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December 11, 2006

Another One Bites The Dust

Pastor resigns over homosexuality:

In a tearful videotaped message Sunday to his congregation, the senior pastor of a thriving evangelical megachurch in south metro Denver confessed to sexual relations with other men and announced he had voluntarily resigned his pulpit.

A month ago, the Rev. Paul Barnes of Grace Chapel in Doug las County preached to his 2,100-member congregation about integrity and grace in the aftermath of the Ted Haggard drugs-and-gay-sex scandal.

Now, the 54-year-old Barnes joins Haggard as a fallen evangelical minister who preached that homosexuality was a sin but grappled with a hidden life.

I have friends who believe that many evangelical ministers who rail hard core against homosexuality are in fact repressed homosexuals themselves.

Based on the last few months, I think we've got ourselves some anecdotal evidence to support that conclusion.

Posted by Carla at December 11, 2006 04:08 PM