Jack Schaap

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Jack Schaap (born October 1, 1957) is the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, and is a graduate and Chancellor of Hyles-Anderson College (an unaccredited bible college) in Indiana.

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[edit] Biography

Jack Schaap was born into a middle-class working family in Michigan. Schaap says that his family provided him with "a very secure home, where he learned strong family values." Schaap says that he was led to Christ at the age of five by his sister, Kristi, as he sat on the edge of the bathtub. [1]

When he was in junior high and high school, he worked with his dad in construction trade, where he says that he learned the value of hard work. During this time he said his father became his best friend. [1]

He attended Pillsbury Baptist Bible College for one and a half years, but after his home preacher pointed him to Hyles-Anderson College, he changed schools and enrolled there in January 1977. Shortly after his arrival at the college he met and started dating his current wife, Cindy Hyles. Schaap graduated from college in May of 1978 with his bachelor’s degree.

He received his master’s degree in May 1979. On June 1, 1979, Jack Schaap and Cindy Hyles were married. He began teaching Bible classes and English at Hyles-Anderson College that fall. He later became an assistant to the president. Then in the spring of 1996, he became vice president at Hyles-Anderson. On March 7, 2001, Jack Schaap became pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, following the death of his father-in-law, Jack Hyles.

[edit] Degree

The 2006-2007 Hyles-Anderson College Course Catalog and the official biography of Schaap on their website both say that Schaap received a D.D. degree from the school.[2][1] While the course catalog does not ever mention a doctoral program, nor the requirements for obtaining a D.D., the catalog does show that 11 current faculty members at the school have been granted a D.D. from the college.[2] -These are honorary degrees, granted for sundry reasons, NOT earned.

[edit] Teachings

In Jack Schaap's book on Marriage, titled Divine Intimacy (published by Hyles Publications, 2005), Schaap teaches that when a Baptist takes Holy Communion, he is not taking the Body and Blood of Christ, but is engaging in "Spiritual Sex" with God.[3] He also teaches that the Independent Fundamental Baptist - as the Bride of Christ - is the female corresponding to the male of Christ.[4] Another baptist belief brought up in chapter 3 is that when the wife lays back and receives her husbands sperm, she is by that action saying "Christ by this act I am receiving You."[5] He also makes the claim that the Word translated as "laid" in Psalm 119:30 (I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgements have I LAID before me...) means sexual intercourse.[6] Schaap then make the claim that in Psalm 119:31 (I have STUCK unto thy testimonies...) the word Stuck means the act of a man entering his wife.[7] These claims are not correct when one examines the Hebrew words used in the original text.

[edit] Headlines

Schaap made the news after two former Hyles-Anderson students were charged in March 2004 for two counts each of burglary and theft. The director of security of Hyles-Anderson revealed to police that a confession was made during a meeting with Schaap and the former students.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c About Us: The Administration of Hyles-Anderson College: Jack Schaap, Hyles-Anderson College biography of Schaap.
  2. ^ a b Hyles-Anderson College 2006-2007 Course Catalog (accessed 15 September 2006)
  3. ^ Marriage: The Divine Intimacy - Hyles Publications, 2005 page 42 pp3
  4. ^ Marriage: The Divine Intimacy - Hyles Publications, 2005 page 42 pp3
  5. ^ Marriage: The Divine Intimacy - Hyles Publications, 2005 page 43 pp1
  6. ^ Marriage: The Divine Intimacy - Hyles Publications, 2005 page 44 pp2
  7. ^ Marriage: The Divine Intimacy - Hyles Publications, 2005 page 44 pp3
  8. ^ Laverty, Deborah. "Officials charge ex-Hyles students in burglaries", Northwest Times, April 22, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.

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