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Every day, a hundred or more web searchers come to this blog looking for information about Jack Hyles, David Hyles, and Jack Schaap. Both Jacks…

I received the following email from a woman with the moniker Jesus First in her email address: So glad that you read every email. I…

Jack Hyles was pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana from 1959-2001. For many years, the church was the largest congregation in America. The church held a…

Members of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana and people closely associated with Hyles-Anderson College and Pastor Jack Schaap were astonished at the firing of  Schaap for sexual misconduct…

In 2012, Jack Schaap, the son-in-law of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) demigod Jack Hyles, was fired from his job as pastor of First Baptist Church…

When Jack Schaap, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana — now a convicted felon — was accused of having a sexual relationship with…

One would think decent, thoughtful people would agree that a fifteen-year-old teen boy touching the genitals of five little girls is criminal. One would think…

In 2012, Jack Schaap, the son-in-law of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) demigod Jack Hyles, was fired from his job as pastor of First Baptist Church…

Repost from 2015. Edited, updated, and corrected. In the first part of this series I dealt with Churches That Abuse: Why Bad people do Bad things. I…

Repost from 2015. Edited, rewritten, and corrected. In October 2013, Doug Phillips, president of the now-defunct Vision Forum Ministries, confessed to church leaders that he…

If you have ever played Monopoly, you know how important it is to have a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. You never know when…

Evangelicals believe all humans are born sinners, alienated from God, and in need of salvation through the merit and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus died…

What follows are the traffic statistics for 2019. Statistics Page Views: 851,666 Mailing List Subscribers: 931 Posts Written: 661 Posts from December 2014 to Date:…

Sixteen months ago, I posted the first story in the Black Collar Crime Series. Yesterday, I posted the six-hundredth post in the series. Focused primarily…

Twenty-Six Questions From the Search Logs What follows is a list questions from the search logs. These questions are a handful of the thousands of…

It should be clear to everyone by now that Evangelicalism has a huge problem with sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. Hopefully, the Black Collar Crime series has…

In the post that follows, I deliberately paint with a broad brush. If what I write doesn’t apply to your church or your pastor, then…

The Black Collar Crime Series relies on public news stories and publicly available information for its content. If any incorrect information is found, please contact…

Bob Gray, Sr. is the retired pastor of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas. Gray has spent his clerical career defending and standing behind…

Evangelicals believe that their God is all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful. He is the sovereign of the universe, and nothing happens apart from his purpose, decree,…