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'{{Infobox person |image = |name = Jack Hyles |birth_name = Jack Frasure Hyles |birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|09|25}} |birth_place = [[Italy, Texas]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|6|1926|9|25|mf=yes}} |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |residence = |nationality = USA |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |education = |alma_mater = [[East Texas Baptist University]]{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} |occupation = [[Pastor]] |years_active = |home_town = |predecessor = Owen L. Miller |successor = [[Jack Schaap]] |religion = [[Independent Baptist]] |spouse = Beverly Hyles |children = |website = }} '''Jack Frasure Hyles''' (September 25, 1926 &ndash; February 6, 2001) was a leading figure in the [[Independent Baptist]] movement, having pastored the [[First Baptist Church of Hammond]] in [[Hammond, Indiana]], from 1959 until his death. He was well known for being an innovator of the church bus ministry that brought thousands of people each week from surrounding towns to Hammond for services.<ref name="Janega">Janega, James Rev. ''Jack Hyles; Led bus ministry'' Chicago Tribune, February 9, 2001</ref> Jack Hyles built First Baptist up from fewer than a thousand members to a membership of 100,000. In 1993 and again in 1994, it was reported that 20,000 people attended First Baptist every Sunday, making it the most attended Baptist church in the United States<ref name="shun">Lehmann, Daniel J. "Fundamentalists Shun a Society They Try to Save" ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', June 6, 1993. pg. 5</ref><ref name="Pastor Linked">Lehmann, Daniel J. "Pastor Linked to Sex Abuse Lashes Out," ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', June 2, 1993. pg. 5</ref><ref name="Chalfant">Chalfant, H. Paul, ''Religion in Contemporary Society'' (3rd Edition), Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pgs. 363-364</ref> In 2001, at the time of Hyles's death, 20,000 people were attending church services and Sunday school each week.<ref name="Janega" /> He was accused of several scandals<ref name="LetPrey"/> while pastoring the church, and his doctrinal positions often put him at odds with other Christians &mdash; even with other fundamentalist [[Baptists]]. ==History== ===His early life and beginnings of his ministry=== Hyles was born and raised in [[Italy, Texas]], a low income area in [[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]] south of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. Hyles often described his less-than-ideal upbringing which, he said, included a distant father. At the age of eighteen, Hyles enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and served as a [[paratrooper]] with the [[82nd Airborne Division]] during [[World War II]]. He and his wife, Beverly, were married during the war. After the war was over, Hyles completed his college education at [[East Texas Baptist University]] (then College) in [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]], the seat of [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]]. After his graduation from East Texas, Hyles started preaching at several small Texas churches, whose memberships began to grow.<ref name="Janega" /> These churches included: Marris Chapel Baptist Church, [[Bogata, Texas]]; Grange Hall Baptist Church, [[Marshall, Texas]]; and Southside Baptist Church, [[Henderson, Texas]]. After receiving his education Hyles pastored at the Miller Road Baptist Church in [[Garland, Texas|Garland]] in [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]] for about six years. During this time the congregation grew from 44 to 4,000 members.<ref name="Janega" /> It was during those days that Hyles left the Southern Baptist Convention and became an independent Baptist. Hyles then led Miller Road Baptist Church as an independent preacher for a while.<ref name="Janega" /><ref name="BJH">Falsani, Cathleen ''Brother Jack Hyles of Hammond dies at 74'' Chicago Sun Times, February 8, 2001.