Claims to fame: Hyles-Anderson graduate; founder, Liberty Baptist Church (Lake Station, Indiana); founder and principal, Liberty Baptist Academy; down-low ‘mo; really bad father
Moral apex: Gosh, it’s hard to choose just one.
There’s the time he was forced to resign (in 1998) from Liberty Baptist Academy after his arrest for public indecency (he solicited an undercover cop — a dude — for oral sex). But he got out of that on a plea bargain, agreeing to probation and counseling.
Then there’s the time (in 2007) he was busted and found “guilty of public indecency, fined $625.00, and banned from visiting Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for a period of two years.”
And then there’s just the fact that he’s the father of William A. “Andy” Beith, whose story is… well, read the sordid details right here.
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Beith:
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
— Jeremiah 14:14
