Haggard Told To Get A Job

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 8/30/2007 | Tillie Fong

[Terriergal]

Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard won't be fundraising for a Monument nonprofit run by a sex offender, won't be ministering to anyone and needs to get a job, his overseers said in a statement released Wednesday.

"Mr. Haggard's solicitation for personal support was inappropriate," his church supervisors said.

The statement came one day after the four-member team of ministers responsible for overseeing the spiritual restoration of Haggard met with him in Phoenix.

[Terriergal]

This is EXCELLENT news. Praise the Lord that these supervisors are keeping after him. Maybe there is hope yet! TAKE NOTE, leaders of evangelicalism -- church discipline (for the right reasons - for example, not for purpose-driven-or-seeker-sensitive-resisters or other whistleblowers!) is absolutely biblical!

[Battle of Tours]

How about airport restroom attendant?

[Tax-chick]

Mr. Haggard seems to be “unclear on the concept,” as the saying goes. I think it’s a tossup whether he decides to ditch the “overseers” and pursue his “real self,” or whether he’ll experience actual repentance at some point.

A job at Wal-mart would be a good start, I think.

[Halls]

Mr Haggert should have thought about his the consequences of doing the stupid things he did before he did them!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Ted should just admit he’s gay and move in with Larry Craig.

[org.whodat]

A job at Wal-mart would be a good start, I think.

Nope, to many kids!

I'm sure then need someone covering garbage down at the local dump.

[Alex Murphy]

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Wow! I'm impressed! And I thought church discipline was dead.

CC&E

[Tax-chick]

Nope, too many kids!

To be fair, nothing so far indicates that he's interested in children. However, better safe than sorry.

[Lee N. Field]

No, no. Internet tech support.

[Augustinian monk]

Get a Job, SHolololola

[Former Kiwi]

Ted Haggard’s church in Colorado had paid him a very generous salary and a year extra when he resigned. It was inappropriate for him to seek further help from Christians.

I hope we are all praying for this man and his family, and not simply making light of his situation. Without God’s grace, we are all Ted Haggard.

[Terriergal]

lol that’s not nice.

[Terriergal]

He should have of course, that goes without saying.

[Terriergal]

Agreed all around.

[Terriergal]

And I thought church discipline was dead.

I think he was hoping it was.

It has been dead for a long time, being revived only to get rid of people who object to false doctrine.

[Terriergal]

I agree. But I tend not to cut these blatant wolves in sheep’s clothing much slack. Nor did Paul, nor did Christ nor any of the prophets.

[VOA]

Well-done overseers!

This is almost as delicious as those “total reversal of fortune” moments
when the bad-guy in a movie has a momentary inkling that he’s lost at
his wicked little game.
(I’d rather Haggard have done a “straighten up and fly right”,
but in not, he needed a reality check of this sort.)

Nice to see that “cheap grace” wasn’t used by some whimpy overseers
in order to let Haggard off the hook for his attempt to again fleece the flock.

[Former Kiwi]

Hmmmm...Jesus was certainly a champion of the sexually broken. It remains to be seen - how much was/is Ted Haggard a “wolf.” It seems as far as I can tell, that he didn’t “prey” (sexually) on the members of his congregation, but wrestled with his inner demons away from his city. The thing I hate is that he went back to the congregation to ask for more money. To me, that is more “wolfish” than the sexual problems.

[Terriergal]

As far as he is unrepentant, he is a wolf. The going back to the people for money proves it to me. Whether he preys on his congregation or lost souls on the street doesn’t matter to me.