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Ted Arthur Haggard
File:Ted Haggard.jpg
Born (1956-06-27) June 27, 1956 (age 68)
Yorktown, Indiana, United States
Occupation(s)Insurance sales agent
Former Protestant Christian Pastor
Websitehttp://www.tedhaggard.com

Ted Arthur Haggard (born June 27, 1956) is a former American evangelical preacher. Known as Pastor Ted to the congregations he served, he is the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2003[1] until November 2006.

New Life Church (which now brags an easy 14,000 person membership) began in Ted's basement with lawn chairs for pews and three 5 gallon buckets for a pulpit. In '84, in some open spaces off a bend on Highway 83 (in Colorado Springs, CO) a missionary friend of Ted's foretold of the church (New Life) that Ted would later lead; so began Ted's quest to make it so. Coming from a mega church in Baton Rouge, LA (known as a pastor's graveyard) as associate pastor, Ted pressed forward toward his goal of leadership that would combine faith, economics and (later) government to help people live a good life.[10] His early youthful years of smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain seemed to have a great affect on shaping his evangelism and politics. His concerns about the environment, social justice and the poor helped to make him somewhat of a radical within the Conservative political party. Ted also displayed his concern for more politically practical issues when he pitched his point of removing the steel tariff to President Bush.[11] Ted believed competitive markets only stay that way in a free market. His endorsement, along with 28 other evangelical leaders, of "creation care" would show his unconcern for controversy; and his rebuke of Pat Robertson for advocating the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez showed Haggard's complex ideology. Haggard would later tell himself that influence is on loan and that in an instant it could be gone. He believed that, while in the midst of moving with public figures like Tony Blair, Ariel Sharon and of course President Bush (and advisors), his influence was being borrowed.[12]

In November 2006, he resigned from all of his leadership positions after he admitted soliciting prostitute Mike Jones for homosexual sex and methamphetamine. Initially Haggard denied even knowing Mike Jones, but as a media investigation proceeded he acknowledged that some allegations, such as his purchase of methamphetamine, were true. He later added "sexual immorality" to his list of confessions.[2]

After the scandal was publicized, Haggard entered three weeks of intensive counseling, overseen by four ministers. In February 2007, one of those ministers, Tim Ralph, said that Haggard "is completely heterosexual."[3] Ralph later said he meant that therapy "gave Ted the tools to help to embrace his heterosexual side."[4] As of early 2009, Haggard continues to receive counseling, and now he says that he is a “heterosexual with issues.”[5]

Early life and work

The main entrance of New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

Ted Haggard was born in Indiana.[6] His father, J. M. Haggard, a practicing veterinarian in Yorktown, Indiana, founded an international charismatic ministry, which was featured in a PBS Middletown documentary series.[7] In 1972, at age sixteen, Haggard became a born-again Christian after hearing a sermon from evangelist Bill Bright in Dallas, Texas. As a co-editor of his high-school newspaper in 1974, he published remarkably frank articles which described services that were available to prevent and deal with increasingly prevalent pregnancies and STDs. These articles scandalized his small town and embroiled him in a free-press lawsuit.[8]

After Haggard's first year at college, he was home in his kitchen when he felt the call of God on his life. Haggard had been a telecommunications major with a minor in journalism, but after this experience Haggard believed he had been called to pastor. "I was totally surprised," Haggard wrote in The Life-Giving Church. "I . . . told the Lord I wanted to serve Him. But before I mentioned this to anyone, especially to my parents, I asked the Lord to assure me by using others to confirm His calling on my life. I felt as though He consented . . ." Within forty-eight hours, Haggard received four unsolicited confirmations: from a Sunday school teacher, a pastor, a friend, and from his father.[9]

Haggard subsequently attended Oral Roberts University, a Christian university in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

According to Haggard, in November 1984, when he was an associate pastor of Bethany World Prayer Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his confidant and mentor Danny Ost, a missionary to Mexico City, had a vision of Haggard founding his church in Colorado Springs. Accordingly, Haggard moved to Colorado shortly afterwards, and founded New Life Church. Initially, the 22 people who met in the basement of Haggard's house formed his church, which then grew to rented spaces in strip malls.[10] Haggard was unconventional in his approach to ministering to people. Through random acts of kindness, Haggard would sometimes skip the morning offering and surprise needy people, like returning military personnel and single parents, with financial blessings by asking the congregation to lay money at their feet as they stood in front of the congregation. After 22 years, New Life Church operated from a campus in northern Colorado Springs and had a congregation of fourteen thousand.[11]

