Jack Frasure Hyles ( September 25 , 1926 -- February 6 , 2001 ) was a leading figure in the Independent Baptist movement , having pastored the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond , Indiana , from 1959 until his death .
Jack Frasure Hyles ( September 25 , 1926 - February 6 , 2001 ) was a important person in the independent Baptist movement . He was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond , Indiana from 1959 until his death in 2001 .