Though the sermons werent nearly as sexual in the beginning, says Schaaps former editor, he was seductive. It was craziness, living one way, preaching another. What was it that you used to say, 'Little leopards have spots because big leopards have spots'? She has apparently allowed the stress of expectations to define her. My father tried desperately to cover it up. You see, he had taught us that the best way to please God was to please him, because he was Gods man. In fact, the church had by then built its own grammar school, middle school, and high school. Infancy. We stayed with the Busbys for a few days, and then moved into a condo project near the school, where many other students were living. Brother Hyles didn't own anything at the church. (She left the church in 2010 after her husband, a prominent member of the congregation, was caught having sexual relationships with underage girls. It's a TED Talk by Linda Murphrey. 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. The age at which such punishment should begin? He had a mistress for many years, the wife of a Sunday School teacher. Forgive me, but the shock and awe of this latest scandal is only felt by those faithful who have turned a blind eye to the systemic corruption and sin that has plagued FBC for decades. Using biblical passages as justification, Hyles preached that spanking was more than tolerable; it was a sacred duty. And even to our adult years, he owned us. Other items we sell to help fund our very expensive literature, video, and foreign church planting ministry. When authorities were called, McGuire says, Hyles told the girls parents how to avoid arrest. A seemingly endless list of rulesboth written and unwrittengrew and multiplied. In the early 1980s, David Hyles, then in his 20s, was the youth pastor at First Baptist. You may also post parts of reports and/or entire reports to websites, blogs, etc as long as you give proper credit (citation). As soon as one First Baptistrelated scandal died down, another seemed to surface. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. . Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. PacifistAg. 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 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. (DeCoster left the egg industry in 2011 after his companys products caused a massive salmonella outbreak.) (Similar concern has yet to be expressed for his victim.) I pity you for you will be experiencing the consequences of your actions for a very long time. Its hard to believe. These are not sharable. Facebook gives people the power. Among the accusations was a systematic culture of cover-up: [Jack Hyles] negligently and carelessly has fostered . 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. He knows all about Dave Hyles and all till now. So, best of luck. Yet, you have failed with the most precious gifts God could have ever given you your wife, your children, and now, your ministry. Linda Murphrey is one of the daughters of the late Jack Hyles. 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. Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. He taught us that to please him we had to keep all the secrets. Way of Life's content falls into two categories: sharable and non-sharable. There will be nothing swept under any rug. 2. . Add a bio, trivia, and more. The blows should be painful and should last . (You know well the horrifying effects doing so can cause, don't you?) Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphy and others you may know. Christopher Settlemoir, 29 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. He came and went as he pleased. If we have our eyes on Christ and our own personal responsibilities before Him, we will not stumble when men fail us. And I was the one who was made to look like the bad guy in both instances. Every member was in complete obedience to my father. Whispers began that he was having an affair with the daughter of a high-level administrator at Hyles-Anderson College. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Comment navigation. Menu. 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. Movies. He really does have that kind of influence on those people. The sister that Linda Murphrey mentions, is Jack Schaap's wife, Cindy. What makes a church a cult? He had affairs. Colsten, currently an associate pastor at First Baptist, did not hesitate. We hated her. 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. 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. I told his dad about that. 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. Nobody there ever drank Kool-Aid. That reknown enabled Hyles to begin crisscrossing the country as the de facto leader of a loose coalition of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. Chester Mulligan, 47 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. He . Incidentally, Paula and I have volumes of stories to swap, and it is interesting to see just how similar they are. The year was 1985. The problem is that his dad has set himself up so good, that everybody doubts everything because thats how they have been taught. 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. 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. You have to submit 100 percent of the time, and whenever anything goes wrong in a marriage, its because the woman didnt do enough.. Dr. Hyles lying was blatant just like Davids. A row of white-coated high-ranking churchmen seated behind Schaap watched in silence. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. With your own insecurities and personal failures as your driving force, you have quite simply played havoc with an entire church, some of my dearest friends and worst of all, my family. (Attendance peaked in the early 1990s, when more than 20,000 people came to services each Sunday, making First Baptist the largest church in the nation.) The wickedness, the heartbreak, the ruining of lives. Examples from First Baptist take in everything: pedophilia, violence, defamation of the innocent to protect the guilty, heresies against Christian doctrine, defiance against lawful authority. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. Former pastor of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Walker, Michigan, Convicted in 2006 of molesting a five-year-old boy, 2. If a man doesnt want to believe something, he simply will not believe it. It is easy to sit decades later and call that ministry a cult. 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 a show of modesty that would be almost unthinkable in later years, Hyles acknowledged that he didnt immediately set bushes to burning. Up until she was about 10, "things seemed very. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. This is a moment when we need, as people of integrity, to be honest in all of this. Fourth, our attitude toward sin reveals the condition of our hearts. Yellow buses lined back streets and alleys. Never. 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. 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 hated her. As a seven-year-old, she used to count the lashes as a way to cope through the searing pain. McGuires younger sister, Sherri Munger, told me she once received more than 300 lashes from a thick leather belt. (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. . In facthe turned to Johnny Colsten, one of the men on the stage with himId like for you, if you dont mind, to drink this.. I emphatically and strongly disagree with those who would assert that the church is a cult, he says. I have no spiritual respect for a preacher who defends Jack Hyles. Of course at the time, I thought this was the devil trying to trip me up. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. 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. Maybe you could start your investigation there. Jack Hyles wouldnt live to see Mulligans conviction. She was sickened and literally brokenhearted, she told me, when she heard about her brother-in-laws arest. 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. When he entered, we would all stand on the pew and sing, We love you, Preacher. 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. He was very wealthy. The bombshell exploded with apocalyptic force in May 1989. Linda Hyles-Murphrey photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. 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. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward" (1 Timothy 5:18). #2. I attended at least 12 Pastors Schools. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions Ive ever made since. Joseph D. Combs, 63 I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. Schaap did not respond to an interview request made through Porter County Jail. Traffic guards directed cars into a gravel parking lot. Why he lies about that I will never know. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" Yet they would drop us off in rough neighborhoods for eight hours on our own to go soul winning.. 3. Nischik twice tried to present the matter before the deacons of First Baptist, but he was shut down. 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. . 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. 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. You had to really look. My older brother became another version of my father. As I am sure you are well aware, my husband and I are moving to the Los Angeles area this month. He soon took it upon himself to arrange marriages. Unfortunately, it went well beyond talk. Id been told that there was assistance at Hyles-Anderson in finding a job. So yes, he did know. They are so influenced by him that I think if he told them that he was a black man they would believe him. 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. We both graduated the same year and went to college. 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. If you dont see it, dont believe it. Linda Murphrey: "The lies we had to keep were 'for the sake of the ministry'". His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. But a cult, no. Love Makes the World Go Round (RPM Sketch #2), A New City/A New Home (JimBaumerMe Newsletter), One Sheet for Living in Some Strange Days (indie rock). 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. Hyles eventually abandoned the churchs Southern Baptist theology, saying it was too liberal. The culmination of many events in our lives brought us to the decision that we have made to move. One of Schaaps adult children, Kenneth, has mounted a letter-writing campaign to the judge. He got up in front of a staff meetingin front of the whole staffand shared all kinds of confidential stuff that never should have been shared. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. You could still see it from his office. But yes, there is most definitely a door. Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. 3. And, equally important, to attend the church-owned Hyles-Anderson College a couple of miles away, one of First Baptists biggest coffer fillers. 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. God will hold a metaphorical knife to your throat (as Schaap would illustrate by holding a steel blade against a twig the way an assailant might press on a jugular). Note: You may want to go get the tissue box before watch. There is a gross lack of spiritual discernment at play here. Lowest rating: 1 . What I cant comprehend is telling a lie that so many people know is a lie. support@wayoflife.org. And my dad did nothing but cover it up. Thats why people just fell all over each other to exalt [Hyles]., The level of devotionand controlsometimes strayed into the absurd. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. He was so interested in mine and Davids personal relationship. 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. 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. 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. He died a multi-millionaire. The approach resonated deeply with rural Texans longing for a return to old-time religion. He told lies that he couldnt possibly get away with. Ross points to a landmark 1981 Harvard study on cult formation, which suggests that all cults, destructive or not, share three elements: an 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. In 1985, Stevenss 15-month-old son, Brent, was found lifeless in his crib. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. . . It was simple, but daunting, and that was to keep all the secrets, and there were so many. He got five years in prison. 