HAMMOND | Layoffs have hit the First Baptist Church of Hammond with a quarter of the church's staff estimated to be let go, a church spokesman confirmed Tuesday. The layoffs come in the wake of a ...

Ryder recently filed a lawsuit against the estate of Jack Hyles, his son David Hyles, Hyles-Anderson College and First Baptist Church of Hammond alleging that David Hyles raped, sexually assaulted ...

Dr. Jack Schaap – who was fired as pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond in July – will make an initial appearance at the federal courthouse in Hammond at 3 p.m. Wednesday, before U.S ...

Dr. Jack Schaap, who has been pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond for 11 years, was removed Tuesday, according to a church spokesman. The spokesman would not provide the woman's age ...

The religious metaphor of the shepherd and the flock was never more appropriate than for those who managed the First Baptist Church of Hammond. But this is that other darker, cruel shepherd-flock ...

John Wilkerson, who has been the pastor of First Baptist Church of Long Beach, Calif., since June 4, 2000, will speak to the Hammond congregation Wednesday. The church is expected to vote on ...

In Hammond, just over the state line in Indiana ... that are part of the seven-square-block campus of the First Baptist Church of Hammond. In all, the church owns about 20 buildings along State ...