1.0The Bible and Culturehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandcultureBen Witheringtonhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/author/bwitheringtonLooking Haggard, Ted Steps Aside - The Bible and Culturerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9Ev9npbFhr"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2006/11/looking-haggard-ted-steps-aside.html">Looking Haggard, Ted Steps Aside</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2006/11/looking-haggard-ted-steps-aside.html/embed#?secret=9Ev9npbFhr" width="600" height="338" title="“Looking Haggard, Ted Steps Aside” — The Bible and Culture" data-secret="9Ev9npbFhr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In a scenario reminiscent of the Jim Bakker scandal decades ago, Ted Haggard, pastor of a 14,000 member Evangelical Church in Colorado Springs and one of the heads of the National Association of Evangelicals who has led the charge in the state by state organizing against gay marriage, has at least for now stepped aside…