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. According to dozens of current and former church members, religion experts, and historians interviewed by Chicagoplus a review of thousands of pages of court documentshe is part of what some call a deeply embedded culture of misogyny and sexual and physical abuse at one of the nations largest churches. This story has been revised to reflect the following: Correction on 12.11.12: The print version of this story, appearing in the January 2013 issue of Chicago, incorrectly stated that former First Baptist Church member Julie Silvestrone Busby received marriage counseling from Schaap in 2004 and 2009. Things we do not want copied and redistributed are items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, the print and eBook editions of our books, etc. He did what he wanted to do. These items have taken years to produce at enormous expense in time and money, and we need the income from the sale of these to help fund the ministry. He never had restrictions on his life. 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. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! 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. 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. One of the things I know about organized religion is that reality regularly falls far short of the ideal. He was a genius, recalls a former member of the Hammond church who has edited some of Jack Schaaps books. The year was 1985. Hyles made driving out these northern liberals his first priority. He told people to shun me., Leaving First Baptist was in Busbys opinion like leaving a cult. 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. boymom August 11, 2012 at 11:11 am Right back at ya, babe. Update information for Linda Hyles-Murphrey More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery Filmography Trailers and Videos Hide all | | Edit Infancy. It probably is one the most . (The previous are excerpts from Dave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles Polonco, first wife of Jack Hyles son Dave, November 1, 1989). He left nothing to his children. Early in my life I learned that there was one thing that could kill a festive mood at a dinner party. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? 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. Using biblical passages as justification, Hyles preached that spanking was more than tolerable; it was a sacred duty. DeAnda, a trim 30-something who is spoken of as a candidate for the top job, made no references to sex. But in the process of hollowing you out, he made you very weak., In her first one-on-one interview about the church, Hyless middle daughter, Linda Murphrey, a motivational speaker and coach in Southern California, remembers his followers as zombies who were willing to believe and obey whatever he said. She told me: He used to joke around about drinking the Kool-Aid, but that was never funny to me because I knew that those people really would have done anything he told them to do. 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! And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. 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. Notice the bones and the skull there, he said as he raised a cup into which he told the congregation he was going to pour poison. The year was 1985. This is what happens,when people worship a man,instead of God.We are all human and all capable of commiting horrendous sinwhich is why we must always keep our eyes turned upon Jesus. Evaluate 3 (13395 Ratings) Top rated: 3 . PacifistAg. Kerry Martin, 56 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. So yes, he did know. 1. Oh! Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. While Schaap was from a more prosperous family, in all important ways he was a virtual Hyles clone. 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! Ohh! Busby is far from the only person to compare First Baptist to a cult. (The previous are excerpts from Dave Colemans Interview with Paula Hyles Polonco, first wife of Jack Hyles son Dave, November 1, 1989).THE TESTIMONY OF JACK HYLES OWN DAUGHTERThe following is excerpted from Linda Murphreys testimony at the TEDxOjaiChange event in Ojai, California, April 5, 2012. 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. 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. I asked Rick Ross, whose nonprofit institute maintains an online archive of data on cults and controversial movements. THE TESTIMONY OF JACK HYLES OWN DAUGHTER. By sifilings. You are also welcome to use excerpts from the articles. Many people have an attitude of, S. They also corrected a previous repo He had affairs. 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. 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. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! He had affairs. 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. 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. 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. "For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. Instead, the silence was golden, and it still is. What was going on [at First Baptist] was kind of like a process of hollowing out the followers and repopulating them with yourself, says Schaaps former editor. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. And, says Kaifetz, he got a heros welcome. He will abhor that which is evil (Rom. Joseph D. Combs, 63 One of Schaaps adult children, Kenneth, has mounted a letter-writing campaign to the judge. It was craziness, living one way, preaching another. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. Biography. 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. He died a multi-millionaire. 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. The age at which such punishment should begin? So yes, he did know. In 2001, he died of complications from heart surgery at age 74. Yellow buses lined back streets and alleys. 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. It was a fine sermon, and the people around memen in suits and ties with neatly combed hair, women in tastefully modest dresses, children sitting quietly beside themsmiled and nodded. I'm Jennie Nischik's daughter. It is easy to sit decades later and call that ministry a cult. I have sat in his office and he in mine. Were there problems, particularly in the latter years? There were so many mothers who went to him who David was having affairs with and told him. