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I believe my pastor was mentored by your dad. I too lived under extreme mental and physical abuse. ((Not sexual)) I have witnessed much cover up down thru the years of great leaders to “defend the faith” I am so happy you broke away!!!!

I would question the integrity and validity of any women making her life’s work traveling around making slanderous statements about her dead father. Ma’am where were you when your father was alive and was able to answer the accusations that you have made? I never met or knew her father. I was familiar with his name and where he was a pastor and that’s the extent of my knowledge of the man. He could have been guilty and he could not have been. My point is that there’s something very “off” about a grown woman living in victim hood and slandering a dead man. Whatever is motivating her isn’t doing anything for those within Christianity who are genuinely spending their lives trying to make a difference. Maybe she should start a Christian “Me Too “ movement and teach others how to be victims for the rest of their lives. 😂

This makes me sick. Even after walking away from this cult 10 years ago… the religious trauma is still very present.

I don't know anything about your Father & im sorry for the abuse you endured. However, i pray 🙏 you didn't give up on Jesus because I promise he had NOTHING in that.

I left in 2011. They got me since I was 5, was there for 24 years. I’ve been free ever since.

I was raised in a church that did everything with this church I went to the collage for little over a year....I left there broken more spiritually then anything ....

His pride is enough to keep him out of Heaven

When looking for a new church we visited two that were definitely Jack Hyles’ worshippers. We never went back. I respect my pastor’s position, but do not worship him. They need to study the life of the Apostle Paul who endured so much for the cause of Christ. Men are men and all living in robes of flesh so prone to sin. We need to pray for pastors a lot, but not put them on pedestals.

II am truly blessed after reading all of these comments. I have been in IBC all of my life and have never been in a church like this. I guess there are all kinds in every denomination. Yes, I have been very blessed and sorry for those who have gone through situations such as this or similar to this.

Powerful speech!

Thank you for being courageous to speak the truth. I admire that!

Wow … thank you Linda for telling your story. I grew up in IFB churches across the Gulf Coast where your dad was one of the heroic voices of the tribe. As a teenager and a PK, my brothers and I began to question and suspicion all the hidden secrets of the movement, as you so courageously describe - and eventually, after years of keeping our own small town secrets and denying truth, we made our Exodus from the tribe at around my age 40, with my little family intact. Decades of therapy and healing have followed of course. The residual pain and suffering has not been nearly for my family what you have experienced, but I thank God for the courage to speak up and to stand up for freedom and truth, and to finally move forward. Blessings as you continue to share your brave story! 🕊

