Jack Hyles
Jack Hyles (born September 25, 1926 in Italy , Texas , † February 6, 2001 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American Baptist preacher and a representative of Christian fundamentalism .
Life
Hyles was the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hammond in 1959 . During his tenure as pastor, the congregation grew from initially a few hundred to more than 20,000 people in the church service. One reason was his aggressive missionary activity, the so-called “bus mission”. Hyles had children picked up by buses from the surrounding area and brought to the children's church service in his community.
Originally, Hyles was a member of the Southern Baptist Convention sect, but then turned to the American Baptist Conference . Ultimately, Hyles broke with both forms of US Baptism, as both religious communities did not seem fundamentalist to him. He became one of the leading figures in the Independent Fundamental Baptists . This movement was very strongly committed to Christian fundamentalist views.
Hyles founded several religious schools in Hammond and the Hyles-Anderson College named after him .
Web links
- Jack Hyles in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Hyles, Jack (1926-2001) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 350 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hyles, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hyles, Jack Frasure (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Baptist minister, Christian fundamentalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Italy , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2001 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |