Mar 30, 2013. ________________There was definitely a door between their offices [Jack Hyles and Jenny Nischiks offices]. My father tried desperately to cover it up. The problem is that his dad has set himself up so good, that everybody doubts everything because thats how they have been taught. It is nearly impossible, in fact, to entirely escape his influence among fundamental Baptists. 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. So, best of luck. It was craziness, living one way, preaching another. last year) recognize that it is clearly a cult. Oh! 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. I told his dad about that. Movies. Rev. Lowest rating: 1 . He promises that there will be no cover-up. My father tried desperately to cover it up. Its hard to believe. Leverages . I have sat in his office and he in mine. The 1990 book details the affair and many other misdeeds, including a Watergate-like coverup of affairs and sexual abuse at First Baptist. You see, he had taught us that the best way to please God was to please him, because he was Gods man. 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! He was so interested in mine and Davids personal relationship. That decision and my close friendship with your ex-daughter-in-law (you remember her, don't you?) First, there was the expectation that the school provided . Also, the girl whom Schaap counseled across state lines was 16 when the abuse began. Hyles eventually abandoned the churchs Southern Baptist theology, saying it was too liberal. The sessions lasted from 2004 through 2009. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. UPDATE: TEDS video has now been restored. 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. Torrent v.2. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. (A poster for one appearance called the Hyleses The Worlds Greatest Men.). With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. There will be nothing swept under any rug. But thats what it is. We both graduated the same year and went to college. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphrey and others you may know. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. He told lies that he couldnt possibly get away with. David was a blatant liar. 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. ), If a man did stumblehaving an affair, say, or visiting prostitutes or abusing childrenthe question wasnt how he could have but rather what the woman, or the child, did to drive him to such sin, some former church members say. The age at which such punishment should begin? He lifted a stick in his left hand and a silver cloth in his right. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigated, but the cause of death could not be determined. Up until she was about 10, "things seemed very. Walking into federal court last September for a hearing about his alleged sexual misdeeds with a minor, Jack Schaap smiled and looked relaxed. 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. If you dont see it, dont believe it. . We were all of a sudden part of the most successful operation, the most successful movement, you have ever seen or heard about, Kaifetz says. 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. 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 used his temper as a form of control.. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions I've ever made since. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. 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. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. Our pastor back home had given us a point of contact. As to getting to the truth of the issue of Jack Hyles, lets not listen to his deacons, of whom he bragged publicly that they would have jumped off a bridge if he told them to do so. 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. Her feelings of regret are understandable, but all of this is in God's timing. Even Southern gospel music was sick and sinful and of the devil, says Busby. "For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. In her first one-on-one interview about the church, Hyles's middle daughter, Linda Murphrey, a motivational speaker and coach in Southern California, remembers his followers as "zombies" who. Older Comments. So does every expert and religion blogger tracking the churchand virtually every one of the dozens of victims and former church memberswith whom I spoke. The blows should be painful and should last . A truly just man will. 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. Eddie Lapina, a Hyles-trained church fixture, is acting as interim pastor while a committee searches for Schaaps replacement. 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. His wife, Paula, divorced him. And even to our adult years, he owned us. Goal:Distributed by Way of Life Literature Inc., the Fundamental Baptist Information Service is an e-mail posting for Bible-believing Christians. Hes never spoken of her in endearing terms. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. After the divorce, Jennie moved into a brand new $150,000 condominium at Hyles generous behest. Treated her terribly. 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. . Every time we talked he would ask me if we kissed, and I would say yes, and he would ask me real intimate questions about when we kissed and what happened when we kissed. You could see their family from our back door. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. He died a multi-millionaire. 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. In fact, the church had by then built its own grammar school, middle school, and high school. Linda Murphrey is one of the daughters of the late Jack Hyles. His influence was vast. Christopher Settlemoir, 29 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).POLICY: Way of Lifes content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. Yellow buses lined back streets and alleys. The rest of the open letter. Further, this was not just one pastor. My understanding is that with all the stuff going on theyve done something with it. Early in my life I learned that there was one thing that could kill a festive mood at a dinner party. Among the best and brightest of the early studentsa young man who would eventually win the blessing of Jack Hyles to marry his youngest daughter, Cindywas Jack Schaap. Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: They need to know that there is help. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions Ive ever made since. Unfortunately, it went well beyond talk. Whispers began that he was having an affair with the daughter of a high-level administrator at Hyles-Anderson College. Women were to wear skirts that covered the knee. If you mean what you said, you have a lot of work to do. Now if I walked up to you tonight and I said to you, Ive got something I want you to drink . Andy Beith, 40 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.. 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. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. FIRST, TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND, LET ME QUOTE FROM THE BOOK , IN REGARD TO HYLES RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDY NISCHIK. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. I have no spiritual respect for a preacher who defends Jack Hyles. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. I met him fresh out of high school. One of the things I know about organized religion is that reality regularly falls far short of the ideal. 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. But Schaap is not simply one of those rogue evangelists who thunders against the evils of forbidden sex while indulging in it himself. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. 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. Either by her own choosing or by inability or by unreasonableness, she never did meet those expectations. 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. Outbursts of anger, an unwillingness to brook criticism, and a penchant for ironfisted control were also part of his repertoire. He hated my mom. She was never charged with a crime, nor was Hyles. We hated her. While most of the lower level was filled, sections of the sweeping balcony were deserted. . The items have taken years to produce at enormous expense in time and money, and we use the income from sales to help fund the ministry. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphy on Facebook. Perhaps the saddest of all her statements was that the rest of her family will not likely admit that they were wrong. 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. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner. 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. We never double dated. I dont care how much he demanded personal loyalty. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. The pastor continued in this vein at some length, proving himself adept at building straw men, creating smoke screens, and straining at gnats. . 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. Always interesting to hear a different perspective. The writer claims that she was a victim of emotional abuse and was snubbed by the upper class. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. While Schaap was from a more prosperous family, in all important ways he was a virtual Hyles clone. Another common characteristic of cults, Ross says, is that they use shame and some sort of exploitationfinancial, spiritual, or sexualto exercise control. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. 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. Further, this was not just one pastor. 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! Chester Mulligan, 47 Ohhhh! Here are just eight of the men affiliated with First Baptist Church or educated at Hyles-Andersonmost of them pastorswho scattered around the nation committing crimes. 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. She talks about growing up and finally leaving the cult at age 28. When you do submit, be prepared to endure excruciating pain. Former pastor of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Walker, Michigan, Convicted in 2006 of molesting a five-year-old boy, 2. 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. That is a strong statement. My brother sent this to me today. 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. This is a truly sad case. 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. 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. Though the sermons werent nearly as sexual in the beginning, says Schaaps former editor, he was seductive. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. 2:02p, 6/2/16. When authorities were called, McGuire says, Hyles told the girls parents how to avoid arrest. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. You may also post parts of reports and/or entire reports to websites, blogs, etc as long as you give proper credit (citation). Summary: Articles about Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience Walking away from fundamentalist Christianity was a pivotal event in my life. When I think of him sitting in a jail cell right now, my heart can hardly handle the ache. Linda Hyles-Murphrey - IMDb SEE RANK Linda Hyles-Murphrey + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. The ushers, standing in back throughout the 90-minute service, occasionally whooped, like cowboys at a rodeo, at something they found particularly inspiring. We thought to make him happy, we would hate her too. Why he lies about that I will never know. He organized media boycotts and wrote letters savaging the local papers for reprinting filth. Hundreds in his flock rose to his defense. Ohh! I remember hearing once that it is not wise to put anything in writing that one would not want the entire world to see. (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. Mar 20 2013. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. I wish God would . On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] [Hyles] took your voice, he took your beliefs, he took your likes and dislikes and opinions, and he gave you his own. First Baptist Churchs longtime lawyer, David Gibbs, declined a request for comment on this story. You [sic] diatribes on your filthy forums serve Satans purpose well.). Be the first to contribute! 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. It probably is one the most . Later Hyles paid to have a room built for Vic over the garage, where he lived without being allowed any conjugal relationship with his wife. Oh yes, we doooo. - www.wayoflife.org, Sharing Policy: 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. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, ack Hyles is dead, but his life and testimony matters. For information see: www.wayoflife.org/about/makeanoffering.html. That experience didnt cause Mulligan to rethink his career choice, however. 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