In 1993, during what Haggard describes as his "first prayer journey," he traveled with a group to Israel. They stood on the Mount of Olives, where Haggard felt the Holy Spirit speak to him. "From that time until now," Haggard writes in The Life-Giving Church, "apostolic power has blessed me. My only problems are with me--not with the enemy, not with circumstances, not with people." [12]

In 1978, Haggard married Gayle Alcorn.[13] The couple has five children: Christy, Marcus (1983) (founder and former pastor of Boulder Street Church, Colorado Springs[14]), Jonathan (1989), Alex (1992), and Elliot (1995).[15]

Beliefs

Theology

Haggard has stated he believes in what is known as the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit and subscribes to the concept referred to as the Five-fold ministry – beliefs often associated with the charismatic movement. He has stated that he believes that there is one, all-knowing God, and that humans were created to be with him.[16] Haggard has often stated that he is a part of the "non-fanatical" Charismatic movement which embraces both the mind and heart together as gifts from God in following Christ.

The key tenets of his theology are these:

Holy Bible: The Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the authoritative Word of God. It alone is the final authority in determining all doctrinal truths. In its original writing, it is inspired, infallible and inerrant.[17]

Trinity: There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are coequal and coeternal. [18]

Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. On earth, Jesus was 100 percent God and 100 percent man. He is the only man to have lived a sinless life. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, died on the cross for mankind and atoned for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return again in power and glory. [18]

Salvation: We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His death, burial and resurrection. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or human effort. [18]

Repentance: Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and follow Christ. Through repentance we receive forgiveness of sins. [19]

Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Given at Pentecost, it is the promise of the Father, sent by Jesus after His ascension, to empower the Church to preach the gospel throughout the whole earth. [20]

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit:The Holy Spirit is manifested through a variety of spiritual gifts to build and sanctify the church, demonstrate the validity of Christ's resurrection, and confirm the power of the Gospel. All believers are commanded to desire the manifestation of the gifts in their lives. These gifts always operate in harmony with the Scriptures and should never be used in violation of biblical guidelines. [21]

The Church: The Church is the body of Christ. Every person who is born of the Spirit is an integral part of the Church as a member of the body of believers. [22]

Life-Giving Churches Concept: Ted Haggard's Ministry Praxis

Haggard developed a concept he called "Life-giving churches." [23] He believed that churches and their members either lived "in the Tree of Life" or "in the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil," referring to the two trees in the Garden of Eden (see Gen. 2:9).[24] He wrote a book, Life-Giving Churches, to expound on this difference, and said motivations are the key difference between two types of Christians. [23]

For instance, Haggard proposed, two women can stand outside an abortion clinic with protest signs. The "tree of life" protestor is there because she loves the unborn and has compassion for the mother and father. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" protestor has come because she believes abortion is evil and must be stopped. [25]

"One way we can tell which tree we are living in," writes Haggard, "is our response to sin . . . one of the greatest marks of bearing His [Christ's] character is our response to someone else's sin. If we handle others' mistakes with a life-giving attitude, then we (and they) have the opportunity to enjoy great power and freedom. But if we handle others' mistakes negatively, then we're eating from the wrong tree and will begin to die." [26]

Christians who live in the "tree of life," writes Haggard, "grow in their understanding of right and wrong, and they find great insight, wisdom, victory and joy in the stream of Jesus' righteousness." Those who dwell in the opposite tree find and display "frustration, judgmental attitudes, and death."[27]

A significant part of Haggard's ministry at New Life Church was based around an entrepreneurial leadership model. Rather than a top-down command and control hierarchy where Haggard makes all the decisions and people fall in line, he instituted a free market concept that encouraged young leaders to debate out the best ideas (even to the point of disagreeing with him) and pursue God-inspired dreams and visions in their own departments and beyond. This empowerment revolution stimulated a creativity explosion in the church. Some of the best known results of this model are the theMill (the largest college ministry in America), the Desperation Band and Desperation interns, the Furnace and World Prayer Center, 24/7 leadership training and New Life Groups, a unique brand of free-market small groups as well as many others. As president of the NAE, he would often gather with groups of young people in their 20s and 30s and ask them their opinions for the direction of the organization. His style of leadership is unique and wildly divergent from the prevailing church culture from which he came. In response to his open leadership style, many young leaders flocked to be a part of the New Life staff where they sensed real trust and empowerment. While some detractors, post-crisis, have criticized Haggard's leadership style as creating "silos," there is little doubt that his style led to the growth of New Life, at its apex, to 14,000 members.

