It was evident months later (and perfectly clear from where I sit, today) that this man was a sadist who derived pleasure from wielding control over peoples lives. If the members of the congregation were heartbroken about what was happening to their church, they didnt show it on this night. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. Hated her. . And all this barely half an hours drive from downtown Chicago. He had affairs. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. 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. They need to know that there is help. Whispers began that he was having an affair with the daughter of a high-level administrator at Hyles-Anderson College. At Hyless prompting, the congregation gave him a standing ovation. Third, men naturally tend to have their eyes on big men rather than on the Lord. Disillusioned, he wrote Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles Case. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. Instead, the silence was golden, and it still is. 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. Kerry Martin, 56 About 1,000 students are currently enrolled, down from 2,700 in its heyday, according to admissions director Joe Peete, who gave a Chicago intern a tour of the premises in late October. I was so afraid, and the greater the secrets, the greater my fear, and the greater my determination to keep quiet. As MinistryWatch reported in December, Jack Hyles' son, David Hyles, allegedly followed in his father's footsteps, and is now facing charges from women who claim he repeatedly raped them. She has apparently allowed the stress of expectations to define her. Yes, then, I agree. But yes, there is most definitely a door. 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. Back at First Baptist, prayers for Brother Schaap have been asked for and received. In 1997, the parents of a mentally disabled 12-year-old sued First Baptist over what they alleged was a months-long pattern of rape and torture of their daughter. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Comment navigation. With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. 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. In fact, the church had by then built its own grammar school, middle school, and high school. Even Southern gospel music was sick and sinful and of the devil, says Busby. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. People lined up to give cash to him and his only son, David, who was following in his footsteps. Christopher Settlemoir, 29 The answer is definitely yes and there are a hundred people who know that. Open Letter to First Baptist Church Hammond Indiana. However, the same deacons who investigated and fired Jack Schapp also investigated the charges of adultery against Jack Hyles and exonerated him.. Were there problems, particularly in the latter years? There are some very good people still there whom I love dearly and who truly have hearts for the Lord but were deceived, Busby says. Many rumors and much slander developed, some of which continues to rattle around to this day. That decision and my close friendship with your ex-daughter-in-law (you remember her, don't you?) until the child is crying, not tears of anger but tears of a broken will. They should leave stripes if need be. Tedd Butler, 47 Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. 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. Multiple websites tracking the First Baptist Church of Hammond have identified more than a dozen men with ties to the churchmany of whom graduated from its college, Hyles-Anderson, or its annual Pastors Schoolswho fanned out around the country, preaching at their own churches and racking up a string of arrests and civil lawsuits, including physical abuse of minors, sexual molestation, and rape. Local papers, from the Hammond Times to the Chicago Tribune, featured the story, as did the tabloid TV news show A Current Affair. Excrement was left on his doorstep. . Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. Jack Hyles was the cult leader and he . My older brother became another version of my father. There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. 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. In an incredibly short amount of time I have healed much and think I would surprise even you with the strength I have gained. When you do submit, be prepared to endure excruciating pain. Linda Hyles Murphrey, a motivational speaker, presented her story titled "From Cult to Courage" at a TEDx event, discussing her hardships as a child of Jack Hyles. You could see their family from our back door. Biography. Note: You may want to go get the tissue box before watch. 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. On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. I dont know if there is right now. He promises that there will be no cover-up. In 1998, Joseph D. Combs, a former Bible teacher at Hyles-Anderson who had become a pastor in Tennessee, and his wife, Evangeline, were convicted on multiple charges of aggravated abuse, assault, and kidnapping of their adopted 11-year-old daughter. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. It really is astonishing, says Jeri Massi, a researcher from Raleigh, North Carolina, who has been documenting the sexual abuse of children in Christian fundamentalism since 2001. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? 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. His influence was vast. And now that Ive had a chance to step back and take a look at it from a distance, to think that I was sucked up in that really scares me. 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. 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. Whatever awkwardness he may have had soon gave way to his extraordinary oratorical gifts. In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. Charles V. Shifflett, 61 With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. Leverages . look with favor on an unjust man. After the divorce, Jennie moved into a brand new $150,000 condominium at Hyles generous behest. Evaluate 3 (13395 Ratings) Top rated: 3 . The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. A truly just man will. Jack Hyles wouldnt live to see Mulligans conviction. Linda Hyles-Murphrey photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. . 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? 