A Publication of the Hyles-Anderson College Alumni Association

Fall 2010
Alumni Magazine
 From the
FAamily T ies
lumni Magazine
Editor
Hello to all the Alumni of “the College”,
Recently I was on the phone with a pastor planning
a Youth Conference. He had called and asked for
some promotional material that he could give to the
teenagers who would be attending his conference.
I was returning his call and when he answered the
phone I introduced myself, giving him my name and
In this Issue
I said I was from the college. What I had forgot-
ten was that this pastor was an alumnus of another

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Bible college. He laughed and said, “Oh, you’re
from “THE COLLEGE” are you. I very quickly
apologized and we both enjoyed a little fun with my
presumptuousness. He is a beloved brother and is
doing a great work for God—and I’m glad to call
him a friend.
The Issue Our Graduates Dr. Anderson
When I hung up the phone I had this thought. You Is Not Moments Fulfilling Bro. Honored in the
know, it might have been a little presumptuous of The Issue Ago Hyles’ Dream Philippines
me to have introduced myself as being from the Dr. Jack Schaap Dr. Ray Young Statements from Dr.
college, but I am glad that to many we are still “The Rick Martin, pastor
Don’t make A fun look back Bro. Hyles would be
College” and not just a college. very proud of all of
of the Iloilo Baptist
issues the issue. at Hyles-Ander- Church in Iloilo, Phil-
It is a great honor to serve in the ministry with Don’t become an son memories our graduates who
ippines, about how
are pastoring large
some of the greatest Christians on the planet. I issue-oriented from yesteryear. churches in large, much of a blessing Dr.
firmly believe that at Hyles-Anderson College we preacher. Don’t metropolitan areas. Russell Anderson has
are carrying on the traditions and heritage that has major on the However, Bro. Hyles been to him and his
been passed on to us by the great men who have minors. There would also be very ministry.
are many ways proud of many of
gone before us from this place. our graduates who
to say it, but
are pastoring small
With men leading us like our chancellor and pastor, there also seem
churches in rural areas
Dr. Jack Schaap, our president, Dr. Ray Young, and to be many ways that have aggressive
our executive vice president, Dr. Tom Vogel, we are to violate it. soul-winning minis-
working to keep Hyles-Anderson College “The tries, that are reaching
people, loving people,
College” of choice for young men and women who training people, and
desire to be trained by the finest. As an alumnus, I helping people.
pray that as opportunities come that you will point
these young people in the direction of “The College”
that has been producing the finest in servants of
God for more that 38 years.