Politics

In 2005, Haggard was listed by Time magazine as one of the top 25 most influential evangelicals in America.[28] Haggard was a firm supporter of former US President George W. Bush, and is sometimes credited with rallying evangelicals behind Bush during the 2004 election.[29] Author Jeff Sharlet reported in 2005 that Haggard "talks to… Bush or his advisers every Monday" and stated at that time that "no pastor in America holds more sway over the political direction of evangelicalism."[30]

Haggard has stated that fighting global warming is an important issue, a divisive issue among Evangelical leaders. Though he personally supported the Evangelical Climate Initiative, the NAE did not adopt a position.[31]

Teachings on homosexuality

In the documentary Jesus Camp, one scene shows a sermon where he preaches, "we don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It’s written in the Bible."[32] Although Haggard opposes same-sex marriage, he has suggested that there should be civil unions for homosexual couples.[33]. As a pastor, Haggard was known for emphasizing love and mercy for those within and outside of his congregation in his preaching.

To this end, under Haggard's leadership, the NAE released "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility" in late 2004,[34] "a document urging engagement in traditional culture war issues such as abortion and gay marriage but also poverty, education, taxes, welfare and immigration."[34] The NAE has stated that "homosexual activity, like adulterous relationships, is clearly con­demned in the Scriptures."[35]

Haggard developed ministry efforts towards homosexuals early in his Colorado Springs ministry. He and his leadership visited gay bars and invited people to his congregation.[36]

Television and movie appearances

Haggard has appeared on several broadcast network programs, including Dateline NBC and ABC's 20/20. He also appears in the documentary Jesus Camp[37][38], the History Channel documentary The Antichrist,[39] the documentary Constantine's Sword, as well as the HBO documentary Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi.[40] In 2009, Pelosi made The Trials of Ted Haggard, a film which documented Haggard's life in exile after the scandal, which was aired on HBO. To date, this documentary has been shown over forty times on HBO. Trials has received critical acclaim from Christian and secular people alike and has opened up a new path of dialogue between the two groups on understanding the true nature of God's grace.

Moral and Family Crisis

In November 2006, prostitute and masseur Mike Jones alleged that Haggard had paid Jones to engage in sex with him for three years and had also purchased and used crystal methamphetamine.[41] Jones said he had only recently learned of Haggard's true identity. Jones said he made his outing allegations against Haggard in response to Haggard's political support for a Colorado Amendment 43 on the November 7, 2006 Colorado ballot that would ban same-sex marriage in that state. Jones told ABC News, "I had to expose the hypocrisy. He is in the position of influence of millions of followers, and he's preaching against gay marriage. But behind everybody's back [he's] doing what he's preached against."[42] Jones hoped that his statements would sway voters.[43]

Haggard acknowledged some, but not all, of the allegations, and resigned from all of his leadership positions in religious organizations, including the church he founded.[44] At first, however, he claimed he had never met his accuser. But on November 5, Haggard stated, "The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life."[45]

The testimony by Jones has been discounted because of doubts about the length and extent of his involvement with Haggard. While many allegations were made by Jones, when he volunteered to take a polygraph test on a KHOW radio show hosted by Peter Boyles, his responses during the section of the polygraph test about whether he had engaged in sex with Haggard indicated deception. Jones has declined to take any further polygraph tests.

