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Rev. Ted Haggard gave a press conference today to make a "big announcement" about his career path. 
  
 And what an announcement it was! Outside of his home in Colorado Springs, with his family by his side, Haggard revealed...that he's starting a new church. 
  
 Haggard said that many may be believe he's "not qualified" to be a pastor again, but he thinks that "because of what we've been through" he's "qualified to help other people in need." 
  
 Haggard, of course, is referring to 2006, when he admitted to a homosexual affair amid allegations of drug use. He was founder and leader of the evangelical New Life Church at the time, but was excommunicated following the revelations. 
  
 He said that his new church -- St. James Church in Colorado Springs -- will welcome everyone, including those who are "gay, straight, bi, tall, short, whether you're an addict, a recovering addict, or you have an addict in your family." 
  
 "Democrats are are welcome, Republicans are welcome, independents are welcome," Haggard added. 
  
 Referring to the scandal as "the crash," Haggard noted that since it happened, "I don't judge people anymore." 
  
 However, he did emphasize that there will be no gay marriages performed in his church, because "God's ideal plan for a marriage is the union of a man and a woman." Haggard added that it's also "God's ideal that all of us have our weight under control," but that doesn't always happen. 
  
 "I don't want to be a political activist," Haggard said. "I want to help people." 
  
 Late Update:Here's video from the presser: ||||| (CNN) -- Ted Haggard, the former megachurch pastor and former National Association of Evangelicals chief whose career was undone by a gay prostitution and drugs scandal in 2006, plans to start a new church. 
  
 Standing in front of his barn, Haggard and his family announced Wednesday that they are starting a church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, called Saint James. 
  
 The church, which will not be affiliated with any denomination, will have its first gathering Sunday at the Haggard home. 
  
 "All are welcome. Whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, gay, straight, bi-[sexual], tall, short, addict, recovering addict. ... I believe Jesus' arms are open to all," he said. 
  
 In 2006, Haggard acknowledged having received a massage from a Denver, Colorado, man who said that the prominent pastor had paid him for sex over three years. 
  
 Haggard also admitted he had bought methamphetamine but said he threw it away. 
  
 Those statements led the Board of Overseers at New Life Church to fire Haggard as senior pastor. The church's independent investigative board said he was guilty of "sexually immoral conduct." 
  
 After the allegations were made public, Haggard resigned as president of the influential National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group representing more than 45,000 churches with 30 million members. 
  
 As part of his severance package with New Life Church, Haggard was barred from speaking publicly for a year. After that time elapsed, he made various media appearances, including starring in a documentary on HBO about his life. 
  
 Sunday's service will mark his first return to the ministry in a full-time capacity. 
  
 "This is an emotional morning for me," he told reporters. Flanked by his wife Gayle and their children and grandchildren, he said the family members had prayed long and hard before deciding to start another church. 
  
 "While many believe I am not qualified, nor will I ever be because of what we've been through, I may be qualified to help other people in need," Haggard said. "I don't expect to have another megachurch. I'll be so pleased if a handful of people join with us. Something is better than nothing, and helping one is better than helping none." 
  
 In response to a question, Haggard said he had no plans to perform gay marriages at the new church; that the only marriages he will perform will be between a man and a woman. 
  
 "Those are the marriages we'll do in our church," he said. "As for society, that's a different story." 
  
 His wife said she backed the move. "I was not willing to let the scandal be the last chapter in our lives," Gayle Haggard told reporters. 
  
 In a statement, New Life Church said it "will always be grateful for the many years of dedicated leadership from Ted and Gayle Haggard and we wish their family only the best." ||||| Ted Haggard Starts New Church Allegedly Open to Gays — But Not Gay Marriage 
  
 Ted Haggard, inconveniently busted for having meth-soaked gay sex while advocating for anti-gay marriage legislation in 2006, just announced he’s starting a new church that welcomes gays and short people … and Democrats: 
  
 “All are welcome. Whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, gay, straight, bi-[sexual] tall, short, addict, recovering addict….I believe Jesus’ arms are open to all,” said Haggard in a news conference this morning. 
  
 Haggard said that the 2006 scandal that ended his career as pastor of New Life Mega Church and dedicated gay-basher helped him embrace a more accepting Christianity. “I don’t judge people anymore.” Also helpful in Haggard’s transformation: the Prenner Group, a Los Angeles based PR group that also counts as its clients “Girls Next Door”, according to their site. 
  
 Don’t worry, Haggard still thinks gay marriage is wrong: “God’s ideal plan for a marriage is the union of a man and a woman,” he said the the press conference (he did, however, maintain the “I’m not judgy” rhetoric, adding that it’s also “God’s ideal” that weight be kept under control). 
  
 Nice redemption narrative. Prenner Group is good. |||||
Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard is starting a new church based on a philosophy of acceptance—though his views on gays are still a bit complicated. The former chief of the National Association of Evangelicals, who was brought down by a scandal involving a gay prostitute and crystal meth while campaigning against gay marriage, says that "all are welcome" to his new non-denominational church, CNN reports. "Whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, gay, straight, bi, tall, short, addict, recovering addict....I believe Jesus' arms are open to all," Haggard said. But his new acceptance of gays only goes so far: Haggard says his new church will not perform gay marriages because "God's ideal" marriage "is the union between a man and a woman," notes Talking Points Memo. An AlterNet blogger notes that Haggard has hired a big PR firm and wonders if his new, non-judgmental rhetoric is just part of a "redemption narrative."