Chad Matheny
Alumni Director

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“Well, Bro. Hyles said we need to be filled with “Fresh Oil.”
Matt Stidham
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“Regular, or decaf?”
Bill Todd
Louisville, Kentucky
“Honest, this 30w will lubricate those aching joints.”
Gary Ohlemacher
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No doubt, one of the highlights of any former student or gradu-
ate of our college is the memories of attending chapel. Chapel was especially
enjoyable for many of us in the days when Brother Hyles could be with us.
Many thousands of us graduates reflect, with fond memory, on those days of
cheering and enthusiasm when Brother Hyles walked onto the platform and
then especially with his delivering a chat or a sermon or just baring his heart
to us and imparting some wisdom that we most assuredly felt we could not
get from any other source.
One of the statements Brother Hyles often made was, “Don’t become an
issue-oriented preacher.” As one of his preacher boys, I wrote that quote
down many times in my Bible and on scraps of paper. In later years, when I
became a teacher at the college, I tried to emphasize that statement, along
with many others of Brother Hyles’ practical statements.
Don’t make issues the issue. Don’t become an issue-oriented preacher. Don’t
major on the minors. There are many ways to say it, but there also seem to
be many ways to violate it. The wisest man who ever lived penned these
words under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, “He that is first in his own
cause seemeth just” (Proverbs 18:17a). When the issue is an issue that is
personal or one that is particularly popular or one that apparently everyone
else thinks is important, it is exceedingly difficult not to make that issue be-
come a cause. Then one finds himself justifying that cause; and in so doing,
he expends sizeable portions of his life in defense of a cause that began as an
issue that was probably important to somebody else, and the issue was not
put into a proper perspective before it became “his cause.”
Many times Brother Hyles used illustrations of various pastors who got
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caught up in the issue of fighting the homosexual movement. He would
often tell the stories of ministries that were once thriving, soul-winning
ministries with bus routes reaching the poor and lost. Their baptistery waters
flowed regularly, and their altars were filled with converts and repentant sin-
ners. Those ministries declined and literally disappeared because the pastor
got embroiled in controversy and began fighting an issue.
The issue became more than an issue; it became that pastor’s cause. In fight-
ing that cause, the pastor lost his vision for the real issue of the ministry and
the true cause for which he was called into the ministry.
Brother Hyles would often tell stories about men who got caught up in the
fight against abortion. He would also emphasize the true importance of
those issues and how something like abortion is literally a life-and-death
situation for the child in the womb. He would then add that, as important as
that life-and-death issue is, it is not the issue to which we have been called
by God as preachers and Christian workers.
He often mentioned the Moral Majority of the 1980s. He spoke of numer-
ous pastors who left their pulpits to become precinct captains and to work
in politics and spent large sums of time and money to help candidates get
elected to powerful offices. He mentioned how important this cause was but
that it was not the main cause or the real issue as to why preachers are called
into the ministry.
The issues Brother Hyles mentioned, such as homosexuality and abortion,
along with several other issues, all compete for our attention and time as
well as our energy and financial resources.
There will always be issues that demand our study and some of our attention.
One of the greatest disciplines a minister of the Gospel must exercise is the
discipline of learning to say “No” to issues that would distract him from the
main issue of the ministry. Allow me to make just a few statements to sum-
marize and to analyze this subject.
1. There have always been and always will be issues of great importance to
us as human beings and as American citizens, as well as issues with regards
to our personal rights and freedoms, both as believers and as citizens.
2. These important issues certainly must be addressed within the context of
Scripture and within proper protocol on how best to facilitate any change or
defense.
3. The minister of the Gospel must be careful to understand, above all else,
his mission as a minister and make that mission the issue of his ministry.
There are far too many believers who spend first-rate time on second-rate
matters and build third-rate ministries. One cannot major on the minors and
build a ministry of major importance. Neither can one minor on the majors
and build a ministry of major importance. Either way, the ministry will
become a minor issue, and something else becomes the major issue.
4. The major issue for the independent, fundamental Baptist preacher and
the independent, fundamental Baptist sitting in the pews of that preacher’s
church is to glorify God principally through the evangelization of the lost and
