![]() His former New Life Church said in a brief statement that it wished “him and his family only the best.” 12, as well as criticism from hundreds of responses to an online column by London that questioned his return. Haggard’s decision to start the prayer gatherings after the high-profile scandal has drawn support from the more than 100 attendees at his first prayer meeting on Nov. While some succeed and turn to work beyond the pulpit-such as chaplaincies or writing opportunities-others never are able to minister again. “That’s just verboten.”Įthicists say cases of fallen clergy run the gamut, as does the appropriateness of their return to ministry. “I don’t think he should ever start a church or a group in the same community as his former church,” said Trull, co-author of a book on ministerial ethics. ![]() Joe Trull, editor of the journal Christian Ethics Today, said starting a religious gathering near one’s former church is “disrupting” and can lead to accusations of “sheep stealing” from a former flock. London, who chaired Haggard’s restoration committee and is vice president of church and clergy at Focus on the Family, also in Colorado Springs. ![]() ![]() “When you think of the ethics of that, it, to me, just defies explanation,” said H.B. ![]()
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