Linda. 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. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. Lowest rating: 1 . The year was 1985. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. Backed into a corner by a he-goes-or-I-go ultimatum from the administrator, sources say, Hyles arranged for his son to take over as pastor at his old church, Miller Road Baptist in Texas. One night, Jack Hyles sat three of his four children down the eldest was away at college and told them he had to leave the home "because of the way your mom is acting," Murphrey recalled. Within a couple of years, his flock had swelled to 4,000, earning Hyles a far-reaching reputation. I knew the man. A lot of discretionary income flowed through his hands, says a former church member. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. 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. He was very wealthy. Treated her terribly. Nischiks letter, which he later publicized, said in part,MY HOME WAS TAMPERED WITH AND MY MARRIAGE DELIBERATELY WRECKED BY JACK HYLES. As the bible saysBe sure your sin will find you out.This is such a sad thing to have happened. When authorities were called, McGuire says, Hyles told the girls parents how to avoid arrest. He told us she was crazy. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. A string of assaults and sexual crimes committed by pastors across the country have one thing in common: The perpetrators have ties to the megachurch in Hammond, Indiana. Former pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Imperial, Missouri, 8. Only then, he would growl, will you become a polished shaft: one suitable for Gods bow. After Hyles son-in-law, Jack Schaap, got caught in an adulterous relationship with a teenager recently, Judy sent the following e-mail to David Gibbs, who is helping the church at this time: From: Judy (Nischik) JohnsonTo: Info@christianlaw.orgDate: Monday, August 6, 2012Mr. 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. The year was 1985. Dont get me wrongI certainly believe Jack Schaap is guilty of a crime and deserves punishment. We both graduated the same year and went to college. These are not sharable. 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. You had to really look. Forgive me, but the shock and awe of this latest scandal is only felt by those faithful who have turned a blind eye to the systemic corruption and sin that has plagued FBC for decades.So, best of luck. DeAnda, a trim 30-something who is spoken of as a candidate for the top job, made no references to sex. 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. With Americas supposed Bible-believing preachers lying like this by abusing the tenses of verbs, it is no wonder that the president of the country testified under oath some that it depends on what the definition of IS is., Various other people testified of the existence of the door, including Dave Hyles wife and a preacher who was long associated with Hyles but left in 1988 because he could no longer tolerate the deception and who wrote to Robert Sumner about the matter in 1989. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. He left nothing to his children. In 1972 came the crown jewel: Hyles-Anderson College, an unaccredited divinity school where would-be pastors are taught to export the Hyles approach to churches across the country. David was a blatant liar. boymom August 11, 2012 at 11:11 am Right back at ya, babe. 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. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. He was so interested in mine and Davids personal relationship. 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. 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. Its your ego or a demon or Satans influence that causes you to doubt the edicts of the leadership., First Baptist members have long scoffed at cult comparisons. You are welcome to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. 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. #6. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. 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. a system of secrecy in the church directing that matters of criminal violations not be reported to judicial authority for whom he openly preaches scorn, but to the church itself, meaning Jack Hyles. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount. Terry was a deacon in the late 1980's when the deacon board rejected my family's appeal to them to -- finally -- deal with Jack Hyles and his decades-long affair with my mother. [Hyles] took your voice, he took your beliefs, he took your likes and dislikes and opinions, and he gave you his own. This is a moment when we need, as people of integrity, to be honest in all of this. 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. Facebook gives people the power. YES. Hyles certainly had enemies -- back then, more so. She claims that Dr. Hyles died after having amassed $80 million dollars worth of real-estate buildings at the church. They are so influenced by him that I think if he told them that he was a black man they would believe him. 3. It was simple, but daunting, and that was to keep all the secrets, and there were so many. My older brother became another version of my father. 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. Jack Schaap will be sentenced to prison this week and, as I type this, I am weeping for him and for my sister. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. If you dont see it, dont believe it. According to dozens of current and former church members, religion experts, and historians interviewed by Chicagoplus a review of thousands of pages of court documentshe is part of what some call a deeply embedded culture of misogyny and sexual and physical abuse at one of the nations largest churches. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. He moved the bottom of the stick near his groin and angled it away from himself. Either by her own choosing or by inability or by unreasonableness, she never did meet those expectations. 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. It was going to be me and my big mouth that ruined my marriage, not Davids actions. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. Disillusioned, he wrote Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles Case. Back at First Baptist, prayers for Brother Schaap have been asked for and received. Hyles, meanwhile, exerted extreme control over every aspect of his flocks livescontrol that members say they welcomed because they believed it was divinely inspired. You may also post parts of reports and/or entire reports to websites, blogs, etc as long as you give proper credit (citation). 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. Linda Hyles Murphrey's testimony is a clear indication of just how wounded those closest to Jack Hyles can be. But those who have left, the followers who have tried to leave, the outsiders, even the media (it was on 20/20 last year) recognize that it is clearly a cult. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. Linda Hyles-Murphrey - IMDb SEE RANK Linda Hyles-Murphrey + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. Victoria says: August 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm. Walking into federal court last September for a hearing about his alleged sexual misdeeds with a minor, Jack Schaap smiled and looked relaxed. But even a saved man can deceive himself. . Voyle Glover, an attorney and longtime church member, was not among the defenders. Things we do not want copied and distributed are "Store" items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, print editions of our books, electronic editions of the books that we sell, the videos that we sell, etc. Joseph D. Combs, 63 First Baptist Churchs longtime lawyer, David Gibbs, declined a request for comment on this story. 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? Our pastor back home had given us a point of contact. Further, this was not just one pastor. The author of this book, Cindy Schaap, has now divorced her husband b/c he's in prison. Stevens didnt show. I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. last year) recognize that it is clearly a cult. It operated and still operates under the guise of an independent fundamental Baptist church. Linda Murphrey: "The lies we had to keep were 'for the sake of the ministry'". Rev. Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. You are also welcome to use excerpts from the articles. In 1985, Stevenss 15-month-old son, Brent, was found lifeless in his crib. 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. 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. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. 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. First, there was the expectation that the school provided . 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. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. Enough with the Jack hyles worship there Eddy. It probably is one the most . I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. I asked Rick Ross, whose nonprofit institute maintains an online archive of data on cults and controversial movements. His influence was vast. Maybe you could start your investigation there.Both Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina can help you fill in the details. Its hard to believe. until the child is crying, not tears of anger but tears of a broken will. They should leave stripes if need be. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. They need to know that there is help. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! After serving in the army in World War II, he married his sweetheart, Beverly Slaughter. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. Open Letter to First Baptist Church Hammond Indiana. He said that he didnt know he had broken mans law but knew he had violated Gods law. With that, he entered a guilty pleaand was immediately escorted to Porter County Jail to await sentencing. William A. 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. Instead, she continues, he was allowed and encouraged to perpetuate what my father began: idolatry, secrecy, adultery, and a harshly punitive culture based on an endless list of legalistic rules that served the man of God. Not Godor at least not a God that I would want to know.. You call him a liar. And the night we got married, he told everybody it was our first kiss! That is a strong statement. 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. 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). It is a culture, past and present members say, enabled by cover-ups and cultlike control. Up until she was about 10, "things seemed very. 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. A truly just man will. Rock music was out, of course, as was any music with a syncopated beat. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. However, the same deacons who investigated and fired Jack Schapp also investigated the charges of adultery against Jack Hyles and exonerated him.. She is the daughter of Jack Hyles (former pastor of the Independent Fundamental Baptist megachurch, First Baptist Hammond) and talks about her escape from that cult (her word, not mine). He also had a nasty, nasty temper. The sister that Linda Murphrey mentions, is Jack Schaap's wife, Cindy. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. For information see: www.wayoflife.org/about/makeanoffering.html. They prostrated themselves on the football-field-wide bank of stairs there. 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. Ross points to a landmark 1981 Harvard study on cult formation, which suggests that all cults, destructive or not, share three elements: an Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, ack Hyles is dead, but his life and testimony matters. He owned our homes, our cars, our furniture. . They didnt go on a vacation without asking my dads permission, and if he had said to drink the Kool-aid, Im not kidding, they would have. But a cult, no. Id been told that there was assistance at Hyles-Anderson in finding a job. Lawyers are trained in using minor mistakes to draw attention away from major facts. The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered. (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.) For the benefit of any doubters, Hyles demonstrated his power in the middle of a sermon one Sunday. 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. Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. (She left the church in 2010 after her husband, a prominent member of the congregation, was caught having sexual relationships with underage girls. Oh yes, we doooo. 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. Excrement was left on his doorstep. The 1990 book details the affair and many other misdeeds, including a Watergate-like coverup of affairs and sexual abuse at First Baptist. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. He left nothing to his children. Be the first to contribute! Tonights guest preacher, Freddy Hyles had deacons come forward during Pastor Schools and would order them to sit down, stand up, sit down, stand up repeatedly to demonstrate his unquestioning power over them. So, best of luck. This was not merely a simple local church issue. We hated her. The Bible was to be interpreted literally and by Hyles alone. I dont care how controlling Jack Schaap was. Oh! Founded in 1887, sleepy First Baptist had a mostly well-to-do congregation, many of whom commuted to jobs in Chicago. I anxiously await the day that I can say with all honesty, "They did the right thing". The ushers, standing in back throughout the 90-minute service, occasionally whooped, like cowboys at a rodeo, at something they found particularly inspiring. No person has perfect knowledge or perfect memory about events that occurred years in the past, and it is always possible to quibble about some detail of someones story, as any court trial would demonstrate. 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. Author: jimbaumerexperience.com. I about laughed in his face. 3. Ohh! He owned our homes, our cars, our furniture. And at the end, awash in an old-time hymn, hundreds of them, expressions blank, unhesitatingly made their way to the front of the church. Never. Did Davids dad know that he was adulterous before we went to Texas? Add a bio, trivia, and more. Tag Archives: Linda Hyles Murphrey Walking Away. Apr 8, 2013. When the long-serving pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond stepped down, Hyles got the call. I just watched the video on the First Baptist Church website where you, Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina discussed the church's current scandal. We never double dated. Local papers, from the Hammond Times to the Chicago Tribune, featured the story, as did the tabloid TV news show A Current Affair. The rest of the open letter. THE TRUTH is that all the property belonged solely to the First Baptist Church of Hammond. Maybe you could start your investigation there. You had to really look. He hated my mom. But not before a child he fathered with Stevens died under odd circumstances. So yes, he did know. Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. He did what he wanted to do. 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. 2012-2022 Way of Life Literature Inc. v12.19.22, David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. He lifted a stick in his left hand and a silver cloth in his right. 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. 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. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. But yes, there is most definitely a door. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. 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. These items have taken years to produce at enormous expense in time and money, and we need the income from the sale of these to help fund the ministry. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. I told his dad about that. All we ask is that you give proper credit. Torrent v.2. At Ballengers sentencing hearingdelayed three years by appeals, during which time he resumed working in the bus ministrytwo women testified that Ballenger also molested them when they were young. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. The church I grew up in was heavily intertwined w/ Hyles . And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. He pastored a church in Texas and was found to be having affairs with 14 different women. Your idol is a false one. 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