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 August 1959 until his death. He was 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. 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's death, 20,000 people were attending church services and Sunday school each week.

25 September 1926

Born on the same birth date (25 September 1926): Aldo Ray

Born on the same birth day (25 September): Aldo Ray • Amyr Klink • Bob McAdoo • Charles Maturin • Feroz Khan (actor) • Frederick William II of Prussia • Gil Morgan • Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont • Jeon Soo-il • Johann Nikolaus Hanff • Ken Forsse • Luanne Rice • Ludo Coeck • Mehmet Aslantuğ • Ricardo Gardner • Steve Mackay • Udumalai Narayana Kavi • Vladimir Yevtushenkov • Zucchero Fornaciari

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