through the edification of the believer. We state it quite simply as the Great
Commission. We are to go, we are to win, we are to baptize, and we are to
teach.
5. When we give premiere time to issues that are not centrally focused on
the main issue of our church, which is evangelizing the lost and edifying the
saints, then those two issues become secondary in importance.
6. As individual believers, our chief aim and purpose of life is to bring glory
to God. This means we are to reflect the character of Christ in all we do.
Everything we do, including eating and drinking and whatsoever we do, is
to bring glory and honor to God. As ministers of the Gospel and as leaders of
churches, our chief aim is to evangelize the lost and to edify the saints.
7. I believe a Christian minister is supposed to live a life of prayer and a life
immersed in the Word of God. I believe the apostles stated it succinctly in
Acts 6:4, which says, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word.” Reading that verse alone, one would think that
all a preacher has to do is pray and read the Bible. I would be the first to say
that is a luxury I would most gladly indulge in. Unfortunately, it would not
pay any bills, run any buses, build any homeless ministries, reach the nursing
home residents, bring boys and girls to school, allow time for counseling
hurting marriages, or help the widows and fatherless. In other words, the
context of Scripture must be used to balance other Scriptures. It is vital that
we keep that balance in mind.
As a preacher, I want to take a stand against the gay rights movement. I
want to take a stand against legitimizing abortions. I want to take a stand
against illegal drugs. I want to have my rights to preach freely in the pulpit
whatsoever I believe the Lord would have me preach. However, that desire
for freedom does not constitute a mandate from God to get everything off
my chest or to make my pulpit an issue-orientated pulpit. My pulpit is for the
issue of evangelizing the lost, edifying the saints, and equipping them for the
work God has called us to do—mainly, evangelizing the lost and edifying
the saints.
I think it will help me evangelize the lost if I build strong marriages. How-
ever, Brother Hyles warned me when I was a young preacher boy, “You can
get so busy helping build strong Christian families that you stop building
a strong local church.” There are men in the ministry dedicated to building
strong marriages. I am happy for them and certainly support their philoso-
phy and endeavor, but that is not the calling of the local church.
I have church members who are so intent on building strong Christian homes
that they have moved outside the practical limits of attending our church.
They want to isolate themselves from society and live in seclusion, and
they almost adopt an Amish lifestyle because they don’t want any worldly
contact. They are so focused on building strong homes and rearing perfect
children that they have forgotten the reason those children were given to
them, as described in Psalm 127:4, where it says that a child is a weapon in
the hands of a mighty man. Weapons are not to be stored or to be secluded
in a gun rack. A weapon is to be brought to the front lines and used for
battle. Those children ought to be working on bus routes, winning souls, and
telling friends and neighbors about Jesus. They ought to be taught many
things. While I am 95 percent in agreement with what the parent wants to
produce in the child, that missing 5 percent is the core reason as to why they
are supposed to rear those children.
In other words, we can put our entire focus on marriage or on child rearing or
on helping teenagers dress modestly or on helping teenagers go to the right
colleges or on educating our children or on keeping ourselves separate and
pure from worldly influences so that those very issues become the only issues
that matter in our lives. In making these the issues of life, we lose the big
issue of life. Souls don’t get saved. Saints don’t get edified for the purpose
of being equipped to do the work. The church languishes, and its influence
diminishes. We can only complain that the time is getting darker in the
world, that the world is becoming more evil, and that we are not able to do
as much righteousness. We simply write it off as one more sign of the Lord’s
soon return.
Certainly, the Lord’s return is a chief interest of a Bible-believing Christian,
but I don’t think our neglect of evangelizing the world and edifying the saints
should somehow console us into hoping that the Lord returns quickly. I fear
we have forgotten the admonition of the Apostle Peter in
I Peter 4:17a, where he says, “For the time is come that judgment must
begin at the house of God.” I believe the return of the Lord will be a most
difficult time for many believers and many congregations, because the same
God Who will judge us is the One Who commanded us when He birthed our
churches, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature”
(Mark 16:15b).
I’m afraid we have allowed personal preferences, pet peeves, patriotic irrita-
tions, civil rights issues, human rights issues, and Christian rights issues all
to become the main issues of our lives and ministries. In so doing, we have
ignored the only issue Jesus Christ said was His issue.
