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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by the late ] with financial support from Russell Anderson. The college's website states that it was established so that pastors, assistant pastors, bus directors, missionaries, music leaders, teachers, and principals may be better equipped to do the work of the Lord. The school was originally located on a campus known as Baptist City in ]. HAC's former campus was turned into ] ] school. This school is also operated by the First Baptist Church of Hammond. After his death, Hyles, who was the school's |
Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by the late ] with financial support from Russell Anderson. The college's website states that it was established so that pastors, assistant pastors, bus directors, missionaries, music leaders, teachers, and principals may be better equipped to do the work of the Lord. The school was originally located on a campus known as Baptist City in ]. HAC's former campus was turned into ] ] school. This school is also operated by the First Baptist Church of Hammond. After his death, Hyles, who was the school's chancellor, was succeeded by his son-in-law, ], a graduate and former vice president of the school. | ||
| ==Academics and accreditation== | ==Academics and accreditation== | ||
| Hyles Anderson College is ] by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions. | |||
| <ref> - accreditation database</ref><ref>U.S. Dept. of Education - an information resource</ref> Students at Hyles-Anderson are ineligible to participate in any federally funded loan or grant programs and other federal programs for students. Also, as a result of the lack of accreditation Hyles-Anderson's graduates are not able to hold some professional positions that require a degree from an accredited school. For example, Hyles-Anderson's graduates are not able to become certified as teachers in public schools. Thus, the student catalog stresses that Hyles-Anderson's degrees in education are only intended to train teachers planning to teach at ''private'' Christian schools. It may also be difficult for Hyles-Anderson students to transfer their class credits if they later decide to attend an accredited college. | |||
| The schools leaders have claimed that it does not want accreditation for philosophical and doctrinal reasons. Founder ] asserted that the college remains unaccredited because the government would "take away our freedom." <ref>Hyles, Jack </ref> | |||
| The college has 38 full time educators and administrators, who have received degrees from a diverse range of both traditional universities and colleges as well as bible colleges. Each of the faculty at Hyles-Anderson has at least one degree from Hyles-Anderson College. | The college has 38 full time educators and administrators, who have received degrees from a diverse range of both traditional universities and colleges as well as bible colleges. Each of the faculty at Hyles-Anderson has at least one degree from Hyles-Anderson College. | ||
| Hyles-Anderson offers Bachelor of Science degrees in the following major concentrations: Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Assistant, Missions, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, General Studies, Music Director, and Music Education. The college offers Associate of Science degrees in Education and in Marriage and Motherhood. | Hyles-Anderson offers Bachelor of Science degrees in the following major concentrations: Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Assistant, Missions, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, General Studies, Music Director, and Music Education. The college offers Associate of Science degrees in Education and in Marriage and Motherhood. | ||
| Hyles-Anderson's catalog notes that the degrees it offers in education are not be construed as training for public school teaching. To teach in public schools, most states require that teachers graduate from an approved and accredited school. Therefore, Hyles-Anderson's degrees in education are intended to train teachers planning to teach at private Christian schools. | |||
| Hyles-Anderson's science courses include: general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, basic physics, mechanics, geology, electronics, and astronomy. | Hyles-Anderson's science courses include: general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, basic physics, mechanics, geology, electronics, and astronomy. | ||
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| The college's policies also require that women may not go off-campus unchaperoned. Young men and young ladies are not allowed to date alone in cars. Absolutely no hand holding or other intimacies are allowed between the genders. The college provides chaparones and bus trasportation for date nights. | The college's policies also require that women may not go off-campus unchaperoned. Young men and young ladies are not allowed to date alone in cars. Absolutely no hand holding or other intimacies are allowed between the genders. The college provides chaparones and bus trasportation for date nights. | ||
| All faculty, staff, and students are required to go soul winning weekly by participating in the evangelistic ministry of the ] of ]. The college claims that 10,000 new baptisms are performed each year at |