When someone complains they weren't left any money, it casts a seed of doubt. FBC OWNS the property that's an extension of the church to meet the demands for all the people who are bused in from Chicago for Sunday services and FBC's various soul-winning ministries. The properties had a value in the millions of dollars at the time Dr. Hyles passed but was not OWNED by Jack Hyles. Also, FBC owns Hyles-Anderson College & Hammond Bapist School. Jack Hyles didn't have a rumored personal net worth of $70M - that's ludicrous. Unless there's been a huge economic awakening in downtown Hammond, I highly doubt the property surrounding the church is worth $70M, even today. The whole area surrounding the church was a rust-heap, rundown city. Hey, we're talking about the armpit of the rustbelt. I wouldn't live there if you gave me a house for free and paid me to stay there. I would bet - like most people educated at HAC - Linda probably has little to no knowledge of estate law, asset ownership, investing, and church expenses within an operating budget. Linda grew up in a modest middle-class home in a Hammond suburb. It's the same home that Dr. Hyles lived in for 40 years until 2000 at a sale price of $210k. Someone who doesn't know where Linda came from would think she grew up in a palatial 15,000 square foot home, and Jack Hyles had a garage full of fancy vehicles and wore custom-fitted Georgio Armani suits. This is far from the truth. There was nothing "lavish" about Linda's upbringing. Dr. Hyles drove an FBC church vehicle. I personally had a meeting with Dr. Hyles in his FBC office in April of 1985. I found the office aesthetics dreary and poorly decorated. It certainly didn't look like an office of a multi-millionaire executive. Based on my research, including what Hyles Publications may be worth, Dr. Hyles may have had a total net worth of around $1.5M - $2M when he died in 2001. Dr. Hyles was a minimalist when it came to his personal lifestyle. I'm sure his bank accounts and IRA had Ms. Hyles, as the beneficiary, and their newly purchased condo in 2000 was in both Dr. Hyles and Ms. Hyles name. If Linda, David, Cindy, and Becky received any money, it would have been after the passing of Mrs. Hyles in 2017. I'm sure one of the children would have made sure that the beneficiaries were properly assigned on her assets with Dr. Hyles no longer in the picture. The only major asset that is in question is Hyles Publications. There was an inquiry and concern from Mrs. Hyles after Dr. Hyles passed away regarding the income stream from the publication. From what I heard, Jack Schapp contested that Hyles Publications was under the umbrella of FBC. Linda infers that Jack and Cindy Schapp received a windfall upon the death of Jack Hyles. The only thing that happened is that Jack Schapp went from an average paid employee as a faculty member at Hyles-Anderson College to a higher paid pastor of FBC & Chancellor of Hyles-Anderson College. In short, he received a massive raise with multiple income streams. I'm sure Cindy was put on payroll with FBC as the first lady of FBC with some sort of employee title. As someone who was saved at 18 during my senior year of high school and came from a home with a hard working single mother, I've heard the constant whining from PKs in Christian HS and College about how horrible their life was growing up. I would have dinner and spend the night at my friend's home, whose dad was the pastor and head of our Christian School. I thought his nuclear family was heaven as a teenager. It was like the show, 'Father Knows Best.' However, the PK would constantly complain about his life, while many of us laughed and thought he was very fortunate and overly dramatic. I recently noticed that Linda has a GoFundMe page set up due to her health issues. I would assume that she has reached Medicare age now and shouldn't have major doctor bills. In her defense, the GoFundMe page was set up several years ago before she reached the age for Medicare benefits. Sincerely, I'd be more than happy to help Linda financially if she's still in financial distress and suffering from arthritic pain. Linda's 15-minute speech opened the flood gates for everyone to start sharing their personal experiences with HAC and FBC. Linda never has gone into great detail of the "cult" she refers to have escaped from. The entire video is vague and doesn't provide any proof of her accusations. I would have hoped Linda would have been more accessible and willing to engage with people after this video came out nearly 12 years ago. It can come across as a hit-piece when one goes back to being reclusive. Linda had to know - even though it was therapeutic for her - that the video would have a massive influence on thousands of people who were ever associated with Hyles-Anderson College and First Baptist Church. I'm still skeptical about the affair with Nischik. I believe he may have become enamored with her or overprotective; exhibiting control over Jeanie and Vic's marriage to keep them apart. Not to be cruel, Mrs. Nischik was not an attractive woman in her middle-age to senior years as she sat in the choir behind Dr. Hyles, while he preached in every service. The only picture of them together was when she was considerably younger and marginally attractive, sitting at a dinner table circa late-1960s. There's no incontrovertible or tangible evidence that Dr. Hyles had a physical relationship with her or anyone else throughout his 42-year history as pastor of FBC. Love chooses us, we don't choose love. Dr. Hyles was a man who may have fallen in love with Judy, and his outward expression was to exhibit control over her. I suppose we'll never know. Whereas David Hyles, there's more than sufficient proof that he had multiple pre-marital and adulterous relationships. The only thing that we can be sure of is Jack Hyles went out of his way to cover up David Hyles' abhorrent behavior. If Jack Hyles was a good man and truly cared about the eternal souls of people. He'd be heartbroken by what has happened since his passing. I never could have remotely imagined as a HAC student 40 years ago that I'd be tapping away on my keyboard - in 2023 - posting about all the scandalous claims made by Linda Hyles Murphrey. In closing, I don't condone the disgusting actions of several HAC and FBC influenced pastors, and certainly was shocked and appalled by Jack Schapp's criminality. His actions had more of an negative impact on me than Linda's video. I hope Linda Hyles Murphrey has found peace in her life and no longer dealing with medical issues.

