That boy had not one rule for his life. These are sharable. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. . Women were to wear skirts that covered the knee. 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. 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. ________________There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. 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. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. 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. So yes, he did know. Gibbs,I just watched the video on the First Baptist Church website where you, Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina discussed the church's current scandal. I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. . Instead, the silence was golden, and it still is. Never. He used his temper as a form of control.. Cindy cut off her own sister, Linda Murphrey, who left the cult and has spoken publicly in Ted talks about how her father was abusive, hated her mother, abused church members, and enjoyed his affairs while preaching condemnation to others from the pulpit. The bombshell exploded with apocalyptic force in May 1989. until the child is crying, not tears of anger but tears of a broken will. They should leave stripes if need be. He died a multi-millionaire. According to news reports, in March 1999 Stevens (by this time Hyless wife) told police that she mistakenly ran over the five-year-old, Jack David, who had rolled out the door of her car. On a single Sunday in 1975, more than 30,000 people attended services that began at 9:30 a.m. and concluded at 7:30 p.m., reported the Chicago Tribune, prompting Hyles to boast that he had created the worlds largest Sunday school.. Were there problems, particularly in the latter years? He . Goal:Distributed by Way of Life Literature Inc., the Fundamental Baptist Information Service is an e-mail posting for Bible-believing Christians. And the night we got married, he told everybody it was our first kiss! He did what he wanted to do. Tedd Butler, 47 He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. Hyles-Anderson College appears to be struggling, too. The year was 1985. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. In his 1979 book How to Rear Infants, he wrote: The parent who spanks his child keeps him from going to hell.. The blows should be painful and should last . We will see that Jack Hyless own daughter and Judy Nischiks daughter both believe that the two had an adulterous affair.Regardless of whether Hyles actually committed physical adultery, he was unquestionably guilty of a grossly improper relationship with a woman who was not his wife, and was thus disqualified to be a pastor. 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. 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. 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. 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). His strategy: Send a fleet of buses into some of the roughest neighborhoods in Chicago and northern Indiana, pack them with the poor and underprivileged, and drive them to First Baptist to experience the Gospel according to Hyles. All we ask is that you give proper credit. 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. I knew the man first hand. I mean, absolutely, purely shocking. Her feelings of regret are understandable, but all of this is in God's timing. [As to why the people at First Baptist allowed these things to go on] the only thing I can tell you is that you are so totally brainwashed. 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. 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. Virtually no one would marry without Hyless blessing, several former church members say. I was called the Antichrist and worse, Glover says. A seemingly endless list of rulesboth written and unwrittengrew and multiplied. He would write the Sunday lessons, and he would teach the teachers what he wanted them to say on the Wednesday night before the church service, says a former member. Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: 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. You call him an adulterer. . Another egregious case was working its way through the courts around the same time. 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. Tags: Crime & Law, Print-Specific Tags - Feature, Writers - Bryan Smith. It is easy to sit decades later and call that ministry a cult. Instead of hearing from Hyles deacons, lets consider the testimonies of three women who knew Hyles far better and more intimately than the aforementioned Hyles defender knew him, better, in fact, than any pastor who is defending him today. 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. They will no doubt tighten the reins some, says Glover. When the long-serving pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond stepped down, Hyles got the call. That boy had not one rule for his life. 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. But thats what it is. This is a truly sad case. 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. The rest of the open letter. I attended at least 12 Pastors Schools. Including Linda Murphrey, Hyless daughter. 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._________________[As to why the people at First Baptist allowed these things to go on] the only thing I can tell you is that you are so totally brainwashed. I sent students there and hired graduates from HAC. Its hard to believe. 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. 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. Linda. #6. Beatings would last endlessly, it seemed, says Mary Jo McGuire, 45, a corporate trainer in Colorado whose father was a deacon in the church. Some of the abuse that Glover described in his bookas many others would later allegewas perpetrated by Hyless son. Further, this was not just one pastor. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. Linda Hyles-Murphrey photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. He was sentenced to a year of probation. The culmination of many events in our lives brought us to the decision that we have made to move. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" What he was doing was unmistakable: simulating masturbation, in front of thousands of children, in the middle of a church service. 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. 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. I wish God would . 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. Hyles thunderously denied the charges and denounced his accuser, Victor Nischik. 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. First, we see that refusal to separate from those who are immoral takes away the ability to protest their evil. He never had restrictions on his life. Way of Lifes content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. 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. Before the judge, if Schaap wasnt exactly defiant, he was far from submissive. Traffic guards directed cars into a gravel parking lot. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. Rev. 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. As soon as one First Baptistrelated scandal died down, another seemed to surface. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. 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. But yes, there is most definitely a door. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. Instead, he spoke of doing more for the church, of stepping up, of trying harder. 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. 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. Enough with the Jack hyles worship there Eddy. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. Always interesting to hear a different perspective. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. The answer is definitely yes and there are a hundred people who know that. . 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. By sifilings. He pastored a church in Texas and was found to be having affairs with 14 different women. Note: You may want to go get the tissue box before watch. He was so interested in mine and Davids personal relationship. 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. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. They didnt dare disagree or be disloyal, for fear of being publicly ridiculed or punished or banished for doing so. UPDATE: TEDS video has now been restored. 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. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. Another philosophy of his is that he doesnt want to hear anything, because then he doesnt have to deal with it. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. 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. It operated and still operates under the guise of an independent fundamental Baptist church. She was sickened and literally brokenhearted, she told me, when she heard about her brother-in-laws arest. Do I have any reason to believe that the Hyles dont love each other? I have listened to over 1,000 sermons on tape which he preached in his own pulpit in the 70s and early 80s. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. My brother sent this to me today. support@wayoflife.org. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Comment navigation. In an open letter written last week and a news release issued Monday, Linda Murphrey apologized for not speaking out on what she called a cycle of church abuses at First Baptist Church of. Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. 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. As a seven-year-old, she used to count the lashes as a way to cope through the searing pain. McGuires younger sister, Sherri Munger, told me she once received more than 300 lashes from a thick leather belt. Linda Karlovec, Psychologist, Columbus, OH, 43221, (614) 389-9117, For many clients, achieving their goals means increasing their capacity for acceptance of themselves and others, empathy and . It was simple, but daunting, and that was to keep all the secrets, and there were so many. Fourth, our attitude toward sin reveals the condition of our hearts. Oh! The girl told authorities that her father used biblical references to justify beating, torturing, and sexually abusing her. If the members of the congregation were heartbroken about what was happening to their church, they didnt show it on this night. Lowest rating: 1 . Chester Mulligan, 47 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. 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. 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. Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. Among his moves: announcing in October that fully a quarter of the churchs staff had been laid off. I pulled onto Sibley Avenue and headed toward the church, a mammoth red-brick structure hard by the railroad tracks that takes up an entire city block and looks from some angles more like a big-box store than a house of worship. We hated her. I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. 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. Many rumors and much slander developed, some of which continues to rattle around to this day. But those who have left, the followers who have tried to leave, the outsiders, even the media (it was on. And his dad would get up and preach this and browbeat everybody to death to do their kids that way, but David didnt have to live that way. You could see their family from our back door. Linda Hyles Murphrey's testimony is a clear indication of just how wounded those closest to Jack Hyles can be. With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. Lowest rating: 1 . It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions I've ever made since. Disillusioned, he wrote Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles Case. - Receive these reports by email But neither did he dwell on compassion. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. You are a self-proclaimed giant, sensationalist, exhibitionist, and 'big-time spender' grasping for every expression of love, admiration and loyalty that you can get your filthy little hands on. The year was 1985. We never double dated. Dr. Hyles lying was blatant just like Davids. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. - www.wayoflife.org, Sharing Policy: But thats what it is. I met him fresh out of high school. 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. 3. I told his dad about that. Kindly, Linda Hyles Murphrey is a liar on many counts! Id been told that there was assistance at Hyles-Anderson in finding a job. August 6, 2012 Darrell 594 Comments. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. 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. Eddie Lapina is the one controlling the pastor. We both graduated the same year and went to college. 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. Hes never spoken of her in endearing terms. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphrey and others you may know. One of Schaaps adult children, Kenneth, has mounted a letter-writing campaign to the judge. 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. And the night we got married, he told everybody it was our first kiss! He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. Brother Evans daughter was one of the ones that David had an affair with. I just watched the video on the First Baptist Church website where you, Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina discussed the church's current scandal. It was irresistible: The great Jack Hyles, the man of God, whose schools had dating rules so strict that you could earn a demerit by accidentally touching the end of a pencil held by someone of the opposite sex, was committing adultery. When you do submit, be prepared to endure excruciating pain. Offering: Offerings are welcome if you care to make one. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. 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. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. 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! Leverages . We hated her. You could see their family from our back door. 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. Linda Murphrey. Perhaps the saddest of all her statements was that the rest of her family will not likely admit that they were wrong. Author: jimbaumerexperience.com. Born in the tiny Dallas suburb of Italy, Hyles often preached about his alcoholic father, his devoted and deeply conservative Christian mother, and the curse of growing up poor. 3. The Bible was to be interpreted literally and by Hyles alone. I dont care how overbearing he was. 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. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. 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. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. Early in my life I learned that there was one thing that could kill a festive mood at a dinner party. 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. 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). I knew the man. It is a culture, past and present members say, enabled by cover-ups and cultlike control. Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. 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. So [authorities] have asked us to come in and conduct a thorough investigation. That is a strong statement. In an incredibly short amount of time I have healed much and think I would surprise even you with the strength I have gained. So, best of luck. The wrath of Hyles and his supporters again rained down. These are not sharable. 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. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] 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. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. 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. . 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 really does have that kind of influence on those people. Summary: Articles about Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience Walking away from fundamentalist Christianity was a pivotal event in my life. 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