All faculty, staff, and students are required to go soul winning weekly by participating in the evangelistic ministry of the ] of ]. The college claims that 10,000 new baptisms are performed each year at the Church as a result of this ministry. | ||
| As part of the college's separatist tradition, it has strict rules that forbid what it believes are immoral acts. Therefore students are not allowed to: drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, dance, attend Hollywood movies, play cards, or participate in "other questionable amusements". The college states: "We do not fellowship with liberals, but instead take a strict separatist stand from the world and apostasy."<ref name="Catalog">. Website accessed ], ].</ref> | As part of the college's separatist tradition, it has strict rules that forbid what it believes are immoral acts. Therefore students are not allowed to: drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, dance, attend Hollywood movies, play cards, or participate in "other questionable amusements". The college states: "We do not fellowship with liberals, but instead take a strict separatist stand from the world and apostasy."<ref name="Catalog">. Website accessed ], ].</ref> | ||
| Hyles-Anderson is a supporter of the ]. The college |
Hyles-Anderson is a supporter of the ]. The college teaches that every word of the ] manuscripts, from which came the ], was inspired by God. The college also teaches that The Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. <ref name="Catalog" /> | ||
| ==Controversy and criticism== | ==Controversy and criticism== | ||
| ===Abuse and cult allegations=== | |||
| In May 1993, ] of ], ] area news team, did a story called '']'' where it followed up on allegations of child molestation."<ref name="Grand Rapids">"7 accused of abuse linked to preacher." ''The Grand Rapids Press.'' Grand Rapids, Mich. ], ]. pg. B.2</ref> The news report "began airing a six-part series Sunday night that stemmed from child sexual abuse allegations last fall against deacon Mark Foeller and associate pastor Timothy Leonard of North Sharon Baptist Church near Ann Arbor."<ref name="Grand Rapids" /> The ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' noted "the news report found seven U.S. churches - all with ties to Hyles, it said - involved in sex scandals."<ref>"Preacher has links to molest suspects." ''The San Diego Union -Tribune.'' San Diego, Calif.: ], ]. p. A.7</ref> The story pointed out that many of the preachers that were involved in sex scandels had graduated from Hyles-Anderson. | |||
| The '']'' quoted ex-Hyles follower and later critic, ], who said "Jack Hyles, runs his church in an authoritarian, almost 'cultist,' manner." <ref name="Cracks"> Ed Briggs. "Fundamentalists' House Displaying Widening Cracks" '']''. Richmond, Va.: ], ]. pg. A-9</ref> Sumner's paper "''The Biblical Evangelist'', published in ], devoted the lion's share of a 24-page issue this month to what it headlined as "''The Saddest Story We Ever Published''" detailing Nischik's charges and editor Robert Sumner's contention that Rev. Hyles has strayed from biblical teaching and into cultlike mind control.<ref>Michael Hirsley, "Pastor denies adultery, 2 other charges." '']''. Chicago, Ill.: ], ]. pg. 1</ref> According to the ''Richmond Times'' Sumner's article had over 100 allegations.<ref name="Cracks" /> Among the various allegations was that Hyles had "sex satellites" in Petersburg, Beaumont, Texas; and Anniston, Alabama".<ref name="Lucifer">"Pastor Denounces Sex Allegations as 'A Lie Spawned by Lucifer'" ''Richmond Times-Dispatch.'' Richmond, Va.: ], ]. pg. B-4</ref> | |||
| On ], ], the ''Northwest Indiana Times'' ran a story entitled ''Baptism by innuendo'', which criticized the sensationalized stories filled with innuendo that ran on WJBK-TV and WLS-TV in Chicago. The ''Times'' wrote, "If one were to take the insinuations of Detroit television station WJBK-TV seriously, one could get the impression that the First Baptist Church of Hammond is a sex-crime factory and that its pastors school in Hammond and the affiliated Hyles Anderson College in Schererville are institutions where people minor in molestation." The Times also suggested that the May ratings period, which is traditionally known for such similar sensationalized stories, was not a good enough excuse to make up for the poor journalism the stories displayed, concluding that the stories were "a monstrous overreach". The Times went on to say: "There is no large institution of any kind where some wrongdoers cannot be found. First Baptist and its affiliated institutions are no exception. To tar an entire congregation or student body and alumni with indiscriminate innuendo is highly irresponsible.".<ref name="innuendo"> '']'' ], ]</ref> Soon afterwords, Hyles gave a speech in which he disputed the latest reports point by point.<ref name="Linked">Lehmann, Daniel J. "Pastor Linked to Sex Abuse Lashes Out," '']'', ], ]. pg. 5</ref> During that speech, Hyles said that those that the report indicated had attended Hyles-Anderson College really had not even attended the school.<ref name="Linked" /> Several hundred people signed a statement supporting Hyles' in an advertisement placed in the Tuesday ], ] ''Chicago Sun-Times''.<ref name="Linked" /> | |||
| This matter also came up again in 2001 when ] ''The Channel 2 News'' at Ten on May 24, 2001 reported the actions of former Hyles-Anderson student William "Andy" Beith age thirty one was arrested in ] after a nationwide ] search pursued kidnapping and rape charges involving Beith's eleven year old student. The report noted "Former fellow Beith church members say Beith has been exposed to unorthodox religious training." When Beith was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison "The judge said Beith's strict upbringing may have been a factor in his sexually deviancy." | |||
| On May 28, 1989 '']'' reported "former associate Victor Nischik has accused Hyles (President of the college at the time) of having an affair with his former wife Jennie" and questionable financial dealings.<ref name="Charges">"Charges All Lies, Hammond Pastor Says," '']'', May 28, 1989.</ref> Pastor Hyles replied by saying the charges were "false" and "he has given 'hundreds of thousands' of dollars to needy friends over many years but has kept no records of the transactions.<ref name="Charges" /> The article also explained former deacon of the First Baptist Church, Victor Nischik accused Jack Hyles of committing adultery with Nischik's wife and Hyles' long time assistant, Jennie Nischik.<ref name="Charges" /> | |||
| Hyles also claimed Nischik was "an immoral man." Hyles said that Nischik 's wife discovered him alone in his pajamas with another woman and soon after Nischik's wife divorced him.<ref name="Charges" /> Hyles also responded to the charges of financial impropriety by pointing out that his salary was only $18,308 in year. He said, "I'm not a wealthy man...I could have been, but I have chosen not to be." Hyles pointed out that the Nischiks and other workers and needy friends regularly received many gifts from himself, including new cars.<ref name="Charges" /> Hyles replied by saying the charges were "false" and indicating that "he has given 'hundreds of thousands' of dollars to needy friends over many years but has kept no records of the transactions." Hyles was not ever charged with a crime. <ref name="Charges" /> | |||
| The '']'' reported that ], a ], ] news team, in 1993 following up on allegations in five different fundamentalist churches of children molested by church workers, traced each alleged perpetrator back to Hyles-Anderson college.<ref> "Pastor Linked to Sex Abuse Lashes Out," '']'', June 2, 1993.</ref> This news team produced a 30-minute documentary called '']'' for the Detroit Michigan Eyewitness News program.<ref name="PFTP"> '']'' May 28, 1993 </ref> The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' reported that Hyles "disputed the latest reports point by point in a speech to Midwest ministers and businessmen, brought together by COMPASSION - Churches Organized & Mobilized for Preservation and Safety for Sunday Schools in Our Nation." Hyles also claimed out that one of the people in the report said to have attended Hyles-Anderson College had not really attended the school. | |||
| === Combs' child abuse=== | |||
| Reverend Joseph Combs and his wife, Evangeline Lopez Combs were members of First Baptist Church of Hammond and Combs was also a professor at Hyles-Anderson College.<ref name="Unusual">Becky Campbell. "Experts say Combs child abuse case unusual," The Associated Press, April 7, 2000.</ref>. The two adopted Esther Combs, who "experts" say was "tortured" for nearly 20 years. "The 410 scars she accumulated from curling iron burns, baseball bat beatings and other abuse went undetected because she was in the care of a minister and his wife, who used a cloak of religion and home schooling to isolate her."<ref>Esther Combs faces the woman she called mother and asks: Why?. The Associated Press. 25 April 2000.</ref> While one babysitter testified "that they suspected Esther was mistreated but didn't want to contradict Combs, who had been their Bible professor at Hyles Anderson College."<ref name="Unusual" />Furthermore, another babysitter testified she "reported her suspicions to the college president, but apparently nothing was done, she said."<ref name="Unusual" /> In 1986, Combs moved to Florida to start a church. After accusations of abuse, they moved to Tennessee. There they were charged in 1998 and convicted in 2000 of kidnapping, child abuse and aggravated assault. | Reverend Joseph Combs and his wife, Evangeline Lopez Combs were members of First Baptist Church of Hammond and Combs was also a professor at Hyles-Anderson College.<ref name="Unusual">Becky Campbell. "Experts say Combs child abuse case unusual," The Associated Press, April 7, 2000.</ref>. The two adopted Esther Combs, who "experts" say was "tortured" for nearly 20 years. "The 410 scars she accumulated from curling iron burns, baseball bat beatings and other abuse went undetected because she was in the care of a minister and his wife, who used a cloak of religion and home schooling to isolate her."<ref>Esther Combs faces the woman she called mother and asks: Why?. The Associated Press. 25 April 2000.</ref> While one babysitter testified "that they suspected Esther was mistreated but didn't want to contradict Combs, who had been their Bible professor at Hyles Anderson College."<ref name="Unusual" />Furthermore, another babysitter testified she "reported her suspicions to the college president, but apparently nothing was done, she said."<ref name="Unusual" /> In 1986, Combs moved to Florida to start a church. After accusations of abuse, they moved to Tennessee. There they were charged in 1998 and convicted in 2000 of kidnapping, child abuse and aggravated assault. | ||
