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. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. The cases continued (See chart below). I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. I knew the man. 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. Perhaps the saddest of all her statements was that the rest of her family will not likely admit that they were wrong. 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. But all that needs to happen is for the right pastor to come alongi.e., a man with a strong, charismatic personality who is a leaderand boom! Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. He had a mistress for many years, the wife of a Sunday School teacher. Be the first to contribute! At a grand jury inquest, David Hyles exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. 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. Its a continuous guilt trip, says McGuire. 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. 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. Movies. Maybe you could start your investigation there. Personally, my worthless opinion is that Linda did not like her home life. But thats what it is. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. And even turned his own children against their mother. Former pastor of First Baptist Church, Culpeper, Virginia, Convicted in 2006 of cruelty to children and assault and battery, 4. 57, 58). Treated her terribly. Another person who is keenly aware of the lure and peril of personality is Murphrey. 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. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. The major points that these women who knew Jack Hyles agree on are these: that Hyles had a morally inappropriate relationship with a woman who was not his wife, that he lived a double life by deception, and that he was a cult leader who controlled his people as a lord and not as a godly shepherd. Don says: August 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. He did what he wanted to do. 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. Joseph D. Combs, 63 Spanking should be deliberate and last at least ten or fifteen minutes, he continued. He used his temper as a form of control.. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. You are welcome to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. Yet they would drop us off in rough neighborhoods for eight hours on our own to go soul winning.. And there is grace.. Maybe you could start your investigation there.Both Terry Duff and Eddie Lapina can help you fill in the details. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. After serving in the army in World War II, he married his sweetheart, Beverly Slaughter. You may have convinced your following in the past twenty years that 'it did not happen if they did not see it,' but God has seen every moment of those years, and my faith will not let [me] believe that He will let you go unpunished. When he would counsel me, she says, he would be asking me these shocking questions about sex. He really does have that kind of influence on those people. Probably, there are many complex factors involved - not just my dad was a jerk. . He said that he didnt know he had broken mans law but knew he had violated Gods law. With that, he entered a guilty pleaand was immediately escorted to Porter County Jail to await sentencing. The flock grew to include prominent business leaders such as Austin Jack DeCoster, the former egg mogul who by some estimates has given tens of millions to First Baptist and has two church buildings named for him. 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. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. Among his moves: announcing in October that fully a quarter of the churchs staff had been laid off. Voyle Glover, an attorney and longtime church member, was not among the defenders. 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." It was simple, but daunting, and that was to keep all the secrets, and there were so many. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. . On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. Hes never spoken of her in endearing terms. 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. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. 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. Thanks for what youre making me.. 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. 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. Walking into federal court last September for a hearing about his alleged sexual misdeeds with a minor, Jack Schaap smiled and looked relaxed. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. Hes never said that he loved Mrs. Hyles. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. . It was going to be me and my big mouth that ruined my marriage, not Davids actions. You could still see it from his office. Linda Murphrey. Twisted scripture, Northwest Indiana-style. If a man doesnt want to believe something, he simply will not believe it. These are not sharable. 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. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. helped salvage what was left of my self-respect. Our primary goal with the FBIS is to provide material to assist preachers in the edification and protection of the churches. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. 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. Id been told that there was assistance at Hyles-Anderson in finding a job. He told us she was crazy. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. Way of Life's content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. Linda Hyles Murphrey on the cult her father created. There should have been a cry against him from every Bible-believing Baptist pulpit in America. But Schaap is not simply one of those rogue evangelists who thunders against the evils of forbidden sex while indulging in it himself. 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 was chased from a job running the Sunday school at a church in Pinellas Park, Florida, over allegations of more affairs. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. 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. absolute authoritarian leader who defines the group; a thought program that includes control of the environment, control of information, and people subordinating themselves and their feelings to the demands of the leader; and a lack of accountability for the head of the group. 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. PacifistAg. Jack Hyles wouldnt live to see Mulligans conviction. In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. But, of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.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. 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. He died a multi-millionaire. - Receive these reports by email 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. While Schaap was from a more prosperous family, in all important ways he was a virtual Hyles clone. Many people have an attitude of, S. 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. He had affairs. (A poster for one appearance called the Hyleses The Worlds Greatest Men.). These are sharable. He pastored a church in Texas and was found to be having affairs with 14 different women. 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. I dont know if there is right now. He never had restrictions on his life. Unfortunately, it went well beyond talk. 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. DeAnda, a trim 30-something who is spoken of as a candidate for the top job, made no references to sex. It was craziness, living one way, preaching another. Why he lies about that I will never know. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open. Yes, then, I agree. There were references to secret meetings with him in different places (Nischik, The Wizard of God: My Life With Jack Hyles, pp. Former pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Imperial, Missouri, 8. He hated my mom. Add a bio, trivia, and more. Menu. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. 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. in graphic detail, recalls Tom Brennan, who attended the church for six years and is now an Independent Baptist pastor at Maplewood Bible Baptist Church in Chicago. I emphatically and strongly disagree with those who would assert that the church is a cult, he says. Hyles thunderously denied the charges and denounced his accuser, Victor Nischik. I felt like I had one main responsibility as a child. He was a genius, recalls a former member of the Hammond church who has edited some of Jack Schaaps books. 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). 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