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Jesus said that He came into the world to save sinners. Jesus said He came to
seek and save the lost. Jesus said He came to reconcile the world unto God.
We are commanded to be ambassadors for Christ to reconcile the lost unto
the Saviour. We are commanded to go into all the world and teach all na-
tions. We are commanded to go into the highways and hedges and to com-
pel them to come to Jesus. We are commanded to persuade men because we
know the terror of the Lord at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Those of us who
are literal interpreters of the Bible should, above all else, be the ones who
lay aside issues which not only inhibit our work of the Great Commission but
which also divide us and obstruct the work of the Great Commission.
One of the most inflammatory issues abounding among fundamentalists
today is the issue commonly referred to as “The King James Bible contro-
versy.” I have been inundated with letters, e-mails, and phone calls all by
well-meaning and sincere people who want to put in their two cents as to
their stance on the King James position. While I am happy for them to make
some declarative statement, it is meaningless with regards to the Great Com-
mission. These are all King James Bible people calling in. Everyone is using a
King James Bible and believes it is the Word of God.
It is one soldier calling another soldier testifying as to how shiny and bright
his weapon is in the sunlight. While I am glad their weapon is shiny and
bright and their M-16 rifle is polished and their bayonet is sharpened and
gleaming in the sunshine, I want to know why there is no blood on that
bayonet. I want to know why no rounds have been fired from the M-16. I
want to know why the rifle is kept safe inside the vault and is not dirty,
muddied, and bloodied from use out on the front lines of battle. I am not
interested in somebody calling me to tell me that he found some nifty little
gadget to use for his weapon or that he has highlighted some important
information in the manual on how to clean his weapon. I am interested in
cleaning it and firing it.
I want to hear how many souls you got saved with your King James Bible. I
want to hear how many buses you are running with your King James Bible. I
want somebody to call me and tell me how many missionaries he is sending
out who use the King James Bible. I want to hear how many young men
have been called to preach by the King James Bible.
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What is happening is that Satan is enthusiastically helping us to become
issue-oriented preachers. In so doing, he is keeping us from the main issue
on which he knows Christ wants us to focus. Satan doesn’t care if you talk
about the Bible or love the Bible or discuss the Bible, as long as you don’t
use the Bible! He doesn’t care if you hate abortion, love abortion, perform
abortions, protest abortions, or kill abortionists. He simply doesn’t want you
getting those pregnant women saved, having their lives transformed by the
power of the Gospel.
Brother Hyles always said, “Why don’t we get the teenage girls saved? That
will do more to stop abortion than all the protests against abortion clinics
combined.” I agree. I think the greatest way to fight the gay rights move-
ment is not to protest gay rights or write slanderous letters or write hate mail
or criticize our congressmen because of the way they vote. I am for writing
our congressmen. I am for taking a stand against gay rights. However, I
believe the best thing to do is get the homosexual saved. I believe the best
weapon in the entire world is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because it is the
power of God unto salvation to all who believe.
I believe we have gotten suckered right into the wiles of the devil to fuss and
to fume and to divide over one issue after another. Right now, that issue
seems to be to fuss, fight, and divide over the Bible that we have all used,
that we all love, and that we all claim to be the Word of God. I would beg all
of us, for Jesus’ sake, to stop making an issue out of an issue that is not the
issue. I realize we all want to pretend that we are defending the Bible. May I
remind you that every one of us uses it, calls it the Bible, and believes it to be
nothing less than the very Word of God.
I find we are divided, angry, and very much out of focus relative to the main
issue of what Jesus Christ called us to do. With all my heart, I would plead
that those of us who have been called by Christ into the ministry would
remind ourselves to what exactly we have been called and would stop justi-
fying our cause that is taking us from performing the issue.
May God grant us good wisdom, a renewal of vision, and an aggressive
obedience to the great cause of evangelizing the lost, edifying the saints, and
equipping them to do the work to which we have been called.
 Holy LAND
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J
oin Dr. Ray Young along with Dr. Jack Schaap
on a trip to the Holy Land on November 28–De-
cember 8, 2011. Those going on this trip will be
visiting places such as Bethlehem, Capernaum, the Sea
of Galilee, Jerusalem, Calvary, the Garden Tomb, the
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 1. Dr. Lester Roloff presents Jack Patterson with a fish he personally
caught.

