Big vote

Folks over at New Life Church will vote tonight for members of their senior pastor search committee -- people who will help shape what Colorado Springs' largest church will look like in the years to come.

The membership will vote for six panelists -- three men and three women -- who will join New Life bigwigs Ross Parsley, Lance Coles and Brian Newberg. The voting forum tonight is unprecedented for the church, which grew like gangbusters under the shepherding of the Rev. Ted Haggard for nearly 22 years. When I asked one church leader how long the meeting might take, he said he had no clue -- they've never done anything like this before.