Ted Haggard wins 130,000 lottery, or as his church calls it "Day of Hope"

[Little Wing]

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=65057

Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November after former male escort Mike Jones alleged Haggard paid him for sex and sometimes snorted methamphetamine. Haggard was removed as senior pastor at New Life and admitted to "sexual immorality" in a letter to the church.

"Concerning Ted and his family, we have done extensive fact-finding into his lifelong battle with a 'dark side' which he said in his confession letter has been a struggle for years," Pastor Larry Stockstill, part of the church's board of overseers, told the 14,000-member congregation Sunday.

"We have verified the reality of that struggle through numerous individuals who reported to us firsthand knowledge of everything from sordid conversation to overt suggestions to improper activities to improper relationships. These findings established a pattern of behavior that culminated in the final relationship in which Ted was, as a matter of grace, caught," he said.

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The church will provide the Haggards with financial support over the next year, roughly equivalent to the $130,000 salary Haggard received as pastor, Associate Pastor Rob Brendle told The Colorado Springs Gazette.


It just ain't right.

[rurallib]

1. $130,000 as a pastor?

Wow - that used to be a low paying job.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Still is for most pastors

[TomInTib]

3. I will bet he was getting a lot of deferred money.

130 isn't very much what with all Haggard was doing.

I imagine he was getting money from all manner of sources.

[physioex]

4. I don't think so either....

He had a direct phone line to the white house and millions of followers worldwide. He probably had a "company credit card" you know like charging your meals, fuel, etc..etc. I doesn't really bother me as the sheeple got exactly what they deserved.

[Sydnie]

5. That's just the salary for being the pastor of that mega church

I'm sure that doesn't account for the money he was getting paid to head up the whole damn evangelical movement organization. That is what gave him the direct line to blivet**, not just being the pastor of one church, no matter how many large screens they have to project his sermon on.

For him and his wife, that will be roughing it!