Hellow to all you readers and welcome to this site. This site is an expose of false leadership. This site is meant to protect integrity in our churches and to warn naive Christians that are following a man and not following God.
There are too many novice pastors who in my opinion should step down from the pulpit and quit hurting the cause of Christ.
I am trying to encourage integrity and character back to the pulpit and to church members. I feel that many false prophets and leaders have penetrated our christian churches and have become provocateurs to make Jesus Christ look bad.
If you are a non believer and are reading this site I want you to understand that just because a person calls themselves a christian or pastor does not mean they are one. The only one that truly represents the truth and Christianity is Gods Son Jesus Christ and no matter what someone is doing or saying in the name of Christianity it is the Gods word that we use as our moral/truth compass.
Westboro Baptist church of Topeka Kansas is a false church and does not speak for me or any other real Christian and is an embarrassment. Hyles Anderson and Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church Tempe, Arizona and anyone affiliated with them does not speak for me, Jesus Christ or any other real Christian. They are what you call provocateurs.
I believe that true Christians need to start reading the Bible in its entirety so that we understand what it is really teaching so that we get a balanced view of the scriptures so that we do not follow false leadership.
"2 Cor 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
I believe absolutely that Satan is rearing up false church leaders to become provocateurs masquerading as God called pastors. Just because a man has the pulpit and has the position of pastor does not mean that he was called to that position.
(Jer 10:21 KJV) For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
(Jer 12:10 KJV) Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
(Jer 22:22 KJV) The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
(Jer 23:1-2 KJV) Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. {2} Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Just so you know that I have no axe to grind. I to am an Independent Fundamental Baptist. I am ashamed as to what has happened in the name of Baptist churches in the last 100 years or so. God will not put up with pastors that are just hobby-horsing a church and using Gods pulpit to teach opinions and to preach at people out of irritation. I know the church that we fled from, the only people that chose to see the problems were the ones who were in the line of fire but the ones who were not in the line of fire it was like, "I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing..." They just acted like everyone is fine and one person had a real self-rightous attitude and all that would ever come out of his mouth was "isn't God great, isn't God Wonderful". It was almost as if he was prerecorded just to impress the pastor to become the pastors pet in the church.
I am just going to come clean and admit I am not the best writer. I did not create this site to win a grammar prize. this site is meant to be informational and to make being an unqualified pastor an unpopular thing to be. Those who are open to the truth will glean a lot of knowledge from this site. This is a site for those who are searching for truth and relief; yes there are others who are seeing what is really going on and not all of us are closing our eyes to the truth.
I have searched all over the internet and I have not found a site that specializes in IFB pastor abuse to the extent that this one does. I feel that I am very upbeat on this subject because I have been very involved in the IFB movement. I have seen things that are not good. And one reason for that is because the IFB considers itself to be the most doctrinally correct of all the churches. They are the ones who think they do it all by the book never wavering. The most fundamental the most conservative. They hold the candle of truth and will do anything to prevent someone from trying to blow it out. They usually are Independent Baptist Churches that boast and brag about being King James only, separated and soul winning. To uphold such a reputation they will grasp at any straw to keep that reputation, even if it means to uphold tradition and trust in big numbers unwittingly becoming exactly what they profess not to be. What might that be? Liberal, compromising, Purpose Driven, even Catholic etc. Some of these IFB churches just become a place for angry spirits for pastors to get things off their chests, sort of a "Soap Box" from behind the pulpit and call it "Hard Preaching". The second reason is because in many IFB churches the pastor has no one to be accountable to, even if there is some kind of statement about pastor accountability in the churches constitution. No one dares to challenge the pastor because that would be like challenging God himself! I personally knew a few IFB pastors that have said right to my face that "no one questions anything I do or say". Anyone with any common sense knows that someone like that has something to hide and they do not want their evil works exposed. Pr 16:18 ¶ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
1Ti 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
I hate to say it but there are too many of these IFB pastors that cannot relate to people, life and situations. It is there way or the highway. Many of them have never really been out in the work place to know what it is really like to hold down a full time job and have to really work hard 5 or 6 days a week. And yet they have this "right to entitlement philosophy" that everyone serves them to build a big church and get big numbers even if it means getting rough and ugly and exaggerating stories and becoming like a Hollywood actor behind the pulpit telling inflated stories about themselves and having an inflated opinion about themselves. These false behaviors usually come from the Jack Hyles school of philosophy, the Heartland Baptist Bible College and the John Frank Norris mentality. I urge you the reader to stay away from these schools and false philosophy's of men. They need to be boycotted. These types of ungodly behavior have produced corrupted seed and I have seen it first hand. As some people like to say it"Been Their Done That". So I write with some expertise on this subject.
I also have been a victim to pastor abuse.
"Pastor, what kind of church do you have? Christ centered or man centered? On whom do the people dote, you or Christ? Who will your members react most angry towards: one who is disloyal to God, or you?
