He had a mistress for many years, the wife of a Sunday School teacher. The influx of cash enabled First Baptist to buy large parcels of real estate around Hammondand enabled Hyles to buy loyalty. Voyle Glover, an attorney and longtime church member, was not among the defenders. I remember hearing once that it is not wise to put anything in writing that one would not want the entire world to see. How true it is. He moved the bottom of the stick near his groin and angled it away from himself. That thought prompted me to write you on my leaving, for it would be the pleasure of my life to have the entire world see in print my feelings on you, your establishment and your gross perversion of the sacred role of Pastor. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphrey and others you may know. Wearing a gray blazer, a red patterned tie, and dark pants, clutching a Bible in his left hand, he stopped in front of the TV cameras and planted a long kiss on his wife, Cindy, 52. AG. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. She was never charged with a crime, nor was Hyles. When he tried to read a three-page letter, Hyles cried out, You are trying to destroy fundamentalism! and the deacons chimed in by shouting the poor man down. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! Former principal at Liberty Baptist Academy, Lake Station, Indiana, Convicted in 2002 of crossing state lines with the intent to have sex with an 11-year-old girl, 7. Then, his voice dropping to a guttural whisper, he said, Oh, oh, God. I would literally vomit before some of our meetings it got so bad., When the couple eventually left the church, Schaap turned on her, Busby says. Many people have an attitude of, S. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner, The Jack Hyles Story, chapter 5: The Hyles Reply). . And all this barely half an hours drive from downtown Chicago. Yellow buses lined back streets and alleys. Another occasion was the girl who was working at the cemetery. As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange. Notice the bones and the skull there, he said as he raised a cup into which he told the congregation he was going to pour poison. Oh, God, that hurts! he shrieked. Despite two eyewitness accounts, Ballenger denied the charge, was released on bond, and returned to the church. They will no doubt tighten the reins some, says Glover. Thanks for what youre making me.. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. Schaap did not respond to an interview request made through Porter County Jail. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. Columbus, OH 43205 ( map) Learn more about Linda Pax Lowes. I, too, witnessed a lot of hypocrisy growing up in a Baptist church, but my unbelief and rebellion was my own fault and not something I could blame on others. A row of white-coated high-ranking churchmen seated behind Schaap watched in silence. Walking away from fundamentalist Christianity was a pivotal event in my life. Hyles-Anderson College appears to be struggling, too. Whispers began that he was having an affair with the daughter of a high-level administrator at Hyles-Anderson College. Treated her terribly. I wish God would . Brother Hyles didn't own anything at the church. All we ask is that you give proper credit. The answer is definitely yes and there are a hundred people who know that. This story has been revised to reflect the following: Correction on 12.11.12: The print version of this story, appearing in the January 2013 issue of Chicago, incorrectly stated that former First Baptist Church member Julie Silvestrone Busby received marriage counseling from Schaap in 2004 and 2009. There were so many mothers who went to him who David was having affairs with and told him. The fear of man is as much a problem among preachers as it is among teenagers, and it makes a man weak and incapable of taking the proper stand for truth. Virtually no one would marry without Hyless blessing, several former church members say. The sessions lasted from 2004 through 2009. The culmination of many events in our lives brought us to the decision that we have made to move. The writer claims that she was a victim of emotional abuse and was snubbed by the upper class. But thats what it is. We both graduated the same year and went to college. burn your building, penned another, Kristen Conner. At first, Busby says, it really seemed like he wanted to help us. But soon Schaap was requesting numerous sessions with Busby alone. Jack Hyles was the cult leader and he . The Biblical Evangelist, a magazine devoted to historic evangelical fundamentalism, published a series of articles accusing Hyles of a years-long romantic affair with his secretary, Jennie Nischik, who happened to be the wife of a church deacon, Victor Nischik. By the time he took charge of the 44-member Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas, in 1952, he was a full-fledged, fire-breathing, stem-winding spellbinder, blessed with a booming preachers voice, a savants recall of the Bible, and a charisma that could almost magically levitate people from their seats to surrender their lives to the Savior. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward" (1 Timothy 5:18). He lifted a stick in his left hand and a silver cloth in his right. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. Within a couple of years, his flock had swelled to 4,000, earning Hyles a far-reaching reputation. At Hyless prompting, the congregation gave him a standing ovation. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. Be the first to contribute! Our pastor back home had given us a point of contact. My understanding is that with all the stuff going on theyve done something with it. He claimed that he had long heard reports that Nischik was immoral, but the following important observation must be taken into consideration in this matter:Throughout all of this, Hyles being privy to most if not all of it by his own testimony, Vic remained a member in good standing of the First Baptist Church, song leader in Dr. Hyles own adult Sunday School class, choir member, a key worker in the bus ministry (where the pickings would be delightful among love-starved, fatherless, teenage girls), a trustee of Hyles-Anderson College, a financial adviser and assistant who helped him obtain a $1,500,000 loan for the purchase of the Hyles-Anderson campus, as well as a respected deacon in the First Baptist Church! Then there were the practical matters that caused immediate red flags when we rolled up to Hyles-Anderson College in our overloaded U-Haul, during the oppressively hot Midwestern August, in 1983. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. Things that we encourage you to share include the audio sermons, O Timothy magazine, FBIS articles, and the free eVideos and free eBooks. Sincerely,(Signed Judy Johnson). While Schaap was from a more prosperous family, in all important ways he was a virtual Hyles clone. Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange | Stuff Fundies Like Current Events, People Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange August 6, 2012 Darrell 594 Comments Persnickety Polecat August 10, 2012 at 4:48 pm Ah, I see. She was sickened and literally brokenhearted, she told me, when she heard about her brother-in-laws arest. There was a door knob there, but it looked like part of the paneling, and there was a picture hanging there, so you really had to be studying to notice that there was a door there from his office. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. My dad pastored a church that evolved into a 50,000-member cult. Accordingly, he ditched the churchs denominational affiliation with the mainline American Baptist Convention, freeing him to transplant the authoritarian, hellfire-and-damnation theology he had honed in Texas. And even turned his own children against their mother. On a cool Sunday evening in mid-October, I drove to Hammond to sit in on a First Baptist service. Ohh! His wife, Paula, divorced him. How I emerged from such a pit of secret sin, manipulation, and hypocrisy with the slightest interest in my professed religion at all, I do not know. Hated her. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. Love Makes the World Go Round (RPM Sketch #2), A New City/A New Home (JimBaumerMe Newsletter), One Sheet for Living in Some Strange Days (indie rock). Here are just eight of the men affiliated with First Baptist Church or educated at Hyles-Andersonmost of them pastorswho scattered around the nation committing crimes. Previous Post FWOTW: 1611Skirts.com Next Post The Coup de Grce. The blows should be painful and should last . When authorities were called, McGuire says, Hyles told the girls parents how to avoid arrest. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. If you have been helped and/or blessed by our material offerings can be mailed or made online with with Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Paypal. There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. Questions? If you and your client really want to do the right thing, you'll face the fact that First Baptist Church has had a cancer growing in it for nearly 50 years. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. So does every expert and religion blogger tracking the churchand virtually every one of the dozens of victims and former church memberswith whom I spoke. Local papers, from the Hammond Times to the Chicago Tribune, featured the story, as did the tabloid TV news show A Current Affair. The wrath of Hyles and his supporters again rained down. He could destroy you., In fact, he nearly destroyed Busbys marriage. At a grand jury inquest, David Hyles exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. But it was wildly effective, says Kaifetz, in part because Hyles made soul winning a key criterion for moving up the church ladder orif you were a manfor being awarded a coveted staff job. Nischiks letter, which he later publicized, said in part,MY HOME WAS TAMPERED WITH AND MY MARRIAGE DELIBERATELY WRECKED BY JACK HYLES. 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