Response to allegations

Many evangelical leaders initially showed support for Haggard and were critical of media reports. James Dobson issued a news release stating, "It is unconscionable that the legitimate news media would report a rumor like this based on nothing but one man's accusation. Ted Haggard is a friend of mine and it appears someone is trying to damage his reputation as a way of influencing the outcome of Tuesday's election—especially the vote on Colorado's marriage-protection amendment—which Ted strongly supports."[46]

Later however, Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals.[47] He went on administrative leave from his position as senior pastor of New Life Church, saying "I am voluntarily stepping aside from leadership so that the overseer process can be allowed to proceed with integrity. I hope to be able to discuss this matter in more detail at a later date. In the interim, I will seek both spiritual advice and guidance."[48]

On November 2, 2006, senior church officials told Colorado Springs television station KKTV that Haggard has admitted to some of the claims made by Jones.[49] In an e-mail to New Life Church parishioners sent on the evening of November 2, Acting Senior Pastor Ross Parsley wrote, "It is important for you to know that he [Haggard] confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true."[50]

As it became apparent that some of the claims were true, some evangelical leaders such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell sought to distance themselves and downplay Haggard's influence on religious conservatives and downplay the importance of the NAE.[51] On his television show, The 700 Club, Robertson said, "We're sad to see any evangelical leader fall" and also said the claim that the NAE represents thirty million people "just isn't true.... We can't get their financial data. I think it's because they have very little money and very little influence". During a CNN interview, Jerry Falwell went on record saying, "[Haggard] doesn't really lead the movement. He's president of an association that's very loose-knit... and no one has looked to them for leadership."[52] White House spokesman Tony Fratto sought to downplay Haggard's influence on the White House by saying that Haggard was only occasionally part of the weekly calls between evangelical leaders and the White House and had visited there only "a couple" of times.[53]

James Dobson issued another public statement saying he was "heartsick" of learning about Haggard's admissions and that "the possibility that an illicit relationship has occurred is alarming to us and to millions of others." He also stated that "[Haggard] will continue to be my friend, even if the worst allegations prove accurate" but "nevertheless, sexual sin, whether homosexual or heterosexual, has serious consequences."[54]

Dobson initially offered to help counsel Haggard, but later announced a change of mind. “It is with great regret - and after much prayer and discussion with friends and family - that I have had to reconsider my involvement in the panel overseeing Ted’s restoration,” Dobson said in a statement. “Emotionally and spiritually, I wanted to be of help - but the reality is I don’t have the time to devote to such a critical responsibility.”

Admission and removal from job

On November 3, 2006, Haggard resigned his leadership of the National Association of Evangelicals.[44] The National Association of Evangelicals posted a statement accepting his resignation. Leith Anderson was appointed as the new president on November 7 2006.[55]

The "Overseer Board of New Life Church" released a prepared statement on the afternoon of November 4 2006 that stated: "Our investigation and Pastor Haggard's public statements have proven without a doubt that he has committed sexually immoral conduct."

During a New Life Church service on Sunday, November 5, 2006 another pastor read a letter from Haggard that stated:

I am so sorry for the circumstances that have caused shame and embarrassment for all of you.... The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality, and I take responsibility for the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There is a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I've been warring against it all of my adult life.... The accusations that have been leveled against me are not all true, but enough of them are true that I have been appropriately and lovingly removed from ministry.

— Ted Haggard, letter to New Life Church[56]

Haggard went on to say that his resignation was permanent, and that until a new senior pastor could be found, Ross Parsley, the Associate Senior Pastor, would hold that position.[57]

Haggard was counseled by a team including Jack Hayford and Tommy Barnett who stated their intention to "perform a thorough analysis of Haggard’s mental, spiritual, emotional and physical life,” including the use of polygraph tests.[58] The team was to include James Dobson, who later stepped aside, citing time constraints.[59] H.B. London, Focus on the Family’s vice president of church and clergy, took James Dobson’s place on the team.[60]

In April 2007, Ted and Gayle Haggard moved to Phoenix, Arizona to start the "restoration" process. They attended Phoenix First Assembly of God, whose pastor, Tommy Barnett, was on his counseling team. Ted Haggard reached an agreement with New Life Church on a severance package which will pay him through 2007; one of the conditions was that he had to leave the Colorado Springs area.[61] His last reported income was $138,000 not including benefits.