Powerful, the truth!

I escaped ifb cultish behavior. Looking back now, Hyles was a total Jim jones…

Linda, my mother was one of your brother's victims at miller road baptist in Garland, TX 😔

Hyles, and others like him, were unknowingly grooming their members for Trump and the MAGA movement. Funny…but not funny.

Thats why churches should be under the rule of a plurality of elders. A dictator like Hyles would have no chance to emerge. There is no such thing as THE pastor of a church in the NT. You will look in vain to find that

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Thank you Linda for exposing the truth and answering any questions I had as a child. Unfortunately your dads teachings have such a strong hold on my parents lives still to this day I can’t have a relationship with them. I hope this helps others despite the pain this religion causes

I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS STORY. END OF STORY.

Hi Linda I went to hyles Anderson starting in 1989 to 1995 but wow have my eyes been opened

This was only a part of what went on in that church. I grew up in that church, it was scary, my parents were even scared.

Are you the same Linda Murphrey who started the Augusta School in GA?

Do not allow a sad experience such as we heard from Señorita Hyles to keep us from serving our precious Lord. We are to try the spirits and discern if they are from God or not. Stay strong in the Lord.. I have been a Pastor for 50 years and have seen many casualties among ministry leaders. God cannot be mocked. Pray for one another if you know how to reach the heart of God💒🙏

I was saved after attending an IFB church 3 times. I grew up in another denomination who taught me FACTS about God, but not about FAITH in God. The IFB church taught me the “ rest of the story” This church had a great pastor who loved people and just preached and lived out the Bible. That church accepted me as newly saved , but still rough around the collar. I dont know about Jack Hyles. We’ll find out one day. I do know I enjoyed his messages . Not all IFB churches are cultic , but some are. I do know there was a Hyles- worshipping church near me that used to be a good church but they got real mean spirited and would even steal our bus kids by getting there right before us on sunday and basically kidnapping the kids by convincing them to go with them and not even telling the parents it was a different church . Very ungodly people. That doesn’t mean they are all bad. I went to a good one. The church I go to now I describe as IB.

I read about what happened in Fbc Hammond in the article titled The Saddest Story ever told by the late Dr.Bob Sumner in the Biblical Evangelist May 1989 issue but not fully convinced about Hyles affair.After hearing Ms.Linda Murphrey speak about her life the doubts in my mind about the whole vanished.Thank you Ms.Murphrey for your courage to speak up.

I attended a sister church to this one in my area, who's pastor frequently praised Jack Hyles. When I look at tapes of Mr Hyles, my pastor was mimicing him! Some 20 years later, I lost a child to a drug overdose, and another to the world. They were angry with church. I will forever live with the knowledge that I was a part of a cult. I gave up my time, family time, and happiness to do Gods Will. I know now it was all a waste of time. I still attend church, but it has a different meaning for me now. I am no longer identified by what I DONT do, but how I live out the love of Christ in me.

New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc., is just likethat, they are a cult that guilt-trip you into doing what they want you to do. If you disagree they cast you off as a hell-bound sinner who loves evil and wants to commit sin. But many good people are under that cult mindset. As God released me I began praying for the good people still stuck in that place. But God is taking them down and revealing the sins of the leaders. If you ever get invited DON'T GO!!!

Thank you for speaking out. Thank you for Truth. I walked away at 46 after 30 years of brainwashing.

Honey I'm sorry you dad was the devil but Jesus is still God!

I broke away 2 years ago from a FBC that the pastor was trained by hyles on how to run his church, and this pastor worships hyles, has a large portiat of the two of them hanging in his house, I'm still experiencing PTSD and have not been able to begin to look for a new home church, it is a cult, and it crushes the spirit !

Thank you Linda for your courage to speak the truths and not selling out to the lies and falsehoods...so much of this sounds so familiar in the family I had ..we all went to Hyles cult ..my parents and9 of us ..i stood up for myself and most importantly my children and it cost me dearly..my parents were part of the sex ring and bought Jack hyles ways of control and abuse was so so normal and acceptable... Therefor we all know what NEVER TO DO ,for those of us that survived and walked away..thank you and others for standing up and exposing this for all 2 see for what it really is. A CULTIC REGIME!!!!

