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Dave Hyles — First Baptist Hammond / Miller Road Baptist (allegation; never charged)

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's central documented example of transfer without disclosure in independent fundamental Baptist churches: accusations by at least four teenage girls, a move to a Texas church, and no charges — ever. Allegation only, labeled as such.

Independent Fundamental Baptist Allegation only — never charged

Person
David "Dave" Hyles
Role
Youth director; later pastor
Institution
First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana; Miller Road Baptist Church, Garland, Texas
Location
Hammond, Indiana; Garland, Texas
Status
Accused — never charged; no police interview on the accusations
Note
Allegation only. No court finding exists in this case

Case in brief

Tier 2 · Attributed allegations

Read this file as allegation. Dave Hyles was never charged, never tried, and never convicted. This file exists because the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's investigation documented the case as the clearest example of how an accused man moved through the independent fundamental Baptist network without disclosure — and because that movement, unlike the underlying accusations, is documented by named reporting and the institutions' own histories.

Dave Hyles, son of Jack Hyles, was a youth director at First Baptist Church of Hammond. The Star-Telegram reported that at least four teenage girls accused him of sexual misconduct, beginning with a 15-year-old who said he raped her in his office. He never faced charges or a police interview on those accusations. When in trouble, he moved to Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas — a church his father had once led — left after two women alleged assaults there, and later ran a ministry for “fallen” pastors. A Tennessee IFB pastor who was told of the Hammond allegation in 2017 defended him, and an IFB church supported the ministry.

The institution

First Baptist Church of Hammond and Miller Road Baptist Church, Garland. Independent fundamental Baptist churches are autonomous — there is no denominational office to warn, and none did. The Star-Telegram documented 412 allegations across 187 IFB churches and institutions (see The Pattern); this file is its central transfer case.

The record

Tier 2 · Attributed allegations

There is no court record. The documented sequence — accusations in Hammond; relocation to Garland; further allegations; departure; a later ministry to “fallen” pastors, defended by a pastor who knew of the Hammond allegation — comes from the Star-Telegram’s eight-month investigation (December 2018), which reviewed the movement’s records and interviewed survivors and church figures.

Open questions

Tier 3 · Open questions

Records requested & responses

This archive has not filed records requests in this case. The file rests on the published sources below and will be updated if court or institutional records are obtained, or if that changes.

Sources

Filed October 18, 2026, from the published sources below. Minor victims are never named or identified in this file.

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