Reply #16: Here's the NEW LIFE CHURCH press release [View All]

[MADem]

http://www.newlifechurch.org/pressrelease110606.pdf

We, the Overseer Board of New Life Church, have concluded our deliberations
concerning the moral failings of Pastor Ted Haggard. Our investigation and
Pastor Haggard's public statements have proven without a doubt that he has
committed sexually immoral conduct.
The language of our church bylaws state that as Overseers we must decide in
cases where the Senior Pastor has "demonstrated immoral conduct" whether we
must "remove the pastor from his position or to discipline him in any way they
deem necessary."
In consultation with leading evangelicals and experts familiar with the type of
behavior Pastor Haggard has demonstrated, we have decided that the most
positive and productive direction for our church is his dismissal and removal.
In addition, the Overseers will continue to explore the depth of Pastor
Haggard's offense so that a plan of healing and restoration can begin.
Pastor Haggard and his wife have been informed of this decision. They have
agreed as well that he should be dismissed and that a new pastor for New Life
Church should be selected according to the rules of replacement in the bylaws.
That process will begin immediately in hopes that a new pastor can be confirmed
by the end of the year 2006. In the interim, Ross Parsley will function as the
leader of the church with full support of the Overseers.
A letter of explanation and apology by Pastor Haggard as well as a word of
encouragement from Gayle Haggard will be read in the 9:00 and 11:00 service of
New Life Church.

I guess Gayle is his NIECE...so much for having the same name as the big cheese--what once opened doors will now have them slammed in her face! From the quotes of the attendees of that church, they don't seem to be too tolerant of gay relationships, to put it mildly.

Members of Haggard's megachurch were stunned.

"It's political, right before the elections," said Brian Boals, a New Life member for 17 years.

Church member E.J. Cox, 25, called the claims "ridiculous."

"People are always saying stuff about Pastor Ted," she said. "You just sort of blow it off. He's just like anyone else in the public eye."

"People will always fail us, but our faith in God helps us get through this period because he never will," a church employee told 7News on Friday after learning of Haggard's admission. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/10231729/detail.html


But look at this asshole--he even wrote a DIET BOOK: http://www.jerusalemdiet.com/

He's telling everyone who they can fuck, while not adhering to THAT rule, and how fat they can be (and making money off it)....and, sneaky little lying asswipe that he is, he even urges people to send ANONYMOUS emails about his little for profit book to their "fat friends" (I shit you not): http://www.jerusalemdiet.com/fatfriends.jsp