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Ted Haggard and homosexuality:

• Haggard firing, gay question separate | Haggard's infidelity, not with whom, ended prominent pastor's tenure, official says (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Pastor gets sympathy from gay community | Many involved on both sides of the gay rights movement who have, for the most part, put aside their political views in connection with the Haggard scandal (The Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• Gays, Evangelicals urged to seek common ground | Some good could come from the downfall of disgraced pastor Ted Haggard if it leads to a reconciliation between the evangelical and gay communities, a leading evangelical Christian said on Monday (Reuters)
  
  
• Truth frees minister to walk a different path | We should talk today about another Colorado Springs minister, one who also came face to face with the reality of homosexuality and gave up his ministry over it. But this one never thought twice about blaming a hotel concierge (Bill Johnson, Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• Gay pastors reflect on events | They say Christian therapy is damaging (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Fired evangelist slams gays in new mvie | The Rev. Ted Haggard has been fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use, but the evangelical leader can still be seen at the height of his powers preaching to thousands and condemning homosexuality in the documentary "Jesus Camp." (Associated Press)
  
  

New Life Church:

• Finding strength in the storm | Absent pastor's words hit home with followers who believe everyone is vulnerable to falling (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Church puts faith in interim leader | The Rev. Ross Parsley is "a man of convictions" who will offer "steady and strong" guidance at New Life, an elder says (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Church altered Springs; will scandal change city? | New Life Church is one of two institutions that established the community as a conservative evangelical center in the early 1990s (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Church leaders looking to future | Outside panel stepping in to help congregation move on from scandal (The Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• Shame and solace | Haggard's apology met with resolve (The Colorado Springs Gazette)
  
  
• Disgraced minister's church try to cope | New Life Congregation faces the (The New York Times)
  
  

Ted Haggard reaction:

• Allegations shake up Evangelical group | Leaders and scholars of evangelical Christianity say their religious movement is at a critical moment (USA Today)
  
  
• Most Christian radio static on story | As the Ted Haggard story continued to unfold Friday, most Christian-oriented radio stations in Denver basically stayed with regular programming (Dusty Saunders, Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Preachers respond with prayer, worry, empathy | Around Colorado Springs, church leaders dealt with the Rev. Ted Haggard's fall from New Life Church's pulpit in ways as different as their theologies (The Gazette, Colorado Springs)
  
  
• Dobson, 2 ministers to offer counsel | The three men chosen to oversee the Rev. Ted Haggard's spiritual restoration are well-known in conservative Christian circles and are old pros at such work (The Gazette, Colorado Springs)
  
  
• Haggard flap may spur some conservatives | Colorado Republicans haven't given up yet (Associated Press)
  
  
• Morality tale: A pastor's fall from grace | He was a national evangelical leader, until a scandal brought him low. The Rev. Ted Haggard's rocky journey (Newsweek)
  
  

Ted Haggard recovery:

• Leaders see long road back | Focus founder, two others will oversee pastor's 'recovery' (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  

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