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" He was very wealthy. Linda Hyles Murphrey on the cult her father created. In fact, she kept it covered with a curtain. 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. 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. Add a bio, trivia, and more. 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. Our primary goal with the FBIS is to provide material to assist preachers in the edification and protection of the churches. First Baptist had become a nationwide phenomenon, dubbed a superchurch by Time. 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. His current job: pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Miami. 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. Thanks for what youre making me.. August 6, 2012 Darrell 594 Comments. I met him fresh out of high school. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. 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. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. But thats what it is. His wife, Paula, divorced him. But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. 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. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. 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. 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. 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. The culmination of many events in our lives brought us to the decision that we have made to move. 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? At Hyless prompting, the congregation gave him a standing ovation. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions I've ever made since. Log in to Reply. That boy had not one rule for his life. You may also post parts of reports and/or entire reports to websites, blogs, etc as long as you give proper credit (citation). . 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. Linda Hyles-Murphrey Biography It looks like we don't have any Biography for Linda Hyles-Murphrey yet. look with favor on an unjust man. 2012-2022 Way of Life Literature Inc. v12.19.22, David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. The writer claims that she was a victim of emotional abuse and was snubbed by the upper class. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. After the divorce, Jennie moved into a brand new $150,000 condominium at Hyles generous behest. 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. We never double dated. It probably is one the most . last year) recognize that it is clearly a cult. 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. Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. 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. The pastor continued in this vein at some length, proving himself adept at building straw men, creating smoke screens, and straining at gnats. He was chased from a job running the Sunday school at a church in Pinellas Park, Florida, over allegations of more affairs. Nischiks letter, which he later publicized, said in part,MY HOME WAS TAMPERED WITH AND MY MARRIAGE DELIBERATELY WRECKED BY JACK HYLES. Linda Hyles Murphrey - The Jim Baumer Experience. [Hyles] took your voice, he took your beliefs, he took your likes and dislikes and opinions, and he gave you his own. I dont care how controlling Jack Schaap was. Virtually no one would marry without Hyless blessing, several former church members say. 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. Questions? As soon as one First Baptistrelated scandal died down, another seemed to surface. 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. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. He left nothing to his children. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. Third, men naturally tend to have their eyes on big men rather than on the Lord. 2. But it was wildly effective, says Kaifetz, in part because Hyles made soul winning a key criterion for moving up the church ladder orif you were a manfor being awarded a coveted staff job. 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. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. 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. A row of white-coated high-ranking churchmen seated behind Schaap watched in silence. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. My 21-year-old radar told me he was a fraud. He was sentenced to a year of probation. 700 Children's Drive. 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. 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. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. He . These items have taken years to produce at enormous expense in time and money, and we need the income from the sale of these to help fund the ministry. #2. 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. ..and stay on our knees in prayer, because Satan is just waiting for the opportunity to strike. The surrounding blocks bustled with activity. . Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: Author: jimbaumerexperience.com. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. They didnt dare disagree or be disloyal, for fear of being publicly ridiculed or punished or banished for doing so. That decision and my close friendship with your ex-daughter-in-law (you remember her, don't you?) Never. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. . He got five years in prison. Excrement was left on his doorstep. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. 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. As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. Former pastor of First Baptist Church, Culpeper, Virginia, Convicted in 2006 of cruelty to children and assault and battery, 4. Linda Murphrey is one of the daughters of the late Jack Hyles. Yes, they havent slept together in probably 25 years, they dont share the same bedroom, they dont speak. 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. In his 1979 book How to Rear Infants, he wrote: The parent who spanks his child keeps him from going to hell.. Linda Hyles Murphrey's testimony is a clear indication of just how wounded those closest to Jack Hyles can be. If you dont see it, dont believe it. You could see their family from our back door. 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. I literally feared for my very life if I ever told what went on in our home, for fear that it would hurt his ministry. And my dad did nothing but cover it up. Open Letter to First Baptist Church Hammond Indiana. 