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. TEDx speaker Linda Hyles Murphrey for the first time publicly reveals the secret life she was forced to live as the daughter of the former leader of an Indiana mega-church turned cult. Every time we talked he would ask me if we kissed, and I would say yes, and he would ask me real intimate questions about when we kissed and what happened when we kissed. Our home was so full of turmoil, hatred, stress, strife, and as a little girl, it was isolating, it was intense, and it was frightening. . But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. (Hyles did not respond to an interview request. This preacher, who had held Hyles up as his hero for 20 years and loved the man deeply and prayed for him passionately, approached him in fear and trembling about the matter of the door. The blows should be painful and should last . [Hyles] took your voice, he took your beliefs, he took your likes and dislikes and opinions, and he gave you his own. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. The new pastor was soon kicked out after allegations that he had more than a dozen affairs with churchwomen, many of them married. THE TESTIMONY OF JUDY NISCHIKS DAUGHTERLetter to Jack HylesFrom Judy (Nischik) JohnsonOctober 1, 1986As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. Brother Evans daughter was one of the ones that David had an affair with. 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. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. 2012-2022 Way of Life Literature Inc. v12.19.22, David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Instead, the silence was golden, and it still is. With your own insecurities and personal failures as your driving force, you have quite simply played havoc with an entire church, some of my dearest friends and worst of all, my family. I entered a bit after the 6 p.m. start time, ducked past the crimson-coated ushers, and found a seat in what I eventually realized was the section reserved for the deaf. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. David was a blatant liar. Oh, God, that hurts! he shrieked. When all of this happened with our church in Garland, his dad didnt want to hear it. I knew the man. 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. Linda Murphrey is a popular inspirational speaker and expert in human behavior as a Certified Personal and Professional Development Coach, a Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and. The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. I asked Rick Ross, whose nonprofit institute maintains an online archive of data on cults and controversial movements. Linda Murphrey, one of his daughters, recently told the Post-Tribune that she was 2 years old when her family moved from Texas to Indiana. 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. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. (Attendance peaked in the early 1990s, when more than 20,000 people came to services each Sunday, making First Baptist the largest church in the nation.) We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. Second, the fear of man brings a snare. Dr. Hyles lying was blatant just like Davids. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites It was simple, but daunting, and that was to keep all the secrets, and there were so many. 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.. And Brennan says they have a point. 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. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. 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. Several people who grew up at First Baptist recall that parents took the instruction to heart. 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. 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. . 1. Men were to wear jackets and ties and close-cropped hair. In 1985, Stevenss 15-month-old son, Brent, was found lifeless in his crib. Things that we encourage you to share include the audio sermons, video presentations, O Timothy magazine, and the hundreds of Fundamental Baptist Information Service (FBIS) articles. Things we do not want copied and redistributed are items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, the print and eBook editions of our books, etc. Further, this was not just one pastor. The case remains unsolved; Paul Ciolino, a former DCFS investigator now in private practice, says he is still pursuing leads. They didnt dare disagree or be disloyal, for fear of being publicly ridiculed or punished or banished for doing so. I was embarrassed and humiliated that he said that, because David had kissed every other girl in the church, too, and they were all sitting there laughing. Every time we talked he would ask me if we kissed, and I would say yes, and he would ask me real intimate questions about when we kissed and what happened when we kissed. He hated my mom. You [sic] diatribes on your filthy forums serve Satans purpose well.). It is also an outrage that both Hyles and Schaap were allowed by the church leadership to have such power over a local church. Way of Lifes content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. So, best of luck. A link to the original report is very much appreciated as the reports are frequently updated and/or expanded. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. According to Kaifetz, When a guy like Hyles says, This is Gods will for your life, you just say, Well, I guess it is., One area in which Hylesa father of fourexerted particular control was child rearing. Don says: August 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm. We thought to make him happy, we would hate her too. With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. Nobody there ever drank Kool-Aid. 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. Another common characteristic of cults, Ross says, is that they use shame and some sort of exploitationfinancial, spiritual, or sexualto exercise control. He died a multi-millionaire. 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. He began calling himself an Independent Baptistuntethered to any dogma or ritual he didnt cotton to, unaccountable to any ruling body or person beyond himself. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. Ohhhh! AG. . And they still perpetuate his legacy: the strict rules, the undying loyalty, and they still try to keep all the secrets (Linda Murphreys testimony at the TEDxOjaiChange event in Ojai, California, April 5, 2012).POLICY: Way of Lifes content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. If a man doesnt want to believe something, he simply will not believe it. 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!). According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. 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. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. We both graduated the same year and went to college. We could never even tell our best friends what went on in our home, because we might be the cause of the destruction of his ministry. But thats what it is. At this point, the sermons climax, Schaap would heave up a high-powered crossbow and fire an arrow into a red X painted on a fake rock a few feet from his pulpit. 