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. Perhaps the saddest of all her statements was that the rest of her family will not likely admit that they were wrong. (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) He had affairs. 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. He did what he wanted to do. First, there was the expectation that the school provided some support for students when they arrived. I mean, absolutely, purely shocking. With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. How true it is. Trisha LaCroix, who attended Hyles-Anderson College, says that she was disowned by her parentsFirst Baptist members bothin part for daring to wear pants. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. The rest of the open letter. Goal:Distributed by Way of Life Literature Inc., the Fundamental Baptist Information Service is an e-mail posting for Bible-believing Christians. 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. 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. 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. I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. 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. 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. 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. It's a TED Talk by Linda Murphrey. Jack Hyles was the cult leader and he . The site has more than 1,200 members, she adds. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? 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. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] Linda Hyles Murphrey on the cult her father created. It operated and still operates under the guise of an independent fundamental Baptist church. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. 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. After the divorce, Jennie moved into a brand new $150,000 condominium at Hyles generous behest. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. They didnt dare disagree or be disloyal, for fear of being publicly ridiculed or punished or banished for doing so. My dad pastored a church that evolved into a 50,000-member cult. He really does have that kind of influence on those people.__________________Do I have any reason to believe that the Hyles dont love each other? Hes never spoken of her in endearing terms. 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. 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. Maybe you could start your investigation there.Both Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina can help you fill in the details. 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. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites And it shall be done., Critics are skeptical. Hated her. Id been told that there was assistance at Hyles-Anderson in finding a job. 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. Further, this was not just one pastor. ________________There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. For information see: www.wayoflife.org/about/makeanoffering.html. Offering: Offerings are welcome if you care to make one. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigated, but the cause of death could not be determined. The cases continued (See chart below). I believe First Baptist Church gradually evolved into a cult that was in complete idolatry of my father and, after his death, complete idolatry of Jack Schaap, she says. His wife, Paula, divorced him. I dont know if there is right now. Nobody there ever drank Kool-Aid. Linda Murphrey. 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. . We never double dated. 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. I sat in the pew, gazing at the colonnaded pulpit, bright white under a spotlightthe spot where Schaap had given his infamous Polished Shaft sermon. When the word of God wasnt enough to entice kids into the buses, recruiters plied them with ice cream, goldfish, pony rides. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. Another egregious case was working its way through the courts around the same time. You had to really look. Torrent v.2. By sifilings. On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. He had a mistress for many years, the wife of a Sunday School teacher. It is nearly impossible, in fact, to entirely escape his influence among fundamental Baptists. We dont love anyone as much as you! Then he would call us Poopsy-Woopsy and give us pizza and money., To go off campus to buy pantyhoserequired wear for womenwe needed a special pass, Busby says, and had to have three chaperones. My dad pastored a church that evolved into a 50,000-member cult. Enough with the Jack hyles worship there Eddy. Dont get me wrongI certainly believe Jack Schaap is guilty of a crime and deserves punishment. In 2001, he died of complications from heart surgery at age 74. Tags: Jack Hyles. If you mean what you said, you have a lot of work to do. A lot of discretionary income flowed through his hands, says a former church member. The year was 1985. It is easy to sit decades later and call that ministry a cult. Way of Life's content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. 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. 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. But even a saved man can deceive himself. 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.. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner, The Jack Hyles Story, chapter 5: The Hyles Reply). He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. (I had also been instructed to carry a Biblethe King James Versionbut I couldnt find my mothers and so arrived empty-handed.). My older brother became another version of my father. We can see men, but we cant see the Lord except through faith, and the preacher who is not walking by faith in Gods Word will be a man pleaser. 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. The spokesman for the church, Eddie Wilson, did not return numerous calls requesting an interview. Actually, I have become quite a person with these many lessons of life under my belt and must admit that you were quite a teacher. 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. I knew the man first hand. Hyles made driving out these northern liberals his first priority. The preacher quoted 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Abstain from all appearance of evil, but Hyles brazenly replied, My people need to trust me.In 1971, Hyles, without his wife, took Jennie and three other women to Hawaii and stayed in the same hotel, being the only male in the group.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. 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. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. He got five years in prison. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. I about laughed in his face. (Or would have, had Schaap not habitually railed against the evils of rock music.). Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. 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. 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. Denied bond, he awaits sentencing in the Porter County Jail; the minimum term is ten years. Summary: Articles about Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience Walking away from fundamentalist Christianity was a pivotal event in my life. Dr. Hyles lying was blatant just like Davids. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. 1. 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. He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. 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. It is also an outrage that both Hyles and Schaap were allowed by the church leadership to have such power over a local church. 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. #2. 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). 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. Another person who is keenly aware of the lure and peril of personality is Murphrey. They didnt dare disagree or be disloyal, for fear of being publicly ridiculed or punished or banished for doing so. I take my hat off to Linda Murprhey and applaud her moral courage. But yes, there is most definitely a door. Meanwhile, the churchs lawyer, David Gibbs, has called for other victims to come forward with their stories. He hated my mom. He moved the bottom of the stick near his groin and angled it away from himself. 