</ref> ===The move to Hammond, Indiana=== In 1959, Hyles moved to the church provided parsonage at 8232 Greenwood ave. Munster, IN and became the pastor of [[First Baptist Church of Hammond]]. When he arrived, the church had a membership of about seven hundred, said to be mostly "high-society types." About a third of the members left the church after hearing Hyles' preaching style, which was much different than that to which they had been accustomed. Hyles then led the church to its status as an independent Baptist church—freeing it from its ties with the [[American Baptist Churches USA|American Baptist]]s. Hyles started his bus ministry and soon shepherded the church from a congregation of several hundred to more than 20,000. In the early 1990s a national survey ranked First Baptist as the largest church in the nation, by average weekly attendance figures.<ref name="Chalfant" /><ref name="BJH" /> Beginning in 1969, and continuing for several years, First Baptist received recognition for the size of its Sunday School. In 1969, [[Elmer Towns]] wrote a book called ''The Ten Largest Sunday Schools and What Makes Them Grow'' which analyzed First Baptist's Sunday School.<ref name="FBC1">{{cite web | url = http://www.fbchammond.com/the_voice/01%20decembervoice2003.pdf |format=PDF| title = First Baptist Church... Helping People for 116 Years, and Counting! | work = The Voice of First Baptist Church | accessdate = May 1, 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060616113937/http://www.fbchammond.com/the_voice/01+decembervoice2003.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = June 16, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Towns | first=Elmer | url = http://www.elmertowns.com/books/online/10_largest_ss/10_Largest_SS%5BETowns%5D.PDF |format=PDF| title = The Ten Largest Sunday Schools and What Makes Them Grow | publisher = Baker Book House | accessdate = May 1, 2006 }}</ref> Towns presented a plaque to Jack Hyles in 1971, naming First Baptist Church of Hammond the nation’s largest Sunday school.<ref name="FBC1" /> In 1972, and for several years following, ''Christian Life Magazine'' proclaimed First Baptist Church of Hammond to have "the world's largest Sunday School".<ref name="FBC1" /> In 1972, Jack Hyles and Russell Anderson founded [[Hyles-Anderson College]], an [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|unaccredited]] [[Bible college]], to specialize in training Baptist ministers and Christian school teachers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/005/11.25.html | title = Megachurch Pastor Jack Hyles Dead at 74 | work = [[Christianity Today]] | accessdate = April 2, 2001 }}</ref> Hyles-Anderson College never sought accreditation because Hyles insisted [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|school accreditation]] would undermine his ability to control how the college ought to run.<ref>[http://www.jackhyles.com/accreditation.htm Accreditation], Jack Hyles.</ref> ===The ministry of Hyles=== One of the most notable aspects of Hyles is his church bus ministry that he helped innovate. As early as 1975, ''Time'' magazine described the phenomenon in an article titled, "Superchurch." The ''Time'' article notes that First Baptist Church of Hammond Sunday School, which regularly ran almost 14,000 people, pushed the church to a record attendance of 30,560 on March 16, 1975, thanks to a boisterous contest between two bus route teams.<ref name="Time">''[http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,913788,00.html Superchurch]'' [[Time (magazine)|Time]] December 1, 1975 (retrieved June 4, 2006)</ref> In that year, the First Baptist bus route ministry consisted of 1,000 workers using 230 buses to ferry as many as 10,000 people every Sunday.<ref name="Time" /> In 2001, a fleet of over 200 buses was regularly ferrying 7,000 to 15,000 people from all over the area.<ref name="BJH" /> Hyles spoke at '[[The Sword of the Lord]]' conferences with [[John R. Rice]] and his own annual "Pastors School". The school continues to attract as many as seven thousand annual visitors to the Hammond area.<ref>{{cite web | last = Zabroski | first = Steve | year = 2006 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090414133420/http://nwitimes.com/articles/1997/10/04/export247369.txt|archivedate=April 14, 2009|url = http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/03/24/news/lake_county/2970eb71e3fc94308625713b0014b869.txt | title = Faithful flock to Hammond | work = [[Northwest Indiana Times]] | accessdate = March 24, 2006 }}</ref> Hyles wrote approximately fifty works in his lifetime with over 14 million total copies in circulation, including the popular ''Is There A Hell?'', based on a sermon he preached at a National Sword of the Lord Conference.