"I've never known anyone who has fallen into sin and been successfully restored by the formal church structure. Nor have I ever seen a formal church structure wisely deal with sin, enabling ministry to continue without interruption."
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Ted Haggard
Ted Arthur Haggard (born June 27, 1956) is an American Methodist pastor. He is a former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a church which he founded. He was the head of the National Association of Evangelicals and the founder/head of the Association of Life-Giving Churches. He resigned from his leadership roles in 2006 after a scandal.
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