On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. 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. . 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 Bible was to be interpreted literally and by Hyles alone. Oh yes, we doooo. Charles V. Shifflett, 61 #6. First Baptist had become a nationwide phenomenon, dubbed a superchurch by Time. Hyles certainly had enemies -- back then, more so. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. 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. Up until she was about 10, "things seemed very. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. 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. 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! Another egregious case was working its way through the courts around the same time. Add a bio, trivia, and more. #2. In his 1979 book How to Rear Infants, he wrote: The parent who spanks his child keeps him from going to hell.. That is a strong statement. But those who have left, the followers who have tried to leave, the outsiders, even the media (it was on. Sincerely,(Signed Judy Johnson). 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Theyre being shamed about how horrible they are. William A. . When you do submit, be prepared to endure excruciating pain. support@wayoflife.org. Linda Hyles-Murphrey photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? Another philosophy of his is that he doesnt want to hear anything, because then he doesnt have to deal with it. You see, he had taught us that the best way to please God was to please him, because he was Gods man. He promises that there will be no cover-up. They prostrated themselves on the football-field-wide bank of stairs there. If you dont see it, dont believe it. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. 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. I knew the man. Hyles made the arrangements for and settled the terms of the divorce, and Hyles even paid for it! He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. The true believers of the ultrafundamentalist Independent Baptist movement were accustomed to Schaaps style. 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. So, best of luck. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. 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. 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. Scandal followed the younger Hyles. This is a moment when we need, as people of integrity, to be honest in all of this. look with favor on an unjust man. Craig Sisson, 52 The author of this book, Cindy Schaap, has now divorced her husband b/c he's in prison. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. 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. 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. . At the end, as usual, young men streamed up to the stage. Meanwhile, the churchs lawyer, David Gibbs, has called for other victims to come forward with their stories. A strategic and highly accomplished executive with vast expertise in brand management, business development, digital transformation, P&L management, and relationship management. Joseph D. Combs, 63 Torrent v.2. . YES. Second, the fear of man brings a snare. It is also an outrage that both Hyles and Schaap were allowed by the church leadership to have such power over a local church. Even Southern gospel music was sick and sinful and of the devil, says Busby. Goal:Distributed by Way of Life Literature Inc., the Fundamental Baptist Information Service is an e-mail posting for Bible-believing Christians. 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. 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. Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. Linda Hyles-Murphrey - IMDb SEE RANK Linda Hyles-Murphrey + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions Ive ever made since. 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. Then, his voice dropping to a guttural whisper, he said, Oh, oh, God. 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. People lined up to give cash to him and his only son, David, who was following in his footsteps. 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. We both graduated the same year and went to college. We hated her. Why he lies about that I will never know. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. a system of secrecy in the church directing that matters of criminal violations not be reported to judicial authority for whom he openly preaches scorn, but to the church itself, meaning Jack Hyles. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount. Chester Mulligan, 47 I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. 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! In 2000, Joseph was sentenced to 114 years in prison; Evangeline got 65. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. I have listened to over 1,000 sermons on tape which he preached in his own pulpit in the 70s and early 80s. . I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. 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. . The church I grew up in was heavily intertwined w/ Hyles . Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. 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. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. 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. Trisha LaCroix, who attended Hyles-Anderson College, says that she was disowned by her parentsFirst Baptist members bothin part for daring to wear pants. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? For example, after Schaaps conviction, many church members blamed his victim as a temptress. When he entered, we would all stand on the pew and sing, We love you, Preacher. . 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