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. To critics, this effort appeared to be more about boosting the churchs attendance numbers than about saving souls. He returned to the Chicago area, to Bolingbrook, moving in with a woman named Brenda Stevens. Also, the girl whom Schaap counseled across state lines was 16 when the abuse began. Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, 2020 Chicago magazine / A Chicago Tribune Media Group website, 51 Life Changing Jack Hyles Quotes - Inspirationalweb.org, All the Lights Were Flashing Red and They Still Are Y'all Qaeda Blog, Thoughts On Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theorists, Inspired by the Thomas Chantry Trial | Here's the Joy. Maybe you could start your investigation there.Both Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina can help you fill in the details. And even to our adult years, he owned us. The age at which such punishment should begin? When he would counsel me, she says, he would be asking me these shocking questions about sex. We stayed with the Busbys for a few days, and then moved into a condo project near the school, where many other students were living. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, ack Hyles is dead, but his life and testimony matters. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. Another occasion was the girl who was working at the cemetery. Enough with the Jack hyles worship there Eddy. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. For example, after Schaaps conviction, many church members blamed his victim as a temptress. 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. Linda (Hyles) Murphrey's "Healing from a God Who Wasn't" 4762 reads There are 5 Comments The opportunity for a Alex Guggenheim - Mon, 04/29/2013 - 8:34pm The opportunity for a thorough and beneficial review was missed by Glover. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. #2. 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. We were all of a sudden part of the most successful operation, the most successful movement, you have ever seen or heard about, Kaifetz says. After his first sermon in 1947, Elijah blushed and Heavens flag flew at half mast for three days, he lamented in a 1975 Time magazine article. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. He told us she was crazy. Then, she makes claim for Linda to claim Linda was abused is a self-centered cry for attention and demeaning to those who were actually abused. 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. Hyles arranged for Jennie Nischik to work as a secretary in an adjoining office in the late 1960s, and she would not allow her husband to touch her by 1971. I was threatened with physical harm, death threats. His office was broken into. DeAnda, a trim 30-something who is spoken of as a candidate for the top job, made no references to sex. Sermons on the scandal rang out from pulpits across the country. Meanwhile, the churchs lawyer, David Gibbs, has called for other victims to come forward with their stories. Our home was so full of turmoil, hatred, stress, strife, and as a little girl, it was isolating, it was intense, and it was frightening. www.wayoflife.org/about/makeanoffering.html. Ballengers March 1993 trial was just inundated with people from that church who supported him, recalls the prosecutor, Clarence Murray, now a Superior Court judge in Lake County, Indiana. He told people to shun me., Leaving First Baptist was in Busbys opinion like leaving a cult. That is a strong statement. He died a multi-millionaire. I used to joke that people would not rearrange their living room furniture without help from Brother Hyles, says Jerry Kaifetz, a former teacher at First Baptists Pastors School who left the church around 1990. I have listened to over 1,000 sermons on tape which he preached in his own pulpit in the 70s and early 80s. It probably is one the most . They will no doubt tighten the reins some, says Glover. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. My dad pastored a church that evolved into a 50,000-member cult. 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. Another person who is keenly aware of the lure and peril of personality is Murphrey. So yes, he did know. ..and stay on our knees in prayer, because Satan is just waiting for the opportunity to strike. Money poured into the church in other ways: the tithes collected each Sunday, a book-publishing arm, and various conferences and seminars. 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. You have to submit 100 percent of the time, and whenever anything goes wrong in a marriage, its because the woman didnt do enough.. You are free to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. support@wayoflife.org. PacifistAg. Former pastor of Antioch Baptist Academy, Warren, Michigan, Convicted in 2011 of sexually assaulting a minor, 3. His daughter, Linda Hyles Murphrey, recalls her mother and father arguing over his many affairs with church members. (She left the church in 2010 after her husband, a prominent member of the congregation, was caught having sexual relationships with underage girls. He used his temper as a form of control.. (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) He was chased from a job running the Sunday school at a church in Pinellas Park, Florida, over allegations of more affairs. Hyles lied about the existence of the door, saying, There IS no door, which was technically true at the time, since it had been removed after the matter became public! Victoria says: August 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm. What makes a church a cult? And now that Ive had a chance to step back and take a look at it from a distance, to think that I was sucked up in that really scares me. But thats what it is. Virtually no one would marry without Hyless blessing, several former church members say. Busby is far from the only person to compare First Baptist to a cult. Nischiks letter, which he later publicized, said in part,MY HOME WAS TAMPERED WITH AND MY MARRIAGE DELIBERATELY WRECKED BY JACK HYLES. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. William A. 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 dont care how overbearing he was. He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. 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. Linda Murphrey is one of the daughters of the late Jack Hyles. And even to our adult years, he owned us. #6. Abused her. This was not merely a simple local church issue. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. 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