New Life Church

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    • Founded: 1984
    • Denomination: Evangelical Protestant
    • Location: Colorado Springs, CO
    • Senior Pastor: Brady Boyd
    • Executive Pastors: Garvin McCarrell, Ross Parsley
    • Phone number: (719) 594-6602
    • Email: questions@newlifechurch.org
    • Former Pastor Ted Haggard left the church in 2006
    • Home of the World Prayer Center. a building on campus
    • A shooting occurred at the parking lot of the church in 2007, two people and the gunman died

  • New Life Church is a megachurch founded by Ted Haggard and located in Colorado Springs. Senior Pastor Brady Boyd is currently the head of the church.

    Haggard left the church in 2006 after allegations that he had sex with a former prostitute, Mike Jones, and did drugs with him. In 2009, another scandal surfaced when a former volunteer at the church, Grant Haas, said that Haggard sent him sexual text messages, made sexual comments and masturbated in front of him while he volunteered at the church in 2006.KRDO: Haggard Asked Volunteer if They Were Going to be 'Godly or Bad' (January 27, 2009)

  • World Prayer Center

    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.World Prayer Center: History

  • Shootings

    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.FOXNews: Colorado Church Gunman Sought Revenge... (December 11, 2007)

  • Scandals

    Former Pastor Ted Haggard left the church in 2006, after allegations that he had sex with a male prostitute, Mike Jones, and did drugs with him. In 2009, a former volunteer at the church, Grant Haas, came forward with allegations that Haggard sent him sexual text messages and masturbated in front of him in 2006. Haas said the church later gave him money for counseling and medical care in exchange for his silence on the matter. The church says the money was meant for support and not to prevent Haas from speaking about the events.KRDO: Haggard Asked Volunteer if They Were Going to be 'Godly or Bad' (January 27, 2009)

    In January 2009 Mike Jones posted a video on YouTube. In it he alleged that Haggard had inappropriate relationships with several members of the church who told Jones about it.YouTube Video: Mike Jones Speaks About Ted Haggard - "I Had To Say Something" (Time: 5:01)

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