1977
2. One unbearably hot day in chapel, Church Education was con-
ducted out on the football field on the bleachers. The security car
radio was used as a microphone and Mrs. JoJo Moffitt spoke.
3. English teacher, Mr. Jerry Smith.
4. Bink Spisak calls the shots during the championship basketball
1976-1977 school year game.
5. Freshman quartet, Ken Osborn, Gary Lovens, Reda Porviance,

momentsago
Randy Taylor and Dale Osborn.
6. Students minoring in music, including Mario Cuozzo, First Bap-
tist Church of Hammond’s current song leader.

a brief look back 7. Students leave on Sunday morning for their bus routes.

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8. Rose of Sharon Trio, Debbie Anderson (pianist), Debbie MacCor- 16. Dr. Jack Hyles and Dr. John R. Rice confer.
mack, Cindy MacCormack, Marsha Roberts.
17. Dr. Jim Jorgensen hard at work.
9. Dr. Lester Roloff being honored on a special day.
18. “A perfect -place to bring a date.” says Jim Belisle.
10. A tent is set up in the parking lot across the street from the Audito-
rium to hold Pastors’ School sessions. 19. Dr. Evans and David enjoying the game from court side.

11. Buses are filled with many Chicago land children for B, C, and D 20. A view of the Balmoral Inn where college men lived.
Sunday Schools.
12. A student preaches on the streets of Chicago.
13. Dr. Hyles stands with a group of students dressed as devils at Pas-
tors’ School.
14. Brother Vineyard conducts the bus workers’ meeting.
15. Phil Merhalski studies in his motel room.

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 1. Dr. and Mrs. Evans stand with the President’s Singers, a group of vocal-
ists chosen by Dr. Evans to be his backup.

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2. The Songs of Praise at the DeCoster Egg Farm.
3. Mr. Dan Clubb pretending to pass his dinner roll, is one of the many
staff members with a great sense of humor.
4. Mr. Chris Tefft and the Sons of the Prophets show off while catching a
few waves in the ocean.
5. As traditions demand, Dr. and Mrs. Hyles playfully feed each other the
1995-1996 school year first piece of cake after they renewed their wedding vows on their 50th
wedding anniversary. No other couple had been so able to keep their

