NC: Ted Haggard headliner at Charlotte church service

From the story:

Haggard's appearance was a part of the church's "Healing" series. Furtick said the "real hero" of the story was Gayle Haggard and praised her for standing by her husband, asking her how she was able to do it.

"I first heard the news of this along with everyone else," Gayle Haggard said. "It was a very shocking moment in my life. I had to determine, who am I going to be in this?"

She said that while her "heart was broken" she also knew that she had "gotten through every difficulty in my life with the strength of the Scripture and the Holy Spirit."

She added, "God said to forgive and to love. Those are his instructions always to us when we ahve been hurt and offended."

Be sure to read the whole updated story for comments from Ted Haggard and Elevation Church's pastor Steven Furtick.


"Without progress the world stays static and when the world stays static, the wrongs of the past live on to the present." Notes on a culture in progress Nov. 14 2006

Furtick's statements and interview with the Haggards are sure to be a disappointment to Elevation's many openly gay and lesbian congregants - some of whom have told Q-Notes they started attending the church because of the acceptance and welcome they felt there.

This is so insulting.

I mean I understand that this is the South but I simply could not go to that church anymore.