Ted Haggard

===Politics===
In 2005, Haggard was listed by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine as one of the top 25 most influential evangelicals in America.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210120450/http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1022576,00.html TIME Names the 25 Most Influential EVANGELICALS in America] TIME.</ref> Haggard was a firm supporter of former US President [[George W. Bush]], and is sometimes credited with rallying [[Evangelicalism|evangelicals]] behind Bush during the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 election]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/3992067.stm | title=State Of The Union: The Evangelical vote | work=[[BBC News]] | date= 9 November 2004 | first=Tim | last=Egan | access-date = 2006-10-18}}</ref> Author [[Jeff Sharlet (writer)|Jeff Sharlet]] reported in 2005 that Haggard "talks to... Bush or his advisers every Monday" and stated at that time that "no pastor in America holds more sway over the political direction of evangelicalism."<ref>Sharlet, pp. 42, 43.</ref>

Haggard has stated that fighting [[global warming]] is an important issue, a divisive issue among Evangelical leaders. Though he personally supported the [[Evangelical Climate Initiative]], the NAE did not adopt a position.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/us/evangelical-leaders-joinglobal-warming-initiative.html | title=Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | date= February 8, 2006 | first= Laurie | last= Goodstein | access-date = 2016-11-03}}</ref>