| Baptist Pastor, Author, Large Church Promoter - to |
-| Although, Jack Hyles began preaching at the age of nineteen, his first pastorates in Texas did not bring him any particular notice until he burst forth onto the scene at the Miller Road Baptist Church of Garland, Texas. It was there that the then young pastor came to the forefront in the fundamental Baptist movement due to his leadership in building a large Sunday school ministry and getting his first sermons published. He saw the church grow from a membership of 44 to over 4, during his seven year long pastorate. | |
From there, Hyles was called to First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana ( to ). The steel mills of the midwest were quite a change from the flat lands and culture of the Lone Star state. Not only did Hyles take over a rather flamboyant ministry supported by the elite of the city but one that was tied into a convention that he thought to be too lib
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