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Thursday, 05 November, 2009
Haggard Has Friends Over, Calls It A Church
(with comments)
Good old Ted Haggard is in the news again: Haggard starting new church at his Springs home.
Ted Haggard, who started New Life Church in his Colorado Springs basement and built it into a megachurch with thousands of worshippers, said Wednesday that he is starting a church at his home.
"We wanted to do something in our house to connect with friends," said Haggard, whose ties to New Life ended in scandal three years ago with the revelation that he'd been involved with a male prostitute in Denver.
Haggard will hold his first gathering, open to the public, at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at his house at 1865 Old Ranch Road. He referred to it as a "prayer meeting" but said it would also be correct to call it a church.
Some people are just born to be church leaders. They like those tax benefits.
Although Haggard recently indicated he had no plans to start a church, he said he changed his mind two weeks ago after talking to a friend in Florida who was involved in prayer meetings.
Note to Banjo Brad and wormpicker: From now on, our Wednesday night music sessions at my house will be known as "church service." You no longer need to tell your wives that you are going to a poker game.
- By wally the duck. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @11:06am:At your house? Why not in Denver?
- By banjo brad. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @11:41am:Sorry, j-walk, the wife has no trouble with poker sessions, but "church services" won't cut it.
- By Inti. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @11:53am:What would a gay orgy be called at Ted Haggard's house? A Holy Communion?
- By Patricio. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:03pm:What would a gay orgy be called at Ted Haggard's house? A Holy Communion?
Whatever you call it, it's tax free. - By Gee.... Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:25pm:What would a gay orgy be called at Ted Haggard's house?
Fellowship through laying on of hands? - By wormpicker. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:25pm:I was about to suggest the same thing before I got to your final comment. Bless you, Father J-Walk. Unfortunately, I think my wife will also have serious misgivings about converting our gambling den into a place of I'll repute.
- By wormpicker. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:30pm:Umm, *ill* repute. Goddam iPhone autocorrect. Sorry, Father.
- By Shel-tone. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:30pm:If people that go to church and "prayer meetings" didn't go to such events, what would they do with their idle time? It may be for the best that they stay busy with story book studies.
- By Mean Jean. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:31pm:Ted is coyote ugly.
- By gdm IV. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @12:38pm:
What would a gay orgy be called at Ted Haggard's house?
Routine? - By jake. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @01:21pm:Do Ted's parishioners ever think about what he's put in his mouth?
- By . Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @04:35pm:Mean Jean, that's a terrible thing to say about coyotes! He's ugly in a class by himself.
- By Evil Klown. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:20am:Relax, Ted's not gay anymore. He was cured. Right?
- By gdm IV. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:05am:
Relax, Ted's not gay anymore. He was cured. Right?
Yep, just like the rest of you cons in the closet.