momentsago
youth and zest for life into their senior years like the Hyles’.
6. Dr. Jack Schaap presents Mrs. Evans with a beautiful gold bracelet stud-
ded with diamonds and rubies, one of several gifts which she received
on her and Dr. Evans 40th anniversary.
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7. Dr. Carl Laurent, a soul-winning legend at Hyles-Anderson College, sports his
western gear as he welcomes new students on opening day.
8. Dr. Lee Roberson, a legendary preacher and author, enjoys the kind words of
praise given to him during a chapel program held in his honor.
9. One of the most respected teachers at Hyles-Anderson College, Dr. Pete Cowl-
ing, gives an exciting lecture on the Bible and Science.
10. Dr. Darrell Moore, assistant to the president, and Pastor Kevin Wynne, mis-
sionary to Mexico, are two fine men who worked together in the bus ministry
when pastor Wynne was in college.
11. The students in Mr. Jerry Smith’s class, Teaching Science in the Elementary
School, are given an object lesson by Kristina Merhalski.
12. Dr. Tom Williams, a man who carries the burdens of people around the world,
shows his humorous side.
13. Mr. Jerry Ossewaarde adds a little levity to the busy work day by pretending to
pour oil into Mr. Dwight Grafton’s mouth.
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14. The head nurse of the college, Mrs. Kris Grafton assists Dr. Dennis Streeter,
the campus physician.
15. Mrs. Hyles, the chancellor’s wife, sings “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” at the an-
nual Christmas Lights activity.
16. Dr. Joe Boyd, a guest speaker in chapel, stands by his bus which has carried
him and his evangelistic team hundreds of miles to win the lost.
17. Mrs. Cowling removes a pie from the oven during baking class.
18. Jamie Sedgewick, George Vogel, T.J. Bradbury, and Luke Hamilton run a
relay in the DeCoster Gymnasium.
19. Mr. Troy Blackwell and a group of students gather in front of the college
entrance to enjoy the beautiful spring weather.
20. During a half-time contest at the Hyles-Anderson College Superbowl XVII,
Mike Wilcox tries to kick a field goal on the Jorgensen Field.
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 Our Graduates
F or the last 12 years of Bro. Hyles’ life,
he and I traveled and spoke together
in conferences 15–25 times per year.
During those same years, 14 differ-
ent times we conducted trips that he
referred to as “A Trip Of A Lifetime.” On
each of those trips, we gave groups from
our church whirlwind tours (3–6 days
in length) of all of the highlights of Bro.
Hyles’ early life and ministries through-
out central and east Texas including, the
town of his birth, his childhood homes,
and the locations of memorable times
from his teen and college years and his
early pastorates. There was one event
from one of our speaking trips and one
event from one of our “Trip Of A Lifetime”
trips that specifically related to each
other and which relates to some of our
graduates who are pastoring.
On one particular preaching trip Bro.
Hyles and I had spoken together in
Palmyra, New York. Early Wednesday
morning, well before daylight, we were
driving back to Rochester, New York,
to fly home. Bro. Hyles had been very
animated (or effervescent or bubbly or
had been “cutting up” with everyone as
he always did) as he always was. Bro.
Hyles was sitting behind the driver of the
car. The two men in the front seat and I,
sitting in the back seat with Bro. Hyles,
had enjoyed his company very much. Fi-
nally, for several moments, I noticed that
Fulfilling Brother Hyles’ Dream
by Dr. Ray Young
he had grown quiet. Out of the corner
of my eye, I could see the side of his face.
There was a slight glow on his face from
the green light of the speedometer. The
light of the speedometer revealed a tear
running down his cheek. I asked, “Bro.
Hyles, what are you thinking about?” He
pointed out the window on my side of
the car and said, “I was looking at the
lights that are coming on in the houses
there in that village in the valley.” When
I turned to look, there was a small village
of about two hundred houses surround-
ing a railroad switching yard. Bro. Hyles
continued, “I was just thinking that
every one of those lights represents a
broken heart. I was wondering who is
going to come to that village and pastor
those people. Who would love them?
Who would pray for them when they
had a need? Who would visit them in
the hospital when they were sick? Who
would comfort them when they buried
their loved ones? Who would help them
rear their children? Who would marry
their young people? I was wondering if
maybe someday, one of our graduates
would come and pastor that particular
village of people.”
Each “Trip of a Lifetime” would always
include a visit to Italy, Texas, where Bro.
Hyles was born. Italy, Texas, is a small
town of approximately 2,000 and sits
on an open plain in central Texas, about
30 miles due south of Dallas. On one of
those trips we were driving away from
Italy in our tour bus. Bro. Hyles was
standing in the front of the bus look-
ing back towards the little town of Italy,
which was silhouetted on the horizon.
He began to weep as he pointed toward
the town of his birth and said, “I’m afraid
our graduates are ignoring that part of
America.” Since I was sitting near the
front of the bus I asked, “What do you
mean by that?” He said, “Ray, many of
our graduates want to go to the big
cities like Chicago, or Los Angeles, or
New Orleans and build a large church
in a metropolitan area, but we need a
fundamental, soul-winning church in
