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Jack Hyles

Jack Hyles


Jack Frasure Hyles was a leading figure in the Independent Baptist movement, having pastored the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond, Indiana, from 1959 until his death. He was also well-known for being an innovator of the church bus ministry that brought thousands of people each week from surrounding towns to Hammond for services.

Jack Hyles built First Baptist up from fewer than a thousand members to a membership of 100,000. In 1993 and again in 1994, it was reported that 20,000 people attended First Baptist every Sunday, making it the most attended Baptist church in the United States. In 2001, at the time of Hyles death, 20,000 people were attending church services and Sunday school each week.

He authored a number of books with instructions on various aspects of the ministry, including building both churches and Sunday schools. He was one of the twentieth century's most influential voices in fundamentalism.
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Jack Hyles

Soul Winning

Let's Go Soul Winning Step-By-Step Lessons on How To Win A Soul To Christ Here are simple step-by-step lessons in exactly how to lead a soul to Christ. They have been given in great soul-winning conferences all over America and have made many average Christians into amazingly effective soul winners.... Read More
Jack Hyles

Sowing, Growing and Knowing the Tares

"...Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn." Matt. 13:30 Let us read, in the 13th chapter of Matthew, the parable of the tares as given by the Lord Jesus. "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is l... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Christian's Hate Life

General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, once said he feared the day when the Salvation Army would have a salvation without regeneration, faith without repentance, and Heaven without Hell. He could have added "love without hate," for it is impossible to have true love without hate. One cann... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Determinate Counsel

"Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hand... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Great White Throne

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead w... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Salvation of a Nation

II Chronicles 7:14, “If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Leviticus 2:13, “And every oblation of thy meat-offering shall th... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Simplicity of Salvation

(A Sermon Preached in the First Baptist Church of Hammond) "...The Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the Word of faith, which we preach." (Romans 10:8) How easy it is to become a Christian! Occasionally someone will say, "Brother Hyles, you make it so easy to be saved.... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Teacher or the "Teacher-Type"

"My pastor is not very interesting as a speaker. He is more the 'teacher-type.' " 'This little statement was made to me by a lady with whom I was talking about the Lord's work. This statement is typical of many similar ones which I hear from coast to coast. If a person is uninteresting, he is the "t... Read More
Jack Hyles

The Treasure is in a Field

Matthew 13:36-44 "Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house; and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the... Read More
Jack Hyles

To Hell and Back

Tonight I close the series of messages on the Second Coming by giving a rather detailed Bible study on the subject of Hell. Now I will not necessarily preach an evangelistic sermon; rather, I would like to acquaint you with Hell and explain exactly what the Bible teaches about it, using twenty-two d... Read More
Jack Hyles

Why the Blood Saves

A preacher made some careless statements about the blood of Jesus. I'm not going to make any attack on him, but I want you to know what the blood of Jesus is all about. Tonight I'm going to teach you why the blood saves. Hebrews 9:1-10 talks about the tabernacle in the wilderness on earth. Now it go... Read More
Jack Hyles

Woman, the Completer

Genesis 2:21-24, "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones... Read More

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