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Ted Haggard Is Back: Gay Sex, Drug Scandal Can't Keep Evangelical Leader Down
By David Gibson - Politics DailyChristianity is all about second acts, and disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard is the latest conservative Christian to exploit that role to the hilt. Haggard announced Wednesday that he is starting a new church in the same town -- Colorado Springs -- that he left in humiliation in 2006 following a gay sex and drugs scandal. And he says this church will be for people like himself, "a church for sinners -- for people who have hit rock bottom and people who want to help people who have hit rock bottom. ... It is not a gathering for the righteous, except those who are righteous by ...
Disgraced Pastor Ted Haggard Says New Church Will Welcome Everyone
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyTed Haggard, disgraced founder of the Evangelical New Life Church, is embarking on a new life of his own. Haggard announced today that he and his family will start a new church in Colorado Springs, Colo., with what he says will be an egalitarian bent: The Saint James Church which will be open to everyone, Republicans and Democrats, heterosexuals and homosexuals alike. Haggard, once an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, resigned as the head of his 14,000-member megachurch and as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in 2006 when male prostitute Mike Jones said that the ...
Ex-Pastor Ted Haggard's Big Announcment: What's His 'Surprising' Plan?
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyFallen megachurch pastor Ted Haggard has called a press conference for later today at his Colorado Springs home. The L.A. public relations firm handling the event promises Haggard will be making a "big announcement," but has provided no specifics. His "key declaration," though, is likely to break one of two ways. Haggard, the former pastor of New Life Church, resigned in 2006 after a male prostitute came forward and said he had sexual relations with Haggard over the course of three years. Haggard apologized for "sexual immorality" and buying -- but not using -- methamphetamine. Since his ...
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