Church member, do you get as angry at the brother who falls into sin and is disloyal to God as you are with the one who is perceived by you as being disloyal to your pastor? Which do you treat kinder? Who are you quicker to forgive: the brother who sinned against your pastor or the brother who sinned against God?
I'm convinced there is more idolatry going on within the ranks of Christianity, particularly fundamentalism, than ever in the history of the church. I'm convinced that if Christians don't start to think and begin to change their attitudes and re-examine their feelings and behavior towards certain people within their midst, God is going to judge (and already has) us terribly".
I did not write that above quote but whoever did has their "ducks in a row". My wife and I fled from a church that was just like that described above. There was more then just one member in that church that was living in sin and no one says anything about it but one person dares to challenge the pastors bad behavior and you would have thought he had just shoot the "sacred cow".
I want to level with you the reader. I realize that none of us are perfect and that there is no such thing as a perfect pastor. I am far from perfect myself. I realize that I am not always right either and I to make alot of mistakes. However that is beside the point. For example if you are a car mechanic you are expected to be able to work on cars and do it right. If you are a police officer you are expected to obey the laws and be honest. Can you imagine seeing a police officer in uniform rob a bank in you minds eye? I cannot either. Whatever your calling or occupation, you are expected to meet some qualifications. So by the same token if you are a pastor you are expected to meet some qualifications mentioned in the Bible. Just like any other calling or carrier there are certain reasonable expectations that are expected of you as a pastor.
I am a scientist. There are certain expectations (qualifications) of me and if I do not meet those expectations (qualifications) then I need to either change or step down. Just because a person is a pastor that does not mean they were called or qualified to be a pastor. Just because a person has the position of pastor does not mean God put him their. Some pastors are self appointed.
Pastor you are the servant not the boss! If you think you are the boss then it is time to either repent or step down. I have learned after working under the authority of many people and even being a supervisor myself that it does not take any brains to be a boss. But it takes a lot wisdom to be a leader. Many so called IFB churches have bosses not leaders.
The other thing I am trying to do is to show people that the fundamentalist movement of the early 1900s was pretty much the Trojan horse. It was false with a lot of novice and false leaders that were never fundamental but were just liberal that never really believed the Bible as they claimed to do. They left expository preaching to teach their own spin,hobbyhorse their own beliefs under the guise of fundamentalism; and just using the pulpit to get things off their chests. They have become like the Pharisees who try and clean up the outside and lack wisdom and Biblical teaching on how to clean up the inside first like the Bible teaches. I believe that some of the IFBs are made up of angry bitter men that pretty much teach that God is angry hiding behind every corner just waiting for you to mess up and then get you and nail you to the wall. That is not the true God of the Bible. That is a false god. That is why so many people today are leaving churches. That is all I am saying, and that is what this whole site is dedicated to, is to make this type of behavior very unpopular. If you are not a deceiver or liar, or a charlatan then I think you can respect that and you should not have a problem with this site.
Sometimes the more people talk the more they expose who they really are. You will find that most people who defend people like Jack Hyles, John Frank Norris, etc. are Purpose Driven or Emergent church. Because all they can do is say, "How can you criticize a pastor who has built the biggest church, won more souls and baptized more people". Well all I have to say is then be sure your sins will find you out for talking too much. You have just let the cat out of the bag. These guys are really no different then Rick Warren and the Purpose Driven church. All they think about is numbers to justify themselves and then they compare themselves by themselves. 2Co 10:12 ¶ For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. They try to compete and impress each other.
My friend if you are unsaved and reading this website I want you to know that God loves you so much that he sent His Son Jesus Christ to the cross in your place so that if you receive Jesus Christ by faith then Jesus will save you from your sins just like he did the thief on the cross. It is true that Jesus judges sin but he is not going to thump and pound on you every time you mess up. Jesus is a loving Father that only wants the best for his children. You can become one of his children right now. All you have to do is receive Him, admit that you are a sinner and ask Jesus to come into your heart and Jesus is faithful to save you. Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
2Timothy1: 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Many of these pastors demand respect and do not earn it because of spiritual defects in their lives. Many of these pastors experienced a lot of trauma growing up and never repented of the sins of their fathers. Many of these pastors have a "Holier then thou attitude" so you do not question anything they do or say. They put a hedge around them so they cannot be examined or held accountable. Many of these pastors are humanists in practice. Some want to be called Rev. so and so. The only name to be reverenced is Jesus Christ. Not your pastor, deacon, Sunday school teacher etc.
This site is dedicated to the ethical treatment of church members and the unsaved so that they can see Christ through us.
We encourage all readers to boycott Hyles Anderson college; any church that would support Hyles Anderson college and any church that honors people like Jack Hyles, Dr John Frank Norris (who murdered a man in cold blood in his church office). Anyone condoning these novices has to be naive. They are clearly what has become wrong with America.
I started this site because I believe that there are serious problems in some (IFB) Independent "Fundamental" Baptist churches that need to be addressed.
Someone might think that this site may cause division. Jesus caused division and you cannot have multiplication without division.
