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actually , they have handled this in a Biblical manner.

Did they need to point out that his sins were also of a sexual nature? I'm troubled by it. The man has a wife who's got to be hurting. Shouldn't it have been her decision to make the nature of his sins public? Wouldn't buying illegal drugs from a prostitute - information which was already public knowledge - have constituted sufficient grounds for his removal? Did they need to get more specific with their reasons for his dismissal?

I don't have the answers, I'm just putting the questions out there.

Pastor Haggard and his wife have been informed of this decision. They have agreed as well that he should be dismissed and that a new pastor for New Life Church should be selected according to the rules of replacement in the bylaws.
That process will begin immediately in hopes that a new pastor can be confirmed by the end of the year 2006. In the interim, Ross Parsley will function as the leader of the church with full support of the Overseers.

A letter of explanation and apology by Pastor Haggard as well as a word of encouragement from Gayle Haggard will be read in the 9:00 and 11:00 service of New Life Church.

There will be a big crowd tomorrow to hear the letter and apology tomorrow at church.