It is easy to sit decades later and call that ministry a cult. There are still many, many victims out there, says Busby, herself involved with a group of former First Baptist members who have their own abuse stories. You call him a liar. I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. And Brennan says they have a point. Thats why people just fell all over each other to exalt [Hyles]., The level of devotionand controlsometimes strayed into the absurd. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! Oh, God, that hurts! he shrieked. David was a blatant liar. But I wondered: If my dad had been taken off his self-constructed throne long ago and people had known the full truth about who he was, perhaps Jack Schaap would never have been given the liberties, the complete lack of accountability, and the power that eventually led to his own demise. Linda Murphrey: "The lies we had to keep were 'for the sake of the ministry'". In 2001, he died of complications from heart surgery at age 74. Her office had a door opening to Hyles' office, but there was a drape in front of it so that no one coming into her office could see it. But a cult, no. He owned our homes, our cars, our furniture. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. As with most of his sermons at the northwest Indiana megachurchthe 14th largest in the country and the biggest Independent Baptist house of worship in the nationthe message struck as bluntly as a pounded nail: Submit to Gods plan for your life or be snapped like a twig and flung away (as Schaap would demonstrate by cracking a stick over his head, tossing it aside, and barking, Next!). Hyles certainly had enemies -- back then, more so. And even to our adult years, he owned us. Don says: August 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm. In an incredibly short amount of time I have healed much and think I would surprise even you with the strength I have gained. Established in 1974, Way of Life Literature is a fundamental Baptist preaching and publishing ministry based in Bethel Baptist Church, London, Ontario, of which Wilbert Unger is the founding Pastor. Older Comments. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. For over fifteen years I have watched and learned much from the circus that you have performed with the lives of those I love most in the world. Infancy. You may have convinced your following in the past twenty years that 'it did not happen if they did not see it,' but God has seen every moment of those years, and my faith will not let [me] believe that He will let you go unpunished. Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: I have no spiritual respect for a preacher who defends Jack Hyles. I grieve for them.. He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. I dont care how controlling Jack Schaap was. He is the one hiding all under the rug. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. I literally feared for my very life if I ever told what went on in our home, for fear that it would hurt his ministry. I attended at least 12 Pastors Schools. FIRST, TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND, LET ME QUOTE FROM THE BOOK , IN REGARD TO HYLES RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDY NISCHIK. If he wasnt scolding his flock for not living up to Gods demands (tithing, volunteering, soul winning), he was delivering R-rated sermons that, for example, likened the Lords Supper to having sex with Jesus Christ. Summary: Articles about Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience Walking away from fundamentalist Christianity was a pivotal event in my life. They will no doubt tighten the reins some, says Glover. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. Its hard to believe. 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. To the hundreds of people who posted comments under a YouTube video of the event, the lack of reaction is as shocking as Schaaps sermon itself. This is a moment when we need, as people of integrity, to be honest in all of this. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. Chester Mulligan, 47 When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. He charmed people in order to get them to do what he wanted them to do., As Schaap consolidated his grip on the congregation, says former church member Linda Gensaw, he became more brazengraphic sexual sermons to the point that I didnt want to take my children., Tom Brennan, the Independent Baptist pastor in Chicago and former First Baptist member, agrees. In the beginning1959, in this caseJack Hyles arrived at the First Baptist Church of Hammond as a skinny, charismatic Bible thumper with a Southern-fried drawl and a couple of cheap suits. We both graduated the same year and went to college. 700 Children's Drive. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. The spokesman for the church, Eddie Wilson, did not return numerous calls requesting an interview. Jack Hyles was a personal friend. The Bible was to be interpreted literally and by Hyles alone. First, there was the expectation that the school provided . Among his moves: announcing in October that fully a quarter of the churchs staff had been laid off. ..and stay on our knees in prayer, because Satan is just waiting for the opportunity to strike. He was very wealthy. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. If a man doesnt want to believe something, he simply will not believe it. You are also welcome to use excerpts from the articles. THE TESTIMONY OF JACK HYLES DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, Dave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles Polonco. After the divorce, Jennie moved into a brand new $150,000 condominium at Hyles generous behest. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. They are so influenced by him that I think if he told them that he was a black man they would believe him. The wrath of Hyles and his supporters again rained down. Female students at Hyles-Anderson, Busby recalls, underwent sporadic pajama inspections. If the tops and bottoms didnt match, says Busby, dorm supervisors would sometimes make us strip right there and put on an approved set., The pajama-clad young women would gather in the chapel to wait for Hyles. Way of Life's content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. So he would pay for peoples surgeries and pay for people to get their teeth fixed., By the late 1980s, the church was reaching its apotheosis. Facebook gives people the power. 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. In fact, he has sat at my table in my home. Another occasion was the girl who was working at the cemetery. It is nearly impossible, in fact, to entirely escape his influence among fundamental Baptists. The surrounding blocks bustled with activity. The bravest voices lifted against him were the voices of women, the very women who had been hurt by this mans ungodly actions, women who showed themselves stronger than a huge number of weak-kneed, ostrich-like pastors. Lowest rating: 1 . He will abhor that which is evil (Rom. Later Hyles paid to have a room built for Vic over the garage, where he lived without being allowed any conjugal relationship with his wife. (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) Theres a world of difference between a cult of personality and a cult. Linda is Jack Hyles daughter, and it appears that the hypocrisy she witnessed has driven her into the arms of skepticism, which is very sad, but it was not necessary. When all of this happened with our church in Garland, his dad didnt want to hear it. I was one of those chocago kids who rode the bus to church went to the church camp and youth camp went to all the church funtions and went to the highschool not once did anything inappropriate happen! My dad lived a double life, one of a righteous family man and of a dynamic speaker in the public eye, but [another] one of sordid sexual secrets privately, secrets that only my siblings and me and my mom knew. (The bus ministry still operates today.). This, of course, was well after his son, Dave, had wreaked havoc on the youth department and had moved on to terrorize more than one church in Texas. He promises that there will be no cover-up. First, there was the expectation that the school provided some support for students when they arrived. Her feelings of regret are understandable, but all of this is in God's timing. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. The major points that these women who knew Jack Hyles agree on are these: that Hyles had a morally inappropriate relationship with a woman who was not his wife, that he lived a double life by deception, and that he was a cult leader who controlled his people as a lord and not as a godly shepherd. There were references to secret meetings with him in different places (Nischik. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. He told us she was crazy. I just watched the video on the First Baptist Church website where you, Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina discussed the church's current scandal. Anything., While reshaping the morals of his followers, Hyles also set about empire building, Independent Baptiststyle. I anxiously await the day that I can say with all honesty, "They did the right thing".Judy Nischik JohnsonTHE TESTIMONY OF JACK HYLES DAUGHTER-IN-LAWThe following are excerpts fromDave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles PoloncoFirst wife of Jack Hyles son, DaveNovember 1, 1989Did Davids dad know that he was adulterous before we went to Texas? There will be nothing swept under any rug. Another egregious case was working its way through the courts around the same time. The case remains unsolved; Paul Ciolino, a former DCFS investigator now in private practice, says he is still pursuing leads. 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. For a pastor to develop a romantic relationship with a church member is gross, gross abuse of his position and of his solemn marital vows. I was threatened with physical harm, death threats. His office was broken into. The preacher quoted 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Abstain from all appearance of evil, but Hyles brazenly replied, My people need to trust me.In 1971, Hyles, without his wife, took Jennie and three other women to Hawaii and stayed in the same hotel, being the only male in the group.In a scene right out of some cheap romance novel, Hyles arranged for Vic Nischik to sleep in the basement of his own house and to pay rent to Jennie. 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. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. Former pastor of Central Baptist Church, East Chicago, Indiana; current pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Miami, Florida, Convicted in 2009 of felony stalking of a 14-year-old, 6. My understanding is that with all the stuff going on theyve done something with it. And even turned his own children against their mother. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] We dont love anyone as much as you! Then he would call us Poopsy-Woopsy and give us pizza and money., To go off campus to buy pantyhoserequired wear for womenwe needed a special pass, Busby says, and had to have three chaperones. . He never had restrictions on his life. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. This, of course, was well after his son, Dave, had wreaked havoc on the youth department and had moved on to terrorize more than one church in Texas. But Schaap is not simply one of those rogue evangelists who thunders against the evils of forbidden sex while indulging in it himself. So, best of luck. 3. The effect was powerful, and it inevitably produced the desired result: swarms of male teenagers trance-walking their way to Schaap (pronounced Skop), ready to commit their lives to becoming pastors. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. (Hyles did not respond to an interview request. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigated, but the cause of death could not be determined. He really does have that kind of influence on those people.__________________Do I have any reason to believe that the Hyles dont love each other? At a grand jury inquest, David Hyles exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, ack Hyles is dead, but his life and testimony matters. I knew the man first hand. In her first one-on-one interview about the church, Hyles's middle daughter, Linda Murphrey, a motivational speaker and coach in Southern California, remembers his followers as "zombies" who. Posted on September 8, 2018 by Jim. You could still see it from his office. Before the judge, if Schaap wasnt exactly defiant, he was far from submissive. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. (Similar concern has yet to be expressed for his victim.) Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. Hated her. What was going on [at First Baptist] was kind of like a process of hollowing out the followers and repopulating them with yourself, says Schaaps former editor. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. (She left the church in 2010 after her husband, a prominent member of the congregation, was caught having sexual relationships with underage girls. Now if I walked up to you tonight and I said to you, Ive got something I want you to drink . But thats what it is. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphy and others you may know. 3. Also, the girl whom Schaap counseled across state lines was 16 when the abuse began. She claims that Dr. Hyles died after having amassed $80 million dollars worth of real-estate buildings at the church. But in July 2010, an hour into the Polished Shaft sermonin a church packed with thousands of teenagers there for a youth conferenceSchaap went further. If you mean what you said, you have a lot of work to do. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphy on Facebook. 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. . In facthe turned to Johnny Colsten, one of the men on the stage with himId like for you, if you dont mind, to drink this.. He came and went as he pleased. His preaching had gotten soI hesitate to use the word pornographic. It was so vulgar sometimes that it was just a grief to my spirit., Challenging Schaap, Busby says, was not an option: He had absolute power. I mean when I was dating David, the books that Hyles has written on teenagers and dating, we never did one thing that he taught. Including Linda Murphrey, Hyless daughter. Evaluate 3 (13395 Ratings) Top rated: 3 . But those who have left, the followers who have tried to leave, the outsiders, even the media (it was on. These were passionate love notes from Jack Hyles to Jennie, all signed Your aching guy, Jack! They expressed undying love, telling Jennie that she was the only woman he loved. Former pastor of Antioch Baptist Academy, Warren, Michigan, Convicted in 2011 of sexually assaulting a minor, 3. Further, this was not just one pastor. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. You are free to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. Evidence was provided by Vic Nischik, a long-time deacon at First Baptist, proving that Jack Hyles stole the affection of his wife (Hyles secretary), even if he didnt actually commit physical adultery with her. HE STOLE MY WIFE, HER LOYALTY AND AFFECTION, and when the divorce hung in balance, unilaterally met with the two attorneys and negotiated the divorce settlement.After Nischik went public with the dirty business, Hyles tried to blacken the mans reputation and turn attention away from his own deeds in a self-serving letter he mailed to 60,000 pastors. The cases continued (See chart below). The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. Oh! I would just sit there, and he would say, My son David and Paula never single dated, and I would look at David and start laughing and think, This is hilarious; I cant believe that he gets up and says this. His dad gave me six months of sex counseling before David and I got married, and I could nail him just with that and what he said to me. When she put that curtain that went across the wall, it probably stuck out a good four feet from the wall and it went all the way across, so you had to go behind the curtain to see the door after she put that up. I about laughed in his face. He moved him to another church where he was found to have had 17 affairs with different women, and he just recreated what he had seen my dad live. David was a blatant liar. Other items we sell to help fund our expensive literature and foreign church planting ministries. I mean, absolutely, purely shocking. 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