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Ted Haggard and his wife, Gayle, currently live with their family in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ted and Gayle spend their time writing and
speaking. Ted is also working
with a team to form MMGI Hope, Inc., a new non-profit benevolent
organization designed to serve the poor and needy. Ted will serve as
president and CEO of MMGI Hope.
History
Ted Haggard is best known as the founding pastor of New Life Church in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 22 years the church grew from 20 people
meeting in the basement of Ted’s and Gayle’s home to 14,000 people
meeting in a $50 million campus. He also served as president of the
National Association of Evangelicals, the largest evangelical group in
America, which grew from 22.5 million members to 30 million members
under his leadership from 2003-2006.
In 2006, Time Magazine included Ted Haggard in their list of the 25 Most
Influential Evangelicals in America. The Wall Street Journal called him
one “of the nation’s most politically influential” clergy, and Harper’s
Magazine stated that, “No pastor in America holds more sway over the
political direction of evangelicalism than does Pastor Ted.” In addition
to regular national media appearances, he was interviewed by both Tom
Brokaw and Barbara Walters. As the president of the NAE, he met with
governmental leaders including President George Bush, Prime Minister
Tony Blair, and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon.
He is also the author of nine books and served as editorial advisor to
Ministries Today Magazine, in which he wrote a regular column titled
“Simply Put.”
In the fall of 2006, Ted Haggard suffered a personal and family crisis
causing him to resign from his positions as senior pastor of New Life
Church and president of the NAE. After two years of silence and healing,
Ted and Gayle emerged by speaking at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison,
IL and appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good
Morning America, and other national news programs in order to
communicate repentance. HBO aired a documentary entitled “The Trials of
Ted Haggard” documenting the difficult time the Haggard's experienced
following the crisis. As a result, Ted Haggard has emerged a stronger,
wiser man with his family intact.
Ted Haggard is a pragmatic and compassionate thinker who is known for
thinking “outside of the box.” His emergence from crisis has proven him
to be a man who has the courage not to give up and he lives to offer
hope and help to others to equip them to live a better life.
He, his wife,
Gayle, their five children, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter live
happily together in their family home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Books by Ted Haggard include: Primary Purpose, Letters from Home, The
Life Giving Church, Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the
21st Century, The Jerusalem Diet, Foolish No More, and Pursuit of the
Good Life.
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