It was recently announced by New Life Church, the mega church founded by disgraced pastor and former head of the National Association of Evangelicals , Ted Haggard, that he had dropped out of "Spiritual Restoration"--you know, that magical process which was supposed to cure him of his addiction to meth and sweaty man-on-man-in-cheap-hotel sex with male prostitutes? Not to say that Pastor Ted isn't a fully recovered, God fearing heterosexual again, but as far as the church is concerned, he's probably not, since the restoration process, which included counseling and prayer for at least five years or longer, was not completed. And in the forgiving and loving tradition of evangelical Christianity, the church made it clear that even if he were "fully restored," he would not be welcomed back to the pulpit! Jimmy Swaggert was curiously unavailable for comment!