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. The influx of cash enabled First Baptist to buy large parcels of real estate around Hammondand enabled Hyles to buy loyalty. The churchs $27 million, 7,500-capacity auditorium, which once strained to fit the congregation, was dotted with empty patches. But those who have left, the followers who have tried to leave, the outsiders, even the media (it was on. Hyles kept close watch over the colleges curriculum to make sure it met his standards and was suitable for export to churches across the country. And the night we got married, he told everybody it was our first kiss! I grieve for them.. The fear of man is as much a problem among preachers as it is among teenagers, and it makes a man weak and incapable of taking the proper stand for truth. The new pastor was soon kicked out after allegations that he had more than a dozen affairs with churchwomen, many of them married. 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. 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. In 2000, Joseph was sentenced to 114 years in prison; Evangeline got 65. He lifted a stick in his left hand and a silver cloth in his right. 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. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. The church I grew up in was heavily intertwined w/ Hyles . There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. 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. Founded in 1887, sleepy First Baptist had a mostly well-to-do congregation, many of whom commuted to jobs in Chicago. The sessions lasted from 2004 through 2009. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open. It is a culture, past and present members say, enabled by cover-ups and cultlike control. Facebook gives people the power. (The bus ministry still operates today.). Abused her. He also had a nasty, nasty temper. Today her name is Linda Murphrey and it appears from this testimony that she has rejected biblical Christianity because of the hypocrisy she witnessed growing up in the home of the man who said God had given him "the steering wheel of fundamentalism" and who boasted that his church "was the greatest church in the history of Christianity." . 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. At Hyless prompting, the congregation gave him a standing ovation. Eddie Lapina, a Hyles-trained church fixture, is acting as interim pastor while a committee searches for Schaaps replacement. 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. And even to our adult years, he owned us. Former pastor of Antioch Baptist Academy, Warren, Michigan, Convicted in 2011 of sexually assaulting a minor, 3. THE TRUTH is that all the property belonged solely to the First Baptist Church of Hammond. 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. He organized media boycotts and wrote letters savaging the local papers for reprinting filth. Hundreds in his flock rose to his defense. She was sickened and literally brokenhearted, she told me, when she heard about her brother-in-laws arest. 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. 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. Ross points to a landmark 1981 Harvard study on cult formation, which suggests that all cults, destructive or not, share three elements: an Our primary goal with the FBIS is to provide material to assist preachers in the edification and protection of the churches. Subscribe to one or more of our free e-mail newsletters to get instant updates on local news, events, and opportunities in Chicago. Instead, he spoke of doing more for the church, of stepping up, of trying harder. So, best of luck. It is a frightful fact that mans will drives his discernment. I have no spiritual respect for a preacher who defends Jack Hyles. 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. First, there was the expectation that the school provided . He told us she was crazy. Many people have an attitude of, S. Actually, I have become quite a person with these many lessons of life under my belt and must admit that you were quite a teacher. 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. Lowest rating: 1 . I told his dad about that. If it were not so, the Bible would not thrice warn in the New Testament Epistles, Be not deceived.. 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. Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange. In a show of modesty that would be almost unthinkable in later years, Hyles acknowledged that he didnt immediately set bushes to burning. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. www.wayoflife.org/about/makeanoffering.html. Brother Evans daughter was one of the ones that David had an affair with. 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. Log in to Reply. 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. . Stevens didnt show. 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. The problem is that his dad has set himself up so good, that everybody doubts everything because thats how they have been taught. Twisted scripture, Northwest Indiana-style. Former pastor of Temecula Valley Baptist Church, Temecula, California, Convicted in 1999 of molesting a 14-year-old girl. 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. 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. #6. (The previous are excerpts from Dave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles Polonco, first wife of Jack Hyles son Dave, November 1, 1989). 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. [Hyles] took your voice, he took your beliefs, he took your likes and dislikes and opinions, and he gave you his own. 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. Evaluate 3 (13395 Ratings) Top rated: 3 . When authorities were called, McGuire says, Hyles told the girls parents how to avoid arrest. Women were to wear skirts that covered the knee. Kindly, Linda Hyles Murphrey is a liar on many counts! I told his dad about that. Schaap did not respond to an interview request made through Porter County Jail. Nevertheless, the story of First Baptist is epic enough to rival the most sordid Old Testament tale. Oh! The age at which such punishment should begin? Tag Archives: Linda Hyles Murphrey Walking Away. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphy on Facebook. 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. PacifistAg. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. I was so afraid, and the greater the secrets, the greater my fear, and the greater my determination to keep quiet.He was very wealthy. You all are a bunch of low-down, rotten, filthy, stinking, scummy, garbage-dump stench type of characters, the Tribune quoted one of them, Noel Shriovanth, as saying. It probably is one the most . That is insane! But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. DeAnda, a trim 30-something who is spoken of as a candidate for the top job, made no references to sex. 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. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. And they prayed. Linda Murphrey is one of the daughters of the late Jack Hyles. Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. You are also welcome to use excerpts from the articles. They prostrated themselves on the football-field-wide bank of stairs there. I was threatened with physical harm, death threats. His office was broken into. 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. 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. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! 3. 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. COLUMBUS (WCMH) The Gahanna Division of Police says a woman found dead in her residence on Brookhill Drive was most likely the victim of a murder-suicide. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. For example, after Schaaps conviction, many church members blamed his victim as a temptress. YES. But neither did he dwell on compassion. I have sat in his office and he in mine. In light of the firsthand testimonies that have been published, this pastor is simply closing his eyes to the truth, for whatever reason. 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. He would just repeatedly talk about sex and repeatedly talk about women, how they were dressed and body parts . You could see their family from our back door. People lined up to give cash to him and his only son, David, who was following in his footsteps. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. The last point is just as unscriptural and wrong and dangerous as the first. One of the things I know about organized religion is that reality regularly falls far short of the ideal. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. In fact, the church had by then built its own grammar school, middle school, and high school. AG. 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