Jack Hyles began preaching at the age of 19 and pastored for over 5 decades.  These pastorates include churches that varied in membership from 44 to over 100,000. All of these pastorates, other than First Baptist of Hammond, Indiana, where in the state of Texas: First, the Marris Chapel Baptist Church of Bogata, Texas; then the Grange Hall Baptist Church in Marshall, Texas; from there to the Southside Baptist Church of Henderson, Texas; and then to the Miller Road Baptist Church of Garland, Texas. He pastored the Miller Road Baptist Church for approximately 7 years and saw this church, under the Lord, grow from a membership of 44 to over 4,000. It was from the Miller Road Baptist Church that he was called to his pastorate at the First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana.

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Dr. Hyles became the Pastor of the First Baptist Church in August, 1959. This church has a membership of over 100,000 and has averaged over 23,000 conversions and 8,000 baptisms per year for the past 6 years. For many years the church has been acclaimed to have the "World's Largest Sunday School."

Besides his position as Pastor, Dr. Hyles was Founder-Chancellor of Hyles-Anderson Schools, which enrolls thousands of students each year. The schools are operated by the First Baptist Church and are housed in separate facilities away from the church property. Dr. Hyles has served as President of the Baptist Bible College in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Hyles authored of dozens of books and pamphlets, exceeding over 12 million copies in sales. Many of his sermons are also available on tape.

Dr. Hyles' experience covers numerous evangelistic campaigns, Bible conferences, etc. He has preached in virtually every state of the Union and in many foreign countries. His annual Pastors' School attracted thousands of preachers from every state and many foreign countries.