every small town and village in America.
Somebody needs to go to every little
village in America and try to win the
people to Christ and then love them and
help them rear their children.”
Bro. Hyles would be very proud of all of
our graduates who are pastoring large
churches in large, metropolitan areas. Of
course, they are doing exactly what Bro.
Hyles did. However, Bro. Hyles would
also be very proud of many of our gradu-
ates who are pastoring small churches
in rural areas – small churches that have
aggressive soul-winning ministries, small
churches that are reaching people, lov-
ing people, training people, and helping
people.
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I am thinking of some of the churches where I have spoken
for our graduates in recent years, in either the Sunday ser-
vices or in a special service:
1. Zane Abberger has pastored the Lakeview Baptist Church
in Lakeview, Michigan (population of 1,100) for over 23 years.
The church runs several buses and averages a total of 200 in
Sunday school.
2. Dan Baker has pastored First Baptist Church in Mediapolis,
Iowa (population of 1,677) for over 9 years. When I spoke
in a two-evening conference for Pastor Baker, the building
was packed both evenings. The church averages about 120
on Sundays. I remember Pastor Dan Robbs also attended
the conference. Bro. Robbs has pastored Sycamore Baptist
Church in Muscatine, Iowa (population of 25,000) for almost
19 years.
3. Dave Carpenter pastors Gateway Baptist Church in Cahokia,
Illinois (population of about 15,000). He has pastored for 9
years. Bro. Monte Watts and I spoke in a conference there
together. Bro. Watts is a graduate who is an evangelist and
preaches in scores of churches each year.
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4. Sam Carns has pastored Open Bible Baptist Church in War-
saw, Indiana (population of 12,600) for 20 years. On Sundays,
the church averages 98. This church has sent more than 15
students to Hyles-Anderson College, and many of those are
graduates who are now in full-time Christian service.
5. David Fink has pastored Grace Baptist Church in Lockport,
Illinois (population 29,500) for 9 years. The church averages
250 on Sundays. I spoke in a Veteran’s Day service in which
Pastor Fink gave the book I wrote about my father’s involve-
ment in World War II to all the veterans present. There were
many adult visitors and an electrifying spirit in the service.
6. Luis Martinez has pastored Fundamental Baptist Church in
Fajardo, Puerto Rico (population of 19,000) for 12 years and
averages 130 on Sunday mornings. On the Sunday I spoke,
God used Bro. Martinez and his people to have over 230 in at-
tendance with over 20 first-time visitors and 14 people saved.
7. Bob Ueltzen pastors First Baptist Church in Crete, Illinois
(population of 10,000), and he has pastored there for over
20 years. The church averages between 50–75 weekly. Bro.
Monte Watts, Dr. Russell Anderson, and I spoke there together
in a Bible conference.
8. Paul Whitworth has pastored Faith Baptist Church near
Plymouth, Indiana, for 6 years. “Near” is a little of a misnomer.
If I remember correctly, when I spoke at Bro. Whitworth’s
church, I could not see any houses from his church (only corn-
fields and woods). The church averages 85 in attendance.
9. Arlyn Walters has pastored Lighthouse Baptist Church in
Cedar Lake, Indiana (population of 11,000) for 11 years. The
church averages 175 on Sundays. The Sunday I preached for
Bro. Walters his people were just as excited about their fall
program as in any other church where I have preached.
10. R. K. Young pastors Indian Hills Baptist Church near
Blanchard, Louisiana (population of 2,050). He has pastored
there for 14 years, and the church averages approximately
120 on Sundays. Several young people and married couples
have come to Hyles-Anderson College and are now serving in
churches in America and on foreign mission fields.
As I thought of the aforementioned men, I was reminded of
several traits commonly shared by each of these men and
dozens and scores of Hyles-Anderson graduates who pastor
in rural, suburban areas:
1. Each man has people saved on a regular basis (most of
them on a weekly basis).
2. Each man loves his people.
3. Each man counsels his people and their marriages.
4. Each man helps his people rear their children.
5. Each man visits the sick in his area.
6. Each man encourages those who are suffering.
7. Each man feeds those in his area who are hungry.
8. Each man restores those who have fallen.
Then I thought: These men and others like them are fulfill-
ing the dream Bro. Hyles had many years ago of reaching
rural America. Bro. Hyles would be pleased. Bro. Schaap is
pleased. Dr. Evans is pleased. I am pleased. And I sincerely
believe God is pleased.
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Dr. Anderson Honored in the Philippines
The following are some of Dr. Martin’s statements from an article about Bro. Anderson:
“In 1981 I found out Dr. Russell Anderson was coming to the Philippines, so I invited him to come to our church, which,
at the time, was only three years old. To my amazement, he said he would, so we planned a two-day meeting for Octo-
ber 15-16. Dr. Anderson arrived Thursday night and preached. We had an evangelistic service, and 59 people received
Christ as Saviour; 10 followed the Lord in believer’s baptism. The next day Bro. Anderson spoke all day to the pastors
and workers who had gathered. It was the first time we had a meeting for pastors, so I was pleasantly surprised when
about 20 pastors came.

