and as a member of the adult worship choir. The Teels have been blessed with four children. Their oldest daughter and son-in-law, Tori (Teel) & Tanner Harris (and grandson, Brody!) live and work in Birmingham, AL. Their second-born daughter, Karen, is a professional educator in Germantown, TN, just outside Memphis. Their third-born and oldest son, Sam, is a recent graduate from Auburn University, and their youngest son, Jay, is a freshman at Auburn. The Teel family has been a part of the FBCW family since 1993.
Bart’s hobbies include distance running and serving as P. A. announcer for Wetumpka High Football. On any given weekend you are most likely to find the Teels working around the house, reading, running, enjoying local youth sports events, enjoying local lakes and trails, or traveling to visit with their young adult kids.