Since the scandal broke, attendance at New Life Church has been down about 20 percent with financial support falling 10 percent. As a consequence the church has laid off 44 employees representing about 12 percent of their workforce.[62]

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On February 6, 2008, the new pastor at New Life Church, former home to Ted Haggard, issued a press release announcing that Haggard had requested to leave the team created to "restore" him and that as Haggard's restoration is "incomplete", he is not welcome to return to vocational ministry at New Life.[63]

Since leaving the church

In August 2007, Haggard released a statement asking for monetary donations to help support his family while he and his wife attend classes at the University of Phoenix, a university offering online degrees. The former pastor also said that his family was moving into the Dream Center, a Phoenix based halfway house which ministers to recovering convicts, drug addicts, prostitutes etc. Haggard is pursuing a degree in counseling while his wife Gayle is studying psychology.[64][65]

Following Haggard's request for donations, a member of Haggard's restoration team said he should have consulted with them before releasing a statement. News media pointed to his reported income: in 2006, he received $115,000 for the 10 months he worked and also received an $85,000 anniversary bonus shortly before the scandal broke; after the scandal broke, the board of trustees of New Life Church agreed to give him a $138,000 severance. Additionally, the Haggards have a home in Colorado Springs, Colorado that is valued at more than $700,000 and Haggard still receives royalties from books he has authored.[66]

Questions also surfaced about the tax-exempt group Haggard asked that donations be sent to, on his behalf: Families With a Mission. According to Haggard, the group would use 10% of donations for administrative costs and forward 90% to Haggard. But the group was dissolved in February 2007, according to the Colorado Secretary of State.

A few days after Haggard's initial email statement, his restoration team stepped in to say his statement was "inappropriate" and that "Haggard was a little ahead of himself." They indicated that Haggard would not be working at the Dream Center or in ministry of any kind and that they advised Haggard to seek secular employment to support himself and his family.[67][68][69]

In June 2008, the severance deal with the New Life Church at an end, Haggard was "free to live where he wanted" and returned to his Colorado Springs home after living in Westwego, Louisiana since 2007.[70] Also in June, an email surfaced in which Haggard admitted masturbating with Jones and taking drugs, as alleged in 2006.[71] Kurt Serpe, who provided the email, said Haggard "craved sex, he was a sexaholic."[71] I

In November 2008, Haggard said in guest sermons at an Illinois church that his actions had roots in sexual abuse by an adult when he was seven years old.[72] He also agreed to appear in Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary about his sex scandal titled "The Trials of Ted Haggard"[73], that premiered on HBO in January 2009.[74] According to the documentary, Haggard has begun a new career selling insurance.[75][76]

On March 11, 2009, Mr. Haggard attended a performance of "This Beautiful City", a play about him and the Colorado Springs evangelical community, in NY.[77][78]

In January 2009, following the release of The Trials of Ted Haggard, Haggard and his wife, Gayle, appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and other national media programs to offer a public apology and confession for the issues that spurred his resignation in November 2006. [79] Ted and Gayle Haggard both appeared on the syndicated television show "Divorce Court". The program is scheduled for broadcast April 1 - 2, 2009. On the program, Ted says he wanted his wife to divorce him after the scandal, saying that he thought he had become so "toxic" that divorce was best for Gayle and children. His wife refused the offer of divorce.[80]

In August 2009, Haggard told Charisma magazine: "I do not believe my childhood experience is an excuse. I fell into sin and failed to extract myself. I am responsible, and I have repented." [81] He also extols the benefits of qualified counselors: "I highly recommend qualified Christian counseling . . . for anyone losing their fight with any kind of compulsive thoughts or behaviors. . . . I believe our generation of believers is going to have to accept that it's not always lack of faith if we need counseling for assistance with integrity. If I had gone to counseling, I probably could have completely avoided my crisis." [81]

Since the "repentance broadcasts," Haggard and his wife have been traveling to churches and appearing on radio and television broadcasts. They have also begun to have former church members and friends come to their home for "healing meetings," in which Haggard apologizes, answers any questions, and discusses "how the Gospel can inform our responses to others who violate biblical standards." [82] Today the couple writes, travels, and speaks about the events of the past several years. Haggard says he is now convinced "that the greatest reflection of our character is how we deal with our own sinfulness, and the greatest reflection of our understanding of the New Testament is how we respond to the sin of another." [82]

Haggard, his wife, Gayle, their five children, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter live together in their family home in Colorado Springs. [83]