Many of these churches are being hijacked by novice and false pastors. I am an IFB and I am ashamed of what is going on in many of these churches in the name (only) of pastoral leadership. Some of these so called IFB pastors are not leaders but are narcissistic. Note of qualification I realize these problems are also occurring in other kinds of denominations as well. Because I am IFB I hold them accountable.
Some of these pastors grew up in dysfunctional homes were they did not have a good father son relationship where the father was harsh with his tongue and very abusive and impatient. So the child grew up very insecure. Not having his basic mental and spiritual needs meet. Some of these sons that grew up in these types of homes can behave very kind but if you challenge them in any way they will become very vengeful. These types of men have very little feelings for there victims that they make. They will create casualties with no remorse. They will get back and play dirty to anyone who they think crosses them and if they become a pastor of a church they will justify their actions because they are the "pastor" and the "man of God" is only doing what he is being led to do. This is why many IBF churches are in trouble today. This is one of the main reasons for low church attendance, unnecessary offenses, and lack of spiritual growth; therefore it is hard to find an IFB church that has good preaching. You will notice that very little good books are being written by IFB pastors these days. They do very little personal Bible study and self examination.
I believe these type of men like to find IFB churches to pastor because they do not want anyone over them telling them what to do. They hide behind a lie behaving as though everyone needs to respect and obey (them) authority when in reality they are the ones in rebellion. They many times over emphasize obeying the pastor and rarely emphasize obeying Jesus Christ. You can only serve one master
You see I am like Candice Lightner this is the lady who started MADD in 1980 after her daughter was murdered by a drunk driver. People have been getting killed by drunk drivers ever since the invention of the automobile. Finally the wrong person was killed by a dunk driver and this mother said it was enough and she went out to do something about it. Clarence Busch, was the man who killed an innocent little girl.
Well, you could say that I was the wrong one for a pastor to bully my wife and I and even worse then that this pastor lied while candidating to become the pastor of my old church. So I am going to do something about it.
I believe that this information needs to get out there into the mainstream to get people to become more aware as to what is happening to especially IFB churches and that many false and novice pastors are in them and to get church members to stop attending churches where the pastor has turned the church into a cult.
Baptists view their pastors more as “servants” than as “rulers.” We do so for at least two reasons. First, we believe Jesus was serious when he said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It is not so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.” (Matt. 20:25-27)
Some IFB pastors treat the congregation as though the congregation is there for them to build their kingdom.
The second reason is that we view every believer as a priest to others. Each believer must give an account to God for the care they give and the watch they keep over the souls of others. When Jesus described God’s judgment the “goats” were those who expected someone else to do the work of ministry. The “sheep” were all faithful ministers. They fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, clothed the naked, showed hospitality to strangers, and visited the sick and imprisoned. (Matt. 25:31-46; cf. Hebrews 10:19-25) Dr. Day is wrong to say, “No layman will face this kind of accountability.
Dr. Day is also wrong to think that God expects laymen to blindly follow dictatorial, abusive pastors. Scripture clearly advises against it, “Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 Jn 4:1)
Baptists should be testing their pastors to see if they are more concerned with asserting authority than with exercising servanthood.
Spiritual abuse happens when dysfunctional people (or people who have a dysfunctional view of God, faith, religion) are given more authority than they should be. Often spiritual abuse is “pastor driven” (meaning the pastor primarily encourages/promotes abusive situations), but sometimes it can be driven by one or more “church leaders.”
Most people in these types of churches have a view of Christianity that I call “employee” based. They act as if God is a strict, results oriented, low tolerance employer and we are all his employees. If we do a good job, he’s pleased with us. If we do a bad job, he might fire us.
Hyles' greatest crime was teaching his preacher boys to abandon expository preaching IMO. By stripping the Bible as the center of preaching, all kinds of "Hylesology" was able to spew from the pulpit and into print. Then to protect himself, Hyles would draw an imaginary box around his pulpit and say: "This is mine!" Fundamentalism of his stripe is completely off the rails today because THE central issue of Biblical preaching was thrown out the window years ago, and now all kinds of man made philosophies and doctrines rule!
Come back soon I will be placing more articles and what happened to me
http://www.biblicalevangelist.org/pdf/thejackhylesstory.pdfLook at the picture below do you notice anything missing? If you are a thinking person who pays attention to detail you will notice he is without the word of God. It is common sense that is where the authority comes from to preach. This is what happened when expository preaching was done away with so that pseudo preachers could preach their own spin on things. This is what happens when people abandon the Bible as their central focus. I am afraid that the modern fundamentalism of the early 20th century was not as fundamental as previously thought. A true fundamentalist has a Bible in hand and the Bible is preached one verse at a time and backs itself up. The whole council of God is then preached. Building a whole sermon on one or two versus of scripture and telling alot of stories (especially to lift up one-self) has done much damage and it has caused humanistic teaching and the dumbing down of the Bible.
2 Timothy 3:5
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