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Another Statement on Jack Schaap & First Baptist Church of Hammond
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by
the Webmaster of JackHyles.com
August 5, 2012
In
the wake of the firing of Jack Schaap from the pastorate of First
Baptist Church of Hammond due to his sexual abuse of a 16-year old
girl,
we feel the need to make another
statement
regarding the recent disturbing events at FBC-Hammond. Many
folks
come to JackHyles.com to read and listen to sermons by Dr. Jack
Hyles. We in no way wish to give the impression that
Brother Hyles believed any
of the un-Scriptural things that have been taught by Jack Schaap and
his anti-King James Bible staff members. This is our
warning to young folks and their parents: Please be very careful before
you blindly accept all the information and assurances coming from the
current leaders at
Hyles-Anderson College and First Baptist Church. We are not
convinced that the major issues that ultimately led to this disgrace
have
been purged from these institutions. (those issues being the rejection of the King James Bible as the
inspired, preserved Word of God and the
rejection of Scriptural principles that should have been followed
using the King James Bible as God's Final Authority to man).
We were appalled at Jack Schaap's declaration that "this
King James Bible is not
inspired", and shocked at his later claim that "not
only is our King James Bible not inspired, it's not preserved either".
But what was more appalling was to see the
members, deacons, and staff of First Baptist Church decide that it was
best to blindly follow a pastor who questioned the validity of the
King James Bible rather than follow God
and His Word. As long time members of FBC, we could not
understand why the vast majority of folks at our church
refused to do what Brother Hyles taught us: to
stand for Scriptural PRINCIPLES rather than a man or an institution.
Why
didn't the leadership stand up for the Word of God and challenge
this Bible-rejecting man? Why were members rebuked by church
leaders as "not being loyal to the
man of
God" when
they simply asked sincere questions
about Jack Schaap's heresies? Well, now you have the
end-result of these anti-Scriptural decisions: an
abused
young girl who will be emotionally, physically and spiritually
scarred for life. The other end-result is an unmeasurable
stain
upon the cause of Christ. Please read our original Statement on Jack Schaap,
(written well over one year ago) which outlines why we decided to
leave First Baptist Church of Hammond,
after being members there since the 1980's. We also ask you to
pray for the victim - the
young girl who was sexually, emotionally and spiritually abused by Mr.
Schaap.