The fire-and-brimstone words of his mother burning in his head, Hyles then enrolled at East Texas Baptist College in Marshall, Texas, where he became a student pastor. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward" (1 Timothy 5:18). It was craziness, living one way, preaching another. Founded in 1887, sleepy First Baptist had a mostly well-to-do congregation, many of whom commuted to jobs in Chicago. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. 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. His influence was vast. 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. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. Many people have an attitude of, S. At the end, as usual, young men streamed up to the stage. He got up in front of a staff meetingin front of the whole staffand shared all kinds of confidential stuff that never should have been shared. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. Subscribe to one or more of our free e-mail newsletters to get instant updates on local news, events, and opportunities in Chicago. (You know well the horrifying effects doing so can cause, don't you?) (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) 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. 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. The case remains unsolved; Paul Ciolino, a former DCFS investigator now in private practice, says he is still pursuing leads. But neither did he dwell on compassion. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. He owned our homes, our cars, our furniture. 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. Theres a world of difference between a cult of personality and a cult. You are also welcome to use excerpts from the articles. . 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. (The previous are excerpts from Dave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles Polonco, first wife of Jack Hyles son Dave, November 1, 1989). Kindly, Linda Hyles Murphrey is a liar on many counts! Things that we encourage you to share include the audio sermons, O Timothy magazine, FBIS articles, and the free eVideos and free eBooks. Rock music was out, of course, as was any music with a syncopated beat. The author of this book, Cindy Schaap, has now divorced her husband b/c he's in prison. But yes, there is most definitely a door. The stick was displeasing God, a message hammered home virtually every Sunday. Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. There were references to secret meetings with him in different places (Nischik, The Wizard of God: My Life With Jack Hyles, pp. I dont care how controlling Jack Schaap was. The sessions lasted from 2004 through 2009. In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. 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. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. I dont know if there is right now. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. He will abhor that which is evil (Rom. 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. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. This was not merely a simple local church issue. Further, this was not just one pastor. 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. And my dad did nothing but cover it up. 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. People lined up to give cash to him and his only son, David, who was following in his footsteps. . I knew the man. 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. "For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. He used his temper as a form of control.. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphy and others you may know. [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. Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. Mar 30, 2013. 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. 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. 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 boy had not one rule for his life. My older brother became another version of my father. When all of this happened with our church in Garland, his dad didnt want to hear it. He promises that there will be no cover-up. I have listened to over 1,000 sermons on tape which he preached in his own pulpit in the 70s and early 80s. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. The year was 1985. This was not merely a simple local church issue. 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. Maybe you could start your investigation there. In 2001, he died of complications from heart surgery at age 74. First, there was the expectation that the school provided some support for students when they arrived. Author: jimbaumerexperience.com. 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. Clayton Busby had pastored a small church in Maine, but felt called to Hyles-Anderson. Find out where to go, what to eat, where to live, and more. In light of the firsthand testimonies that have been published, this pastor is simply closing his eyes to the truth, for whatever reason. But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. Yes, then, I agree. For example, after Schaaps conviction, many church members blamed his victim as a temptress. 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.. But even a saved man can deceive himself. 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. He had a mistress for many years, the wife of a Sunday School teacher. 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. 57, 58). 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. Your statements that your investigation will reach far and wide, and that unbelievers will see at its conclusion that the church didn't try to hide wrong doing were encouraging.If you mean what you said, you have a lot of work to do.I'm Jennie Nischik's daughter. 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! 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. 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 . (Or would have, had Schaap not habitually railed against the evils of rock music.). [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] Hyles thunderously denied the charges and denounced his accuser, Victor Nischik. Maybe you could start your investigation there.Both Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina can help you fill in the details. As soon as one First Baptistrelated scandal died down, another seemed to surface. He did what he wanted to do. Other items we sell to help fund our expensive literature and foreign church planting ministries. Local papers, from the Hammond Times to the Chicago Tribune, featured the story, as did the tabloid TV news show A Current Affair. 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. I'm Jennie Nischik's daughter. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. Facebook gives people the power. Way of Lifes content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. 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. The cases continued (See chart below). I was called the Antichrist and worse, Glover says. He came and went as he pleased. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. They need to know that there is help. You only know about him from a distance and years later. This is why the atheist doesnt believe in God and why the devoted Roman Catholic doesnt believe his church is apostate. I about laughed in his face. The rest of the open letter. Menu. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. (He says he is not familiar with the details of First Baptist.) 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. I told his dad about that. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. The belief was that women needed to be in complete and total submission to their husbands and to male leadership, says a former member who requested that she not be named. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Eddie Lapina is the one controlling the pastor. He came and went as he pleased. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. Way of Life's content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. 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. Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: Victoria 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. He is the one hiding all under the rug. I just watched the video on the First Baptist Church website where you, Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina discussed the church's current scandal. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. . 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. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? Dr. Linda Lowes, a physical therapist and researcher specializing in the assessment of neuromuscular dystrophies, is a principal investigator in the Center for Gene Therapy and a research associate professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University. 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. 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