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. 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. First, we see that refusal to separate from those who are immoral takes away the ability to protest their evil. The ushers, standing in back throughout the 90-minute service, occasionally whooped, like cowboys at a rodeo, at something they found particularly inspiring. The girl told authorities that her father used biblical references to justify beating, torturing, and sexually abusing her. 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. It was going to be me and my big mouth that ruined my marriage, not Davids actions. 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. Sincerely,(Signed Judy Johnson). I dont know if there is right now. Fourth, our attitude toward sin reveals the condition of our hearts. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. Rev. 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. In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. The culmination of many events in our lives brought us to the decision that we have made to move. Her feelings of regret are understandable, but all of this is in God's timing. And they prayed. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. In 1985, Stevenss 15-month-old son, Brent, was found lifeless in his crib. Outbursts of anger, an unwillingness to brook criticism, and a penchant for ironfisted control were also part of his repertoire. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. When he would counsel me, she says, he would be asking me these shocking questions about sex. . And all this barely half an hours drive from downtown Chicago. Within a couple of years, his flock had swelled to 4,000, earning Hyles a far-reaching reputation. First Baptist Churchs longtime lawyer, David Gibbs, declined a request for comment on this story. 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. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. He would just repeatedly talk about sex and repeatedly talk about women, how they were dressed and body parts . It operated and still operates under the guise of an independent fundamental Baptist church. 3. The sessions lasted from 2004 through 2009. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. Eddie Lapina was witness to all of that. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. You see, he had taught us that the best way to please God was to please him, because he was Gods man. Chester Mulligan, 47 You [sic] diatribes on your filthy forums serve Satans purpose well.). So, best of luck. 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. Only then, he would growl, will you become a polished shaft: one suitable for Gods bow. His influence was vast. The influx of cash enabled First Baptist to buy large parcels of real estate around Hammondand enabled Hyles to buy loyalty. Eddie Lapina is the one controlling the pastor. I about laughed in his face. Walking into federal court last September for a hearing about his alleged sexual misdeeds with a minor, Jack Schaap smiled and looked relaxed. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. 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. When he walked out on the stage of those chapel services, youve never seen anything more over-the-top expressivethousands waving the Bible in the air, screaming, shouting, whistling., In the beginning, Schaaps preaching was standard Hyles: emotional denunciations of the flock for not doing enough to please God. Several people who grew up at First Baptist recall that parents took the instruction to heart. 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. 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. burn your building, penned another, Kristen Conner. Mar 20 2013. Its not even a valid comparison.. That is a strong statement. Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. 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. He did what he wanted to do. He told lies that he couldnt possibly get away with. Many rumors and much slander developed, some of which continues to rattle around to this day. A seemingly endless list of rulesboth written and unwrittengrew and multiplied. First, there was the expectation that the school provided . 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. (You know well the horrifying effects doing so can cause, don't you?) Traffic guards directed cars into a gravel parking lot. 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. 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. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner. Trisha LaCroix, the former Hyles-Anderson student and one of the sites administrators, says she has heard from hundreds of people who have shared stories of abusemental, physical, and sexual. , because his influence is so pervasive even to this day. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. While most of the lower level was filled, sections of the sweeping balcony were deserted. In 1998, Joseph D. Combs, a former Bible teacher at Hyles-Anderson who had become a pastor in Tennessee, and his wife, Evangeline, were convicted on multiple charges of aggravated abuse, assault, and kidnapping of their adopted 11-year-old daughter. If it were not so, the Bible would not thrice warn in the New Testament Epistles, Be not deceived.. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. I remember hearing once that it is not wise to put anything in writing that one would not want the entire world to see. What he was doing was unmistakable: simulating masturbation, in front of thousands of children, in the middle of a church service. 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. He moved the bottom of the stick near his groin and angled it away from himself. Personally, my worthless opinion is that Linda did not like her home life. My father tried desperately to cover it up. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. The sermon was called The Polished Shaft, and in the many times that Jack Schaap, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, had delivered it, it was the kind of showstopper that made him a rock star to his flock. Hyles eventually abandoned the churchs Southern Baptist theology, saying it was too liberal. And Brennan says they have a point. I am reminded of the lessons of Proverbs 29:24-27 --, Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 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