Gayle M Haggard (born April 8, 1957) is the wife of former American evangelical preacher Ted Haggard, known as Pastor Ted to the congregations he served. Ted Haggard is the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2003.
In 1978, Gayle Alcorn married Ted Haggard. The couple has five children: Christy (1981), Marcus (1983) (founder and former pastor of Boulder Street Church, Colorado Springs), Jonathan (1987), Alex (1990), and Elliott (1993).
Gayle Haggard, author and speaker, is wife of former Association of Evangelicals President, and New Life Church pastor, Ted Haggard.
She and Ted founded New Life Church in Colorado Springs, in 1985, with meetings in the basement of their home. From that humble beginning, the church grew to 14,000 members by 2006, with a large campus on the north side of Colorado Springs, CO."The Women's Conference"[The Women's Conference. Gayle Haggard. 2009. 15 September 2009