Religion News Service
Adelle Banks
New Life Church, the Colorado megachurch whose leader Ted Haggard was dismissed last year after a sex and drug scandal, has approved a new senior pastor.
Pastor Brady Boyd, a pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, received more than 95 percent approval in a Monday (Aug. 27) vote by the Colorado Springs congregation, a church secretary/treasurer announced in a message posted on New Life’s Web site.
“This is a great day for New Life Church,” Boyd, 40, said in a statement. “All of us are excited about writing the next chapter together.”

Haggard was dismissed from his church for “sexually immoral conduct” in November. He said he bought methamphetamine and paid a Denver man for massages. Haggard, who acknowledged sexual immorality but denied that he used the drug, also resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Copyright 2007 Religion News Service. All rights reserved. No part of this transmission may be distributed or reproduced without written permission.