<ref name="Janega" /> Another work, ''Enemies of Soul Winning'' tackled many issues considered controversial in fundamentalist and evangelical circles, which include the doctrine of repentance, [[Lordship salvation]], and the role of the church in soul winning. The ''Calvary Contender'' wrote, "Hyles will be remembered as a one-of-a-kind, ever controversial leader whose ministry touched the lives of multitudes."<ref>{{cite web | year=2001 | url = http://home.hiwaay.net/~contendr/2001/3-1-2001.html | title = Jack Hyles Succumbs To Heart Attack | work = [[Calvary Contender]] | accessdate = May 1, 2006 }}</ref> Jack Hyles was better known as "Brother Hyles" to his tens of thousands of congregants.<ref name="Janega" /> Hyles often held nationwide speaking engagements. In 1984, for instance, he addressed a large gathering in the small city of [[Snyder, Texas|Snyder]], Texas, the seat of [[Scurry County, Texas|Scurry County]], hosted by pastor Luther Wallace "Buck" Hatfield (1929–1995) of Faith Baptist Church. Independent Baptists from throughout the area, such as Ross J. Spencer from Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], organized bus trips to the convention hall in Snyder. Hatfield and Spencer also adapted the bus ministry approach for their congregations. In his book, ''Enemies of Soulwinning'', Jack Hyles taught that one could not be born again unless the [[King James Version]] was used somewhere along the line in that person's life.<ref>''Enemies of Soulwinning'' by Jack Hyles pg 46-47</ref> He also taught [[Landmarkism]]/[[Baptist successionism]] (the belief that the Baptist church is the original church), that the church started in AD 31 when Christ was still alive (and not at [[Pentecost]]), and that the Catholic Church was started by the Emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] in AD 313.<ref name="landmark">{{cite web|url=http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Books,%20Tracts%20&%20Preaching/Printed%20Books/Dr%20Jack%20Hyles/The%20Church/fundamental_baptist_church-chap_23.htm|title=What Is a Fundamental Baptist Church?}}</ref> === Honors, award, and praise === In contrast to the criticism, Hyles has been the recipient of praise, an honorary doctorate, and other accolades throughout the course of his life, even continuing past his death. The ''Washington Post'' compared the "meek" preaching style of [[Jerry Falwell]] to the "spit and fire" of Jack Hyles. The Post suggested that after you heard a preacher like Hyles, "you knew that you'd been preached to".<ref>Harrington, Walt ''What Hath Falwell Wrought?'' Washington Post July 24, 1988, pg W19</ref> Falwell said that "Hyles will be remembered as a leader in evangelism through the local church." Falwell also said, "He inspired me as a young pastor to win others to Christ through Sunday school, the pulpit, and personal witnessing. He made a great contribution to the cause of Christ".<ref name="Janega" /> Hyles received an [[honorary doctorate]] from [[Midwestern Baptist College]], an unaccredited Bible college in [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], [[Michigan]].<ref>As discussed along with his misuse of the title on [[Preying from the Pulpit]] in May 1993 by [[WJBK]] of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]</ref> The ''Chicago Sun Times'' wrote about Hyles on the occasion of his death, "When he chose the interests of poor, inner-city kids over millionaire church members, they said he'd never keep the doors of his church open." However, Hyles "proved them all wrong. In the process he built one of the largest congregations in the country, a college, six schools, and a vibrant ministry that will now have to survive without him."<ref name="BJH" /> [[Matthew Barnett]], while discussing his work at an inner-city Los Angeles ministry, explained how he learned from Jack Hyles. Barnett also expounded on how Hyles was a tremendous soulwinner and how Hyles had great influence throughout the entire Chicago area.<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2005/001/3.22.html High hopes: Matthew Barnett's secret is to inspire others to dream what God can do&mdash;and dream big] The Leadership Interview from ''Leadership Journal'' January 1, 2005</ref> Hyles is honored in Founder's Park at his college, where they laid 30,000 bricks as flooring for life-sized statues of Hyles and his widow.<ref>[http://nwitimes.com/articles/2001/10/20/export348149.txt News briefs Illinois edition: Dedication to unveil college founder] October 20, 2001 Northwest Indiana Times</ref> == Controversies == Accusations of improper sexual behavior, financial and emotional abuse are highlights to Hyle's legacy.<ref name="LetPrey">{{cite news |title= Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church' |first= Bryan |last= Smith |url= http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ |magazine= [[Chicago Magazine]] |date= January 2013 |accessdate= 2012-12-17 |deadurl= no}}</ref> In 1989, the paper [[The Biblical Evangelist]] published a story "The Saddest Story We Ever Published", accusing Jack Hyles of sexual scandals, financial misappropriation and doctrinal errors.<ref name="biblicalevangelist.org">{{cite web | year=1989 | url = http://www.biblicalevangelist.org/jack_hyles_chapter3.php | title = The Saddest Story We Ever Published | work = [[The Biblical Evangelist]] | accessdate = February 4, 2011 }}</ref> These charges were denied by Hyles who deemed them "lies".<ref name="lies">{{cite web|last=Hirsley|first=Michael|title=Charges All Lies, Hammond Pastor Says|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-05-28/news/8902040871_1_church-deacon-church-office-fundamentalist|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=8 July 2010|date=28 May 1989}}</ref> He was accused of a decade long affair with his secretary, Jennie Nischik, who happened to be the wife of a church deacon, Victor Nischik.<ref name="LetPrey"/> In 1991, a First Baptist Church of Hammond deacon molested a 7-year-old girl in her Hammond Sunday school class.<ref name="Pastor Linked"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/jack-schaap-pastor-fired-_n_1728302.html | title=Jack Schaap, Pastor, Fired From Megachurch For Committing 'A Sin' |publisher=[[Huffington Post]] | date=08/01/2012 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2012-10-24}}</ref> During a Sunday school class "a church worker reportedly witnessed the act and removed the girl from the room, police said."<ref name="f">"Church leaders sued in sex-abuse case," ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', October 16, 1991.</ref> The ''Chicago Tribune'' in a 1991 article reported that Hyles was sued for $1 million by the parents of the girl.<ref name="f" /> The paper reported the "lawsuit claims Hyles and the church had not fulfilled their obligation to ensure that children were protected from harm during Sunday school."<ref name="f" /> Furthermore, the lawsuit "claims the minister told the child's parents that Ballenger 'just loved children,' and, 'You don't have a case.'"<ref name="f" /> The church settled the lawsuit out of court and the terms were not disclosed.<ref>"A civil suit filed against Ballenger and the church by the girl's family was settled almost two years ago." from {{cite news | url=http://nwitimes.com/uncategorized/article_fd37980b-51ad-59e4-ac20-52b14229e670.html | title=One step closer to the end |publisher=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] | date=March 31, 1996 | first=Amanda | last=Beeler | accessdate = 2009-07-24}}</ref> At the criminal trial, three young women testified deacon A.V. Ballenger "had fondled them years ago."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/ballenger-i-m-innocent-first-baptist-church-deacon-to-be/article_92bcff43-a25b-55e7-bd48-dd9fae033560.html | title=Ballenger: I'm innocent. First Baptist Church deacon to be | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= June 6, 1996 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/ballenger-i-m-innocent-first-baptist-church-deacon-to-be/article_92bcff43-a25b-55e7-bd48-dd9fae033560.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> One of those girls testified that she was molested on the Hammond church bus.<ref name="Moretestify">{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/niece-deacon-fondled-me-more-accuse-ballenger-of/article_c036191a-4a7c-5e3d-9c8a-074b75f89664.html | title=Niece: 'Deacon fondled me'. More accuse Ballenger of | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= June 25, 1996 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/niece-deacon-fondled-me-more-accuse-ballenger-of/article_c036191a-4a7c-5e3d-9c8a-074b75f89664.