Guide Note

New Life Church is a megachurch founded by Ted Haggard. The church's parking lot was the site of a shooting on December 9, 2007, during which two teenage sisters and gunman Matthew Murray were killed.¹

Fast Facts

1. Founded: 1984
2. Location: Colorado Springs, CO
3. Senior Pastor: Brady Boyd
4. Executive Pastors: Garvin McCarrell, Ross Parsley
5. Phone number: (719) 594-6602
6. Email: questions@newlifechurch.org
7. Haggard left the church following a scandal in which he was accused of taking methamphetamine and having sex with a male prostitute²

The World Prayer Center is a building on the New Life Church campus in which individuals pray for people across the globe. The prayer activity goes on 24 hours a day, and people from around the world submit prayer requests via the website of the World Prayer Team. The center was established in 1998.³