Monday, December 18, 2006

Another megachurch resignation over sex

Yet another staffer at New Life Church, the Colorado Springs megachurch founded by now-disgraced Ted Haggard, has resigned over an "improper sexual relationship" -- albeit one that took place "several years ago."

Hilarious that the church felt it necessary to announce that the improper sexual relationship in question was not with the Rev. Haggard.

Christopher Beard led a youth program called "twentyfourseven." He has an online profile here, a church webpage here (permalink screenshot) and here's a longer Denver Post article. In the latter, note the part about how he was repremanded in 2002 for staging a "missionary training drill" with fake weapons. The "drill" was held outdoors and a passing motorist called police; a SWAT team was dispatched. The guy sounds like a real dumbass.

Here's a cached version of a news story about that event.

Finally, check out this MySpace profile for a lad who identifies himself as a "twentyfourseven" student. He has a list of heroes under the heading "OF THE FAITH": Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, and Christopher Beard. Right under that is a picture of JFK with the legend "You like power because it increases your sexual options... You are a thrill seeker by nature and don't shy away from risky behavior."

Ha ha ha ha! I'll say. (Here's a permalink screenshot in case the kid takes the page down.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If you look at the staff photos at the New Life Church website it sets off your gaydar even worse then Men Magazine does.