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. Second, the fear of man brings a snare. Yes, then, I agree. We thought to make him happy, we would hate her too. I met him fresh out of high school. 1. A truly just man will. And Brennan says they have a point. Linda Hyles Murphrey on the cult her father created. I thank God for giving me the sense to decide not to become one of the neurotic puppets you employ. She left the church after alleging that Schaap behaved inappropriately during marriage counseling sessions in 2004 through 2009. He built her family a beautiful home right around the corner from our house. You call him a liar. The following is excerpted from Linda Murphreys testimony at the TEDxOjaiChange event in Ojai, California, April 5, 2012. 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. 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. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. . This is a truly sad case. However, the same deacons who investigated and fired Jack Schapp also investigated the charges of adultery against Jack Hyles and exonerated him.. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites He was beyond the bounds of what was appropriate, says Brennan. So many hurting, scared, broken women who are so afraid, who dont know that theyre loved, who want grace, but they have only heard all the things they need to do. Another philosophy of his is that he doesnt want to hear anything, because then he doesnt have to deal with it. 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. Victoria 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). Probably, there are many complex factors involved - not just my dad was a jerk. Another person who is keenly aware of the lure and peril of personality is Murphrey. 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. 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. Posted on September 8, 2018 by Jim. First Baptist Churchs longtime lawyer, David Gibbs, declined a request for comment on this story. Subscribe for free today! Hyles made driving out these northern liberals his first priority. He was a genius, recalls a former member of the Hammond church who has edited some of Jack Schaaps books. We will see that Jack Hyless own daughter and Judy Nischiks daughter both believe that the two had an adulterous affair. 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. 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. It was going to be me and my big mouth that ruined my marriage, not Davids actions. Either by her own choosing or by inability or by unreasonableness, she never did meet those expectations. The pastor continued in this vein at some length, proving himself adept at building straw men, creating smoke screens, and straining at gnats. One of the girls told me and Daves sister that she was sleeping with him, and we told his dad. After three semesters at a school that from the outside seemed like it was blessed by God, once I was on the inside (as a student) however, nothing was as I expected. Then theres Chester Mulligan, a pastor who was ordained in Hammond by Hyles. He was sentenced to a year of probation. His current job: pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Miami. 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. Forgive me, but the shock and awe of this latest scandal is only felt by those faithful who have turned a blind eye to the systemic corruption and sin that has plagued FBC for decades.So, best of luck. Your idol is a false one. On the basis of Dr. Hyles own admissions, I rest my case about the massive cover-up of sin under his leadership. . 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. 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. #6. You could still see it from his office. 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. All we ask is that you give proper credit. 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. If it were not so, the Bible would not thrice warn in the New Testament Epistles, Be not deceived.. He will abhor that which is evil (Rom. After serving in the army in World War II, he married his sweetheart, Beverly Slaughter. Linda Karlovec, Psychologist, Columbus, OH, 43221, (614) 389-9117, For many clients, achieving their goals means increasing their capacity for acceptance of themselves and others, empathy and . 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. 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. It really is astonishing, says Jeri Massi, a researcher from Raleigh, North Carolina, who has been documenting the sexual abuse of children in Christian fundamentalism since 2001. [This was before Jack Schaap got caught in adultery with a teenager.] 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. 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. 12:9). 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. Hyles certainly had enemies -- back then, more so. 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. 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. Hated her. All we ask is that you give proper credit. Jack Schaap will be sentenced to prison this week and, as I type this, I am weeping for him and for my sister. 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. Having been an independent fundamental Baptist preacher for nearly 40 years, I am convinced that Bigism and Big-Manism is a major disease. His dads philosophy is if I didnt see it I dont believe it. Now if I walked up to you tonight and I said to you, Ive got something I want you to drink . Spanking should be deliberate and last at least ten or fifteen minutes, he continued. For example, after Schaaps conviction, many church members blamed his victim as a temptress. 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. The autopsy revealed trauma and numerous broken bones in various stages of healing. A link to the original report is very much appreciated as the reports are frequently updated and/or expanded. 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. I believe that Brother Hyles knows that David had moral problems from the day he hit puberty, but it has never been dealt with. It probably is one the most . 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