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> A former security officer at the church testified he saw Ballenger fondle a young girl in 1978 or 1979 in a Sunday school room after being called to the room by a female teacher.<ref name="Moretestify"/> In 1993, Ballenger was sentenced to five years in prison.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/deacon-gets--year-sentence-judge-issues-decision-in/article_e70ee943-22b3-5ac5-8019-6064cbed1df1.html | title=Deacon gets 5-year sentence. Judge issues decision in | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= July 3, 1993| first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/deacon-gets--year-sentence-judge-issues-decision-in/article_e70ee943-22b3-5ac5-8019-6064cbed1df1.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/appeals-court-upholds-molesting-conviction-of-hammond/article_4ab20210-dfcd-5d77-8ab0-c68518f7bd51.html | title=Appeals court upholds molesting conviction of Hammond | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= March 24, 1996 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/appeals-court-upholds-molesting-conviction-of-hammond/article_4ab20210-dfcd-5d77-8ab0-c68518f7bd51.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> In 1993, [[WJBK]] aired [[Preying from the Pulpit]], a news series, examined "allegations of child molesting, abuse and sex scandals in several churches across the nation appear to be part of a pattern of such scandals among churches affiliated with the First Baptist Church of Hammond."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/detroit-station-probes-abuse-church-link/article_14a337d0-f46b-5ad5-95bf-0410dca96668.html | title=Detroit station probes abuse, church link | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= May 17, 1993 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/detroit-station-probes-abuse-church-link/article_14a337d0-f46b-5ad5-95bf-0410dca96668.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> It examined fresh claims of sex abuse in five different fundamentalist churches where church workers who molested children were traced back to Hyles-Anderson College.<ref>"Pastor Linked to Sex Abuse Lashes Out," ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', June 2, 1993.</ref><ref name="San Diego">"Preacher has links to molest suspects." ''[[The San Diego Union]]'' San Diego, Calif.: May 17, 1993. p. A.7</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/detroit-station-probes-abuse-church-link/article_14a337d0-f46b-5ad5-95bf-0410dca96668.html | title=Detroit station probes abuse, church link | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= May 17, 1993 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/detroit-station-probes-abuse-church-link/article_14a337d0-f46b-5ad5-95bf-0410dca96668.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> Besides the abuse, the program examined Hyles' teaching, including a 1990 sermon where "Hyles pretended to pour poison into a glass and asked an associate pastor, Johnny Colsten, to drink from it. Colsten said he would."<ref name="dictator">{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-i-m-no-dictator-first-baptist-leader-defends/article_fc79e105-a9e7-507e-bd03-d3834d335a1f.html | title=Hyles: I'm no dictator. First Baptist leader defends| publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= May 28, 1993 | first=Debra | last=Gruszecki | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-i-m-no-dictator-first-baptist-leader-defends/article_fc79e105-a9e7-507e-bd03-d3834d335a1f.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> The report "said the sermon has the 'ring of [[Jonestown]]' to it—the mass suicide in [[Guyana]] in 1978 by followers of cult leader [[Jim Jones]]."<ref name="dictator" /> Hyles called the program "poor journalism" and organized a national campaign to respond.