Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. Linda Murphrey: "The lies we had to keep were 'for the sake of the ministry'". (Or would have, had Schaap not habitually railed against the evils of rock music.). Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. Before the judge, if Schaap wasnt exactly defiant, he was far from submissive. 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. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. These are not sharable. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. 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. 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. 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. He pastored a church in Texas and was found to be having affairs with 14 different women. If Hyles wanted him to drink, he would. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. I about laughed in his face. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. 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. Hyles certainly had enemies -- back then, more so. The ushers, standing in back throughout the 90-minute service, occasionally whooped, like cowboys at a rodeo, at something they found particularly inspiring. Former pastor of First Baptist Church, Culpeper, Virginia, Convicted in 2006 of cruelty to children and assault and battery, 4. When he entered, we would all stand on the pew and sing, We love you, Preacher. Its not even a valid comparison.. Having been an independent fundamental Baptist preacher for nearly 40 years, I am convinced that Bigism and Big-Manism is a major disease. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. In his 1979 book How to Rear Infants, he wrote: The parent who spanks his child keeps him from going to hell.. 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. 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. When the word of God wasnt enough to entice kids into the buses, recruiters plied them with ice cream, goldfish, pony rides. In fact, she kept it covered with a curtain. Ive never been able to say the c-wordand anyone from the church who reads this will take great offensebut thats what it was like.. 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.. Hes never spoken of her in endearing terms. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. 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! Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. I am continually amazed at the pastors who defend Jack Hyles, denying that he was a moral reprobate as well as a dictatorial cult leader. Second, the fear of man brings a snare. They prostrated themselves on the football-field-wide bank of stairs there. 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). 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. You are free to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. 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. Back at First Baptist, prayers for Brother Schaap have been asked for and received. Several people who grew up at First Baptist recall that parents took the instruction to heart. He was so interested in mine and Davids personal relationship. He did what he wanted to do. He hated my mom. Our pastor back home had given us a point of contact. Another philosophy of his is that he doesnt want to hear anything, because then he doesnt have to deal with it. Spanking should be deliberate and last at least ten or fifteen minutes, he continued. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? The site has more than 1,200 members, she adds. Leverages . In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. We hated her. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. Treated her terribly. That is a strong statement. On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. The 1990 book details the affair and many other misdeeds, including a Watergate-like coverup of affairs and sexual abuse at First Baptist. How true it is. Nischiks letter, which he later publicized, said in part,MY HOME WAS TAMPERED WITH AND MY MARRIAGE DELIBERATELY WRECKED BY JACK HYLES. 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. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. Its hard to believe. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. Now if I walked up to you tonight and I said to you, Ive got something I want you to drink . Mar 30, 2013. 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! (I had also been instructed to carry a Biblethe King James Versionbut I couldnt find my mothers and so arrived empty-handed.). He also had a nasty, nasty temper. The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. Lowest rating: 1 . What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? And even to our adult years, he owned us. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions I've ever made since. (A poster for one appearance called the Hyleses The Worlds Greatest Men.). 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. About. Kerry Martin, 56 My older brother became another version of my father. Biography. Last September, Schaap, 54, a married father of two, pleaded guilty to taking a 16-year-old girl he was counseling at First Baptist across state lines to have sex. 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. 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 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! He had affairs. He was sentenced to a year of probation. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigated, but the cause of death could not be determined. 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. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. I was threatened with physical harm, death threats. His office was broken into. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. 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. Her feelings of regret are understandable, but all of this is in God's timing. Charles V. Shifflett, 61 And Brennan says they have a point. 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. 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