The leader of a megachurch where a gunman opened fire a week earlier, killing two teenage sisters and wounding three other people, said Sunday that the congregation's trials of the past couple of years were nothing more than tests.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ The Rev. Brady Boyd said when he was hired to lead New Life Church that he didn't want to be in the spotlight.

By Carol McGraw and Bill Reed, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Nov.

By MATT CURRY DALLAS - The new senior pastor of the Colorado megachurch that Ted Haggard left in disgrace said Wednesday that the congregation is regaining members lost after Haggard's sex scandal. "Our attendance has been up 1,700 to 1,800 people.

By Carol McGraw, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. 28--New Life Church has a new shepherd for its 10,000-member flock.