Sister Aimee will screen for free at the Coolidge Corner Theatre tomorrow night, Thursday, March 29, at 7:00 pm. Afterward, author Matthew Avery Sutton will sign copies of Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America at the Coolidge Corner Barnes & Noble. America has a longstanding evangelical tradition. America also has a longstanding tradition of evangelicals falling off their high perches, a la Jim Bakker and, more recently, Ted Haggard. Aimee Semple McPherson...
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Hot on the heels of his feature film debut in Jesus Camp (Bostonist's most enthusiastic movie pick in October), megapreacher Ted Haggard faces allegations of methamphetamine use and indiscretions with a male prostitute. Haggard was (until last night) president of the National Association of Evangelicals and senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, where you can rent a "prayer closet" for $25 per night and apparently give new meaning to the phrase for...
In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. Friday 10/06 Jesus Camp Ted Haggard, megapastor of Colorado Springs' New Life megachurch, has megacondemned this unflinching documentary (horror movie, for Cantabrigians), possibly because pentecostalism could freak out potential megachurchgoers, or possibly because Ted Haggard is in it and he comes off as megacreepy. Opening...
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