| ===Merrillville Homes=== | |||
| The '']'' reported three former Hyles-Anderson students where arrested for a burglary "rampage" in January 2004 after the President of the college helped obtain a confession from two former students.<ref name="Burglaries"> Deborah Laverty. '']'' April 22, 2004</ref> A realtor entered a Merrillville house she was selling only to find several times missing. She was later contacted by James Clement Jr., attorney for the First Baptist Church of Hammond, and said "he had received information about the Merrillville burglary from church officials."<ref name="Burglaries" /> Two of the former students confessed to school president Jack Schaap. One of the former students charged in the crime was charged with rape with a fourteen year old, but the rape charge was dropped and he plead guilty to burglary.<ref name="Rape"> Deborah Laverty. '']'' December 22, 2004 </ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| *– Official Web Site | *– Official Web Site | ||
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| Hyles-Anderson College | |
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| Established | 1972 |
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| School type | Private/Unaccredited |
| President | Wendell Evans |
| Location | unincorporated St. John Township, Indiana, United States |
| Campus | 8400 Burr Street Crown Point, Indiana 46307 United States |
| Enrollment | approximately 1700 |
| Faculty | 38 full time |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Mascot | Bagpiper |
| Homepage | www.hylesanderson.com |
Hyles-Anderson College is an unaccredited Bible college in unincorporated St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, with a physical address at 8400 Burr Street, Crown Point, Indiana. The college is operated by First Baptist Church of Hammond. It focuses primarily on training pastors, missionairies and other church workers. It also trains Christian educators to work in K-12 Christian schools. The partially-wooded 100 acre (40 hectare) campus includes a lake, football field, bowling alley, and a variety of school and entertainment resources.
History
Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by the late Jack Hyles with financial support from Russell Anderson. The college's website states that it was established so that pastors, assistant pastors, bus directors, missionaries, music leaders, teachers, and principals may be better equipped to do the work of the Lord. The school was originally located on a campus known as Baptist City in Schererville, Indiana. HAC's former campus was turned into Hammond Baptist K-12 school. This school is also operated by the First Baptist Church of Hammond. After his death, Hyles, who was the school's chancellor, was succeeded by his son-in-law, Jack Schaap, a graduate and former vice president of the school.
Academics and accreditation
Hyles Anderson College is not accredited by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions. Students at Hyles-Anderson are ineligible to participate in any federally funded loan or grant programs and other federal programs for students. Also, as a result of the lack of accreditation Hyles-Anderson's graduates are not able to hold some professional positions that require a degree from an accredited school. For example, Hyles-Anderson's graduates are not able to become certified as teachers in public schools. Thus, the student catalog stresses that Hyles-Anderson's degrees in education are only intended to train teachers planning to teach at private Christian schools. It may also be difficult for Hyles-Anderson students to transfer their class credits if they later decide to attend an accredited college.
The schools leaders have claimed that it does not want accreditation for philosophical and doctrinal reasons. Founder Jack Hyles asserted that the college remains unaccredited because the government would "take away our freedom."
The college has 38 full time educators and administrators, who have received degrees from a diverse range of both traditional universities and colleges as well as bible colleges. Each of the faculty at Hyles-Anderson has at least one degree from Hyles-Anderson College.
Hyles-Anderson offers Bachelor of Science degrees in the following major concentrations: Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Assistant, Missions, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, General Studies, Music Director, and Music Education. The college offers Associate of Science degrees in Education and in Marriage and Motherhood.
Hyles-Anderson's science courses include: general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, basic physics, mechanics, geology, electronics, and astronomy.
Policies
Hyle-Anderson has a dress code that says that girls may not wear skirts above the knees. Men must wear neckties to class and keep their hair cut short.
The college's policies also require that women may not go off-campus unchaperoned. Young men and young ladies are not allowed to date alone in cars. Absolutely no hand holding or other intimacies are allowed between the genders. The college provides chaparones and bus trasportation for date nights.
All faculty, staff, and students are required to go soul winning weekly by participating in the evangelistic ministry of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana. The college claims that 10,000 new baptisms are performed each year at the Church as a result of this ministry.
As part of the college's separatist tradition, it has strict rules that forbid what it believes are immoral acts. Therefore students are not allowed to: drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, dance, attend Hollywood movies, play cards, or participate in "other questionable amusements". The college states: "We do not fellowship with liberals, but instead take a strict separatist stand from the world and apostasy."
Hyles-Anderson is a supporter of the King-James-Only Movement. The college teaches that every word of the Textus Receptus manuscripts, from which came the King James Bible, was inspired by God. The college also teaches that The Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice.
Controversy and criticism
In May 1993, WJBK of Detroit, Michigan area news team, did a story called Preying from the Pulpit where it followed up on allegations of child molestation." The news report "began airing a six-part series Sunday night that stemmed from child sexual abuse allegations last fall against deacon Mark Foeller and associate pastor Timothy Leonard of North Sharon Baptist Church near Ann Arbor." The San Diego Union-Tribune noted "the news report found seven U.S. churches - all with ties to Hyles, it said - involved in sex scandals." The story pointed out that many of the preachers that were involved in sex scandels had graduated from Hyles-Anderson.
On May 19, 1993, the Northwest Indiana Times ran a story entitled Baptism by innuendo, which criticized the sensationalized stories filled with innuendo that ran on WJBK-TV and WLS-TV in Chicago. The Times wrote, "If one were to take the insinuations of Detroit television station WJBK-TV seriously, one could get the impression that the First Baptist Church of Hammond is a sex-crime factory and that its pastors school in Hammond and the affiliated Hyles Anderson College in Schererville are institutions where people minor in molestation." The Times also suggested that the May ratings period, which is traditionally known for such similar sensationalized stories, was not a good enough excuse to make up for the poor journalism the stories displayed, concluding that the stories were "a monstrous overreach". The Times went on to say: "There is no large institution of any kind where some wrongdoers cannot be found. First Baptist and its affiliated institutions are no exception. To tar an entire congregation or student body and alumni with indiscriminate innuendo is highly irresponsible.". Soon afterwords, Hyles gave a speech in which he disputed the latest reports point by point. During that speech, Hyles said that those that the report indicated had attended Hyles-Anderson College really had not even attended the school. Several hundred people signed a statement supporting Hyles' in an advertisement placed in the Tuesday June 1, 2003 Chicago Sun-Times.
Reverend Joseph Combs and his wife, Evangeline Lopez Combs were members of First Baptist Church of Hammond and Combs was also a professor at Hyles-Anderson College.. The two adopted Esther Combs, who "experts" say was "tortured" for nearly 20 years. "The 410 scars she accumulated from curling iron burns, baseball bat beatings and other abuse went undetected because she was in the care of a minister and his wife, who used a cloak of religion and home schooling to isolate her." While one babysitter testified "that they suspected Esther was mistreated but didn't want to contradict Combs, who had been their Bible professor at Hyles Anderson College."Furthermore, another babysitter testified she "reported her suspicions to the college president, but apparently nothing was done, she said." In 1986, Combs moved to Florida to start a church. After accusations of abuse, they moved to Tennessee. There they were charged in 1998 and convicted in 2000 of kidnapping, child abuse and aggravated assault.
References
- CHEA - accreditation database
- U.S. Dept. of Education Accreditation in the United States - an information resource
- Hyles, Jack The Five Churches, Chpt. 15
- ^ Hyles-Anderson Catalog. Website accessed May 25, 2006.
- ^ "7 accused of abuse linked to preacher." The Grand Rapids Press. Grand Rapids, Mich. May 17, 1993. pg. B.2
- "Preacher has links to molest suspects." The San Diego Union -Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: May 17, 1993. p. A.7
- Baptism by innuendo Northwest Indiana Times May 19, 1993
- ^ Lehmann, Daniel J. "Pastor Linked to Sex Abuse Lashes Out," Chicago Sun-Times, June 2, 1993. pg. 5
- ^ Becky Campbell. "Experts say Combs child abuse case unusual," The Associated Press, April 7, 2000.
- Esther Combs faces the woman she called mother and asks: Why?. The Associated Press. 25 April 2000.
Alumni
- Jack Schaap - (BA 1978; MA, 1979) - Chancellor of Hyles-Anderson College
See also
External links
- Hyles-Anderson College– Official Web Site