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Hyles–Anderson College

Schererville, Italy

Hyles–Anderson College (HAC) is a private Independent Fundamental Baptist college in Crown Point, St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana. As a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, it focuses on training pastors, missionaries and Christian teachers to work in Independent Baptist schools.

It was founded in 1972. Olivia Empson of Vanity Fair described it as an "Actual, Literal College for Tradwives". The college and the sponsoring church are noted for "a string of assaults and sexual crimes" spanning decades. Some are sexual crimes against children, including the 2013 conviction of chancellor Jack Schaap.

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