HAMMOND (IN)
Christian Post
By Ed Stetzer, Christian Post Guest Columnist
August 4, 2012
Jack Schaap was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, the largest Independent Fundamental Baptist church in America. If you do not know his name, you may know the name of the church’s founder and his father-in-law, legendary fundamentalist, Jack Hyles.
Schaap has been caught up in what many are calling an “adultery scandal” and was fired this week. Yet, what many are missing is particularly important and requires immediate change.
It is time to stop calling this “adultery” and time to call it what it is, “abuse.”
If you’re not familiar with the situation, here’s a short recap from The Chicago Tribune:
An evangelical megachurch pastor has lost his job and is being investigated by the Lake County, Ind., Sheriff’s Department after admitting that he had an “improper relationship” with a young woman, a spokesman for First Baptist Church of Hammond said.
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