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-calls-for-national-campaign-to-counter-media/article_68017eed-34cd-5e32-80b3-c8869bab4570.html | title=Hyles calls for national campaign to counter media | publisher= [[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date= May 20, 1993 | first= | last= | accessdate =2012-10-17 | archiveurl= http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-calls-for-national-campaign-to-counter-media/article_68017eed-34cd-5e32-80b3-c8869bab4570.html | archivedate= 2007-12-28}}</ref> In October 1997, attorney Vernon Petria filed a lawsuit against [[First Baptist Church of Hammond]], accusing the church and its pastor of allowing a mentally retarded woman to be sexually assaulted for six years. The civil suit filed in Lake Superior Court in [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]] claims the woman was "induced by agents" of the church in 1991 to ride a bus to attend [[Sunday school]] at First Baptist and when she was in the care of the church she was sexually assaulted, molested, battered and raped more than once until 1996.<ref name="Suit Claims">Debra Gruszecki {{Wayback |date=20090622113038 |url=http://nwitimes.com/articles/1997/10/04/export247369.txt |title=Suit claims rape at church}} ''Northwest Indiana Times'' October 4, 1997</ref> Hyles was sued because he and his church "failed in their duty to protect her," Petri said. The lawsuit alleged this was a pattern of assault can be traced to a Sunday in 1991, when a First Baptist teacher saw someone abusing the woman and reported it to church leaders and police, but the parents were never told and she kept going to church, where she was threatened into silence.<ref name="Suit Claims"/> The sexual abuse ended when the woman "developed a horrible infection and was taken to a doctor to find out what was wrong," Petri said. "When the doctor couldn't understand where the infection was coming from, she was admitted to a hospital where they found, embedded in her, a plastic object."<ref name="Suit Claims"/> The woman then told what happened, Petri said, recalling that a church program instructor led her to a room and served as a lookout while two to three males raped her.<ref name="Suit Claims"/> In response, Hyles said he would have been the first one to want someone punished for such an act and the church told police about the teacher's report in 1991. He went on to claim "our records show no attendance since 1991" and this "is a total shock to me."<ref name="Suit Claims"/> The woman and the church eventually settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="LetPrey"/> ==Children== Jack and Beverly Hyles had four children:<ref>[http://www.ministers-best-friend.com/Dr-Jack-Hyles-Obituary.html Dr. Jack Hyles, Obituary] Retrieved 8 August 2012</ref> Dave, Cindy, Linda and Becky. David Hyles, served as the youth pastor at First Baptist in Hammond under the leadership of his father, Jack Hyles. Sources say that when Jack Hyles learned of his son's affairs with multiple women, he actually recommended him for pastor of his former church in Texas. By so doing, he was out of the public eye and things were able to remain hush hush. David had multiple affairs with other women while pastoring his father's previous church in Texas, and moved to a different state, and got out of the ministry. He for some time had worked as an insurance agent in the Jacksonville, Florida area.<ref name="DavidHylesStory">{{cite news | url=http://falleningrace.wordpress.com/welcome-to-my-story/ | title=David Hyles: My Story | publisher=[[wordpress.com|falleningrace.wordpress.com]] | year=2012 | accessdate = 2012-10-18}}</ref> who has been accused of having multiple affairs spanning many years.<ref name="LetPrey"/><ref name="biblicalevangelist.org"/> Cindy married Jack Schaap, the admitted sexual offender and Jack Hyles' successor to [[First Baptist Church of Hammond]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/jack-schaap-confesses-to-_n_1732732.html "Jack Schaap Confesses To Sexual Relationship With Teen After Firing From Megachurch"] Retrieved 8 August 2012</ref> In a letter to the judge seeking a lesser sentence for Schaap, Cindy described their marriage as "stable" and claimed Schaap was known for "purity and discipline."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/a-tale-of-two-jack-schaaps/article_533b1088-34e7-5364-acb2-156f421189a7.html | title=A tale of two Jack Schaaps | publisher=[[Northwest Times of Indiana]] | date=Jan 5, 2013 | accessdate = 2012-10-18}}</ref> Linda Hyles Murphrey, a motivational speaker,<ref name="LindaMurphreyStory">{{cite news | url=http://www.coachingthebestyou.com/About.html | title=About Linda Hyles Murphrey | publisher=coachingthebestyou.com | year=2012 | accessdate = 2012-10-18}}</ref> presented her story titled "From Cult to Courage" at a [[TEDx]] event, discussing her hardships as a child of Jack Hyles.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdtxM0rD86I | title=Linda Murphrey - From Cult to Courage | publisher=[[TED (conference)|Tedx]] | date=Aug 21, 2012 | accessdate = 2012-10-18}}</ref> She has spoken out on the cult Hyles led.<ref name="LetPrey"/> ==Works by Hyles== *''Seeing Him Who Is Invisible''—Sword of the Lord Publications (1960) ISBN 0-87398-754-3 *''How to Boost Your Church Attendance''—Zondervan (January 1, 1961) *''Let's Build an Evangelistic Church''—Sword of the Lord Publications (1962) ISBN 0-87398-502-8 *''Kisses of Calvary and Other Sermons''—Sword of the Lord Pub (1965) ISBN 0-87398-479-X *''Let's Hear Jack Hyles (Burning Messages for the Saved and Unsaved)''—Sword of the Lord Publications (1972) ISBN 0-87398-504-4 *''Hyles Church Manual''—Sword of the Lord Publications (November 1982) ISBN 0-87398-372-6 *''Church Bus Handbook''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1970) *''How to Rear Children''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (January 1, 1972) 193 pgs. *''How to Rear Infants''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (January 1, 1979) 143 pgs. *''How to Rear Teenagers''—Revival Fires! Publishers (January 1, 1998) 155 pgs. *''Blue Denim and Lace''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1972) *''Let's Go Soul Winning''—Sword of the Lord Publications (January 1980) ISBN 0-87398-503-6 *''Hyles Sunday School Manual''—Sword of the Lord Publications (November 1982) ISBN 0-87398-391-2 *''The Blood, the Book and the Body''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1992) *''Enemies of Soul Winning''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1993) 148 pgs. *''Please Pardon My Poetry''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (January 1, 1976) 123 pgs. *''Logic Must Prove the King James Bible.''—Hyles-Anderson Publications *''Is There A Hell?''—Hyles-Anderson Publications *''Jack Hyles Speaks on Biblical Separation''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1984) 112 pgs. *''Salvation is more than Being Saved''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1985) 150 pgs. *''Teaching on Preaching''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (1986) 153 pgs. *''Grace and Truth''—Hyles-Anderson Publications (January 1, 1975) 222 pgs. *''The Miracle of the Bus Ministry''—Ray Young Publications (1996) *''Fundamentalism in My Lifetime''—Hyles Publications (2002) ISBN 0-9709488-4-0 *''What Great Men Taught Me''—Berean Publications (2000) *[[Truman Dollar]], [[Jerry Falwell]], [[A.V. Henderson]], & Jack Hyles ''Building Blocks of the Faith (Foundational Bible Doctrines, Special Faith Partner Edition)''—Fundamentalist Church Publications (1977) ISBN 0-89663-006-4 *Introduction to the [[Dino Pedrone|Dino J. Pedrone]] book ''What is It All About?'' Sword of the Lord Publications (2000) ISBN 0-87398-932-5 *Introduction to the Beverly Hyles book ''Woman, the Assembler (Making Your Husband a Leader)'' Hyles Publications (1995) ==References== <!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{wikiquote-simple}} *[http://jackhyles.com/ The Jack Hyles Home Page] &ndash; Books, sermons, & links *[http://www.hylespublications.com/ Hyles Publications] &ndash; A publisher of books and Bibles including many by Jack Hyles {{Authority control|VIAF=18849223}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Hyles, Jack | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American minister | DATE OF BIRTH =September 25, 1926 | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Italy, Texas]] | DATE OF DEATH =February 6, 2001 | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyles, Jack}} [[Category:King James Only movement]] [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:Religious scandals]] [[Category:Baptist ministers from the United States]] [[Category:Christian fundamentalists]] [[Category:Baptists from the United States]] [[Category:East Texas Baptist University alumni]] [[Category:People from Garland, Texas]] [[Category:People from Lake County, Indiana]] [[Category:American evangelists]]'