New Life Releases Older, Confidential Allegations

On January 23, 2009, less than one week before The Trials of Ted Haggard was released on HBO, officials from Haggard's former church announced that a young male church member had come forward in 2006 and that there was an "overwhelming pool of evidence [of an] inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship [that] went on for a long period of time [with Haggard] ... it wasn't a one-time act."[76] Although no evidence has ever been presented for an ongoing relationship, Haggard's successor, Brady Boyd, said the church reached a six figure settlement with the man, who was in his early 20s at the time.[84] Later reports revealed that the relationship did not involve physical contact. [85] The man, Grant Hass, added that New Life Church paid him $179,000 to cover his counseling to help recover from the situation, and pay college tuition.[86] Haggard openly admitted to the second indiscretion with Hass on CNN and other media.[87] Since this time, there has been much confusion over what or who motivated Hass to speak out to the media. The timing is suspicious in that it coincides with the release of Pelosi's second documentary on Haggard which paints the leadership of New Life Church and the Overseers in a critical light. In the aftermath of both the allegations of New Life paying "hush money" to Hass and the documentary on Haggard's struggles being released, attendance and giving dropped substantially at New Life Church leading to a second round of layoffs in February.

Books

  • The Life-Giving Church (2001) ISBN 0-8307-2659-4
  • Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the 21st Century (2002) ISBN 0-7852-6514-7
  • Primary Purpose (1995) ISBN 0-88419-381-0
  • Loving Your City into the Kingdom (1997) ISBN 0-8307-1895-8—(with Jack W. Hayford)
  • Taking It to the Streets (2005) ISBN 0-8307-3729-4
  • Confident Parents, Exceptional Teens (1999) ISBN 0-310-23339-9—(with John Bolin)
  • Simple Prayers for a Powerful Life (2002) ISBN 0-8307-3055-9
  • Foolish No More! (2005) ISBN 1-4000-7028-7
  • Letters From Home (2003) ISBN 0-8307-3058-3
  • The Jerusalem Diet (2005) ISBN 1-4000-7220-4
  • Your Primary Purpose (2006) ISBN 1-59185-623-X
  • From This Day Forward: Making Your Vows Last a Lifetime (2006) ISBN 1-4000-7255-7—(with Gayle Haggard)

See also

References

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  37. ^ Gorski, Eric (2006-09-15). "Fire, brimstone around "Jesus" film". Denver Post. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
  38. ^ JESUS CAMP responds to Ted Haggard
  39. ^ The Antichrist (Part 1 & 2) DVD
  40. ^ MSNBC Jan 24, 2007
  41. ^ Harris, Dan (November 3, 2005). "Evangelical Leader Denies Accusation of Paying Former Gay Prostitute for Sex". ABC News. Retrieved 2006-11-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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  43. ^ "Accuser recounts trysts with 'Art'". Rocky Mountain News. November 3, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  47. ^ "Haggard resigns national role amid allegations". Colorado Springs Gazette. November 2, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  49. ^ "Church Leader Says Haggard Admits To Some Indiscretions". KKTV. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
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  52. ^ Cooperman, Alan (2006-11-04). "Minister Admits to Buying Drugs and Massage". Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
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  55. ^ http://www.nae.net/TedHaggard.pdf
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  61. ^ 9NEWS.com | Colorado's Online News Leader | Ted Haggard leaves Colorado for Phoenix
  62. ^ "Disgraced minister Ted Haggard moving to Phoenix". Dallas Morning News.
  63. ^ Colorado Confidential:: Ted Haggard Quits New Life 'Restoration Team'
  64. ^ "Haggard appeals for financial help", Colorado Springs Gazette, August 25, 2007
  65. ^ Text of a letter from Haggard, undated (Word document), posted by KRDO (via worldnow.com)
  66. ^ "Disgraced Pastor Ted Haggard Asks Supporters for Cash", Associated Press, August 25, 2007
  67. ^ Tillie Fong, "Overseers tell Haggard: Stop asking for money and get a job", Rocky Mountain News, August 29, 2007
  68. ^ Nicole Vap, "Haggard told to change his plans", 9News.com, August 29, 2007
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  74. ^ The Associated Press, "Defrocked pastor promoting documentary about own gay sex scandal", "365 Gay: News", 18 December 2008
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2003–2006 		Succeeded by
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