Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour »

“Evangelical Leader Denies Accusation of Paying Former Gay Prostitute for Sex” “Amid Allegations, Haggard Steps Aside” “Haggard Admits ‘Sexual Immorality’” Gayle Haggard never imagined she would be reading these headlines about her husband, Ted. She couldn’t believe her ears when she heard a man on the radio accuse Ted of using illegal drugs and having a three-year homosexual affair with him. It was inconceivable.
Ted Haggard was the senior pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church and the highly regarded president of the National Association of Evangelicals. More importantly, he was Gayle’s loving husband of twenty-eight years, a devoted father to their five children, her closest friend, and a man she knew fully. At least, she thought she knew him fully.
But when Ted told Gayle that parts of the allegations were true, her world shattered. Suddenly, everything in her life was at stake—her beliefs, her marriage, her family and friends, and her ministry. What has happened since then is nothing short of astonishing.

Contents

Special Thanks....................xi
Why I Stayed....................3
Epilogue....................347
Notes....................349
About the Authors....................353