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First Baptist Church of Hammond

"World's Largest Sunday School"

Five Twenty Three Sibley Street
Hammond, Indiana  46320
(219) 932-0711

Please Rejoice With Us!

View some of the brochure that was handed out at the giant groundbreaking service for the new auditorium of the First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana.

Prior to his promotion to Heaven on February 6, 2001, Dr. Jack Hyles was the Pastor of First Baptist Church for over forty one years!  In that time it grew from a membership of less than one thousand to well over one hundred thousand.

Dr. Schaap
Pastor Jack Schaap
Click on picture to read a brief bio.

On March 7, 2001, The First Baptist Church voted to call Dr. Jack Schaap as our new Pastor.  Dr Schaap has been a member of the church for over twenty four years.  He was on the staff at Hyles-Anderson College for over twenty years.  At the time he was called to Pastor the First Baptist Church, he was a Vice- President of the college.

Dr. Schaap has had an extensive counseling and preaching ministry over the years.  You can hear him preach on our Real Audio Page.

Dr. Schaap is married to the former Cindy Hyles and they have two children.

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The Hammond Baptist School system includes:

None of our schools use the church buildings, each has a beautiful campus of its own.

If the Spanish Department of First Baptist Church were a church of it's own, it would be the second largest church in Indiana.  They presently average over three thousand in attendance each Sunday.

We encourage you to visit us, you will be glad that you did!  Plan on staying a little after the service and taking a conducted tour of the church facilities.

Activities: