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In 2012, Jack Schaap, pastor of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) megachurch First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana, was fired over a sexual relationship he had…

The late Jack Hyles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana — a man considered by some of his followers to be the greatest…

I was interviewed recently for the Preacher Boys podcast by Eric Skwarczynski. The primary purpose of Eric’s podcast is to expose abuse within the Independent…

As Polly and I travel the roads of northwest Ohio, southern Michigan, and northeast Indiana, we are always on the lookout for God’s True Church®.…

During much of the 1970s, Evangelical crusades were all the rage. As  a young teenager, I attended crusades conducted by Billy Graham, Bill Glass, Jack Van Impe (twice), and Bob…

As the Black Collar Crime series makes clear, Evangelical churches have just as big a problem with sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault, and sexual misconduct as Catholic…

I previously mentioned that Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) luminaries Bob Gray Sr., retired pastor of Longview Baptist Temple, Longview Texas, and Steven Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist…

I recently received the following email: I read your blog. Thanks for sharing. I have been an Evangelical Christian since I was 5. I accepted…

Thanks to ever-increasing media scrutiny and the willingness of sexually and psychologically abused people to tell their stories, Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) churches can no…

Former pastor and convicted felon Jack Schaap continues to cast a long shadow over the First Baptist Church of Hammond congregation. According to the Northwest…

Here are some site statistics you might find interesting. Here’s to a wonderful 2016. Bruce Top Twenty  Posts for 2015 https://brucegerencser.net https://brucegerencser.net/2015/08/why-i-am-not-interested-in-a-nicer-friendlier-christianity/ https://brucegerencser.net/2015/03/cindy-schaap-daughter-of-jack-hyles-divorces-convicted-felon-jack-schaap/ https://brucegerencser.net/2015/04/understanding-steven-anderson-pastor-faithful-word-baptist-church-tempe-arizona/ https://brucegerencser.net/2015/01/legacy-jack-hyles/…

A guest post by Jonny Scaramanga, who blogs at Leaving Fundamentalism. In an earlier blog post, The Dogma That Followed Me Home, Cat Givens described…

Evangelical Christians believe the Bible is the inspired (God breathed), inerrant Word of God.  They believe the text of the Christian Bible is without error…

Now there’s a title sure to get everyone’s attention! Why do so many Christians abuse their children? The reason is primarily a theological one (though…