Blog on the Lillypad
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Updates on the Godfrey Letter
Part Eleven is now posted on the FFF. Back in the heyday of Jack Hyles, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond IN and founder of Hyles-Anderson College (an unaccredited Bible college specializing in WAHOO theology), George Godfrey was a prominent member of the college staff. Godfrey left in the good graces of Hyles to go out on the road as an evangelist. As rumors of scandal continued to mount, and stories got around about sexual misconduct from Jack and gross sexual sins committed by Jack's son, Dave Hyles (who served as youth pastor), Godfrey mailed out a letter to a select circle of former faculty and staff and graduates. The Godfrey Letter was one of the first serious attempts to call Hyles to accountability. A fellow named Thornhill is posting the letter a section at a time on the Hyles-Anderson Forum of the Fighting Fundamentalist Forums. Here is the list of links so far:
Some desperate "Hyles hundred percenters" who oppose the publishing of documentation about the gross scandals of Jack Hyles and his gang are posting screen-name "Look-alikes" on the FFF. So somebody on the FFF is now imitating Thornhill and posting as "Thornhilll" (3 L's). And TheWestBalcony is being spoofed by "TheWestBalconny" (2 n's). Some people have suggested it's Dave Hyles who is doing the name spoofing. I don't know. Experience has shown that almost any hundred percenter is capable of almost anything to keep his idol Jack on his pedestal. If you visit the FFF, bear in mind that the name spoofing is going on. Some very good people are being misrepresented by some very bad people.
Part Eleven is now posted on the FFF. Back in the heyday of Jack Hyles, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond IN and founder of Hyles-Anderson College (an unaccredited Bible college specializing in WAHOO theology), George Godfrey was a prominent member of the college staff. Godfrey left in the good graces of Hyles to go out on the road as an evangelist. As rumors of scandal continued to mount, and stories got around about sexual misconduct from Jack and gross sexual sins committed by Jack's son, Dave Hyles (who served as youth pastor), Godfrey mailed out a letter to a select circle of former faculty and staff and graduates. The Godfrey Letter was one of the first serious attempts to call Hyles to accountability. A fellow named Thornhill is posting the letter a section at a time on the Hyles-Anderson Forum of the Fighting Fundamentalist Forums. Here is the list of links so far:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
Part Ten
Part Eleven
Some desperate "Hyles hundred percenters" who oppose the publishing of documentation about the gross scandals of Jack Hyles and his gang are posting screen-name "Look-alikes" on the FFF. So somebody on the FFF is now imitating Thornhill and posting as "Thornhilll" (3 L's). And TheWestBalcony is being spoofed by "TheWestBalconny" (2 n's). Some people have suggested it's Dave Hyles who is doing the name spoofing. I don't know. Experience has shown that almost any hundred percenter is capable of almost anything to keep his idol Jack on his pedestal. If you visit the FFF, bear in mind that the name spoofing is going on. Some very good people are being misrepresented by some very bad people.