Up to my late 20s, I too attended 'fundamental', "bible-believing', 'independent', 'KJV' churches led by Hyles-protege pastors.. I always knew there were things that seem not right... There were pains I had to unnecessarily endure and false guilts that I had to unnecessarily bear... Thank God I reached a point that I decided enough is enough!

As somebody who got out of a Fundamentalist church myself: Thank you.

I just left a Baptist Church that the pastor was training by Jack hyles, I always had an intuition something wasn't right, it was a cultists type of following , worshipping the pastor, spent 2 1/2 years as a member, and I'm still trying to shake off the unchristian like controlled cult brainwashing ! So very sad, the pastor of this church I was attending was accused of inappropriate behavior with a child, and was legally kept out of the church for 9 months, while he fought this in court, lost , appealed it and 9 months and 20,000 dollars later was allowed back in! God knows!

This church completely destroyed our large family and my best friend's family. My dad became completely brainwashed by the cultic mentality and all of our lives were changed. I went to school with Linda. I remember her being very quiet. I think I knew back then that it was hard for her. How I wish we had never seen that church! Many lives ruined! His son, Dave, was a disaster to my brothers. None of them go to church now. He caused so much scandal to souls. Thank you, Linda, for speaking out. Only one who has been through the situation can truly understand what you have gone through.

I would like to know the secrets. But thank you for sharing. I left FBC of Hammond a year after Jack Schaap was put in prison and I always wondered why your sister never spoke up and I knew she had to know that something was going on... I was good friends with the girl he was imprisoned for sexually abusing. There is a peace of my past that I simply can’t remember and I’m desperately trying to uncover it. Thank you for shining light on the truth. I too share your three values. Much love ❤️

How many books will make you rich like your father talking about yourself,?? I haven't heard you mention once to let the word of God and the Holy SPIRIT direct them into the truth of the Word of God and to search the scriptures , where God said let no man deceive you. Don't forget to direct them to The Word of God ,and to remember the TESTIMONY of JESUS CHRIST. The Truth Will Set You free,take heed to his warnings, many will come in his name and DECIEVE many.

I dread posting this but it's people like the late Jack Hyles who have given the Lord Jesus Christ a bad name: this is both sad and aggravating; and not to mention that they've sullied the beloved King James Bible. 😢

Linda how was your relationship with your Mom after you left? Did you guys have a relationship before she passed away?

MAGA😔

So what do you believe? I'm curious what changed. I know you say you left a cult and I applaud you because Ic was part of it too, but what has God revealed to you personally that was a lie regarding biblical principles? God has shown me a lot since I left the IFBC scene and I'm just curious what you now do. Do you still attend church or do you not believe at all?

Not just hammond babtist

LET those without sin Cast the first stone ! Look yourselves in the mirror REPENT!

The IFB movement largely evolved into a mind control cult. It was no longer about following God, it was about conforming to Hyles' doctrine of blind loyalty, and total life choice submission to another man's whims. It's why the movement is mortally wounded, and a lot of IFB churches are still involved in abuse, and cover ups to this present day! "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that he shall also reap" The movement became a personality cult, now those wicked, depraved, criminal personalities are looming over the IFB like an ominous dark cloud, keeping the light of God's Word from reaching the people.

I survived HAC. I was there the year that her dad died, 2001. I had never faced so much hatred, sexism, and racism as when I walked in those doors. Being judged because of my race, it was painful. I was denied a lot because of it. I got a lot of negative attention because of it. I had to leave after my first year for my own sanity. If you want a degree that you can't use out in the real world, go there. I grew up in FBC under her dad's reign. My adulthood was under her brother-in-law's reign until he was locked up. I left in 2011.

This woman is a liar. Dr. Hyles was a great preacher. She obviously harbors bitterness toward him. She needs to be saved.

People do not realize the deep affect this kind of thing has on your thinking. You think you are serving God, but all the while you are being manipulated by a self-serving fraud. Thank God He drug me away from that place and revealed to me the true nature of biblical Christianity.