Now we know why the support rally was cancelled for this Soldier of Christ:
Rev. Ted Haggard, Evangelical Senior Pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, has confessed to some of the accusations against him according to Rev. Ross Parsley, who is serving as Acting Senior Pastor of the 14,000-member Protestant church.
Rev. Ted Haggard, a key Evangelical in the religious right and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said in a statement that he placed himself on administrative leave “pending investigation, spiritual counsel, and a decision by the church’s board of overseers” after he was accused of using drugs and participating in a three-year homosexual relationship.
After he resigned, the board of overseers met with Haggard. “It is important for you to know that he confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true,” said Parsley in an e-mail to the congregation.
Ted Haggard is married and has five children and has vociferously opposed gay marriage.
Why is it Jesus is supposed to be enough for us, but never seems to be enough for men like Rev. Ted?
This is part of something that many churchs just don’t want to talk about, the almost epidemic sexual issues in the ministry. Not just homosexual but also hetero and porn.
But in this case I’m not surprised that it’s homosexual because it usually seems the most vocal bashers are really just trying to hurt themselves.
John Kerry made him do it.