“Since that time Bro. Anderson has invested much prayer and financial support into reaching people in the Philippines.

“Early in 2002, the Lord gave our church a burden and plan to go with the Gospel to every home in every village, town,
and city on the island of Panay. The total population of Panay is about 3,501,563, with 680,519 homes. About
60% of the people live in the 2,826 barangays or villages. There are also 5 cities and 91 towns on Panay
Island.
Bro. Anderson heard about our plans and began helping our workers with their transportation
fares to go in jeeps and motorbikes to get to the villages.

“Another ministry with which Bro. Anderson has helped us is the School Min-
istry. In the Philippines the constitution states that religious groups can
go into the public schools and teach their religion as long as the stu-
dents attend voluntarily. This ministry provides such a great
open door. Like the Every Home-Every Village Cam-
paign, the main financial need is the transportation
fares of the workers to go to the schools. In
some schools we have the use of a class-
room to teach the students while
in others we are allowed
to teach the entire
student body.
“While we have had
this ministry for more
than 25 years, when Bro. An-
derson began to help with the fares of
our workers, we were able to multiply the
number of schools reached. There are numerous
open doors to reach people in this country, but of all
of the ministries, our School Ministry has seen more peo-
ple saved than any other. Humanly speaking, the success of the
School Ministry wouldn’t have been possible without Bro. Anderson’s
help.

“Another way Bro. Anderson has been a blessing to the Philippines is by helping Bible
college students work their way through school. Most of our students work about 15 hours
a week and receive little or no help from home. For years Bro. Anderson has helped many of the
students of our school by providing jobs as soul winners. These jobs are in addition to the regular practical
ministry work the students do. I can’t tell you what a blessing this opportunity has been to our students. Pro-
viding jobs for our students these past 30 years has been our greatest challenge financially, and the Lord has used Bro.
Anderson to relieve some of that burden. More importantly, thousands of souls have been saved because our students can
spend more time in soul winning. This practical training has been great preparation for these young people for when they
graduate and go out and start churches.”

Dr. Rick Martin, of the Iloilo Baptist Church in Iloilo, Philippines, held his 28th Annual Pastors and Workers Conference
in October of 2009. After the conference, Dr. Martin posted a short article about the conference and about Bro. Anderson’s
influence in the Philippines. In that article Dr. Martin reported:

“Each year the Pastors and Workers Conference has several goals: (1) encourage the faithful pastors and workers who attend,
and (2) honor the Lord by increasing our burden and intensifying our efforts to reach the lost for Christ. I believe these
goals were met at the 28th Annual Pastors and Workers Conference held the first week of October.

“More than 1,000 independent Baptist pastors attended the conference.

“Our main speaker this year was Dr. Russell Anderson, the co-founder of Hyles-Anderson College, the college I attended.
Dr. Anderson was also the keynote speaker at our first Pastors and Workers Conference in 1981, and he is the person who
encouraged me to start this conference. Dr. Anderson’s messages were a blessing, and I especially was helped by his message
on the Holy Spirit. Bro. Anderson has been a great help, and has had a great impact on our ministry here in the Philippines
for many years.”

In addition to being a great blessing to Bro. Rick Martin and his ministries, Bro. Anderson has also helped build 787
churches through men out of Bro. Martin’s church. Additionally, Dr. Anderson has helped finance about 150 church build-
ings in other places around the world for a total of about 937 church buildings in all.

During Dr. Anderson’s most recent visit to the Philippines, he was escorted through the horrendous traffic of Manila in a
presidential motorcade with limousines, motorcycles, guards, etc. Certainly, such treatment is reserved for only dignitaries
of the highest caliber. Without a doubt, Dr. Anderson IS a dignitary with a grand vision for doing all he can to reach the
world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Hyles-Anderson College
Alumni Association
8400 Burr Street
Crown Point, Indiana 46307

CREATING
GOSPEL
PARTNERSHIPS
Global Church Planters partnered with Pastor
Tim Young and Heritage Baptist Church and
national church planter Jonel Ejanel to start a
new church in the Philippines.

Pastor: Tim Young

Church Name: Heritage Baptist Church
Location: Palmyra, NY
Began Supporting GCP: January 2008

Pioneer: Jonel Ejanel

Trained by: Partner Rick Martin in Iloilo City
Field: Isla Villamonte, Bacolod City, Philippines
Church Name: Liberty Baptist Church
Current Start Date: August 2008
Current Attendance: 61
Total Saved in Church: 359

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