West Valley Baptist Church – Nampa, ID

3 Reviews on “West Valley Baptist Church – Nampa, ID”

• Mel

  We attended West Valley for 4 years, and truly loved our time there- for the most part. Of course, every church has sinners and therefore will have its flaws (myself included.) The further we get away from this church, the more bad fruit we can see so clearly.

  I’ve heard this church brag about functioning “like a family” – that is TRUE, however, is a highly dysfunctional one that needs loads of therapy.

  Hypocrisy abounds here. There are so many in leadership positions that live one way at church, and another at home. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. We have a video of the pastor of this church dancing to a highly sexually explicit song, but he’ll get behind the pulpit and preach against that kind of behavior. I also have photos of myself and a youth leader at a (Christian) concert- which was so good by the way. She requested I not post it as she wanted people to think she lived “above reproach.” She got defensive when I said if “above reproach” was not attending said concert, she should just NOT attend. LOTS of stories like these.

  Our most troubling issue, however, was the sexual misbehavior of the pastor. I have never seen a grown “man” with such an immature persona. There is NO impulse control on this “man.” He has air honked my boobs, tried to force hugs from me, told me his personal sex stories (and lied to the congregation about it btw- he did NOT do that in any type of counsel. He did it in the front of the sanctuary and told me all about how he listened to the post-fight press conference after a UFC event at our house while with being intimate with his wife.) but go ahead- believe him.

  Our final straw was him forcing our daughter who was 5 at the time onto his lap when she clearly told him NO. He wanted a high five and she told him NO. what he should have done was grow up and deal with that “rejection.” What he did was grooming behavior and completely unacceptable. I have several other stories regarding this behavior, but reviews only allow so much. If you attend and want to hear our side, I’d encourage you to reach out. We have absolutely nothing to hide and even less to gain from this. We just hate to know we could have said something and didn’t protect others.

  This church and its leadership had every opportunity to handle this correctly and failed spectacularly. When we called Pyle on his behavior he told us to take a break and decide if we still wanted to attend. The rest of the leadership said nothing.

  We chose peace and the safety of our children. So grateful we did.

  April 29, 2026, 6:49 pm

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• Ryan Baimbridge

  West Valley, in my opinion, is not a place to go if you are looking for real support. I moved here about 6 years ago and attended West Valley for about 3 1/2 years. I moved in with family members who attend West Valley.
  Before even my first day there, there was a meeting where my situation and reasons for moving into a family member’s home were discussed with the congregation. From my understanding and what I experienced, personal details about my situation (at the time I was a minor) were shared, which made me feel like people had formed opinions about me before I had the chance to build relationships on my own. Others who were present at that meeting can confirm it took place.
  Because of that, I felt pre-judged based on what was shared rather than being known personally.
  During my time there, I also had what were described as “counseling” conversations with leadership. In my experience, aspects of my personal struggles were later referenced in sermons in ways that I knew were directed at me due to the details used, which was discouraging and hurtful.
  I also felt that boundaries I tried to communicate were not respected. When I expressed discomfort, I was told to “submit to leadership authority and to be quiet”. This church is full of spiritual abuse.

  April 29, 2026, 5:22 pm

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• Simon Hibbard

  The true test of a Bible believing church is when a scandal happens with a leader. A leader (in ministry) at WVBC had a scandal with a (then) underage minor. There were many meetings about the scandal- and the Pastor (Pyle) talked about reconciliation with the minor & parents. Everybody wants reconciliation.

  The problem is the coverup. What is a coverup? A coverup is when sin is not called sin (privately or publicly). A coverup is when the sin is not recognized or admitted. A coverup is when the sin is not repented of. A coverup is when the leader is put back into ministry without any steps to make it right. A coverup is when a leader is put back into ministry where there is potential to hurt other people. That, my friend, is the definition of a coverup.

  Also, when people began asking questions, Pyle got very emotional & defensive. He even got to the point of calling questions asked “disappointing,” “poison,” and comparisons to Judas Iscariot. RUN!!! When genuine questions are asked- an honest person will give an honest answer. When genuine questions are asked- a deceitful person will get emotional.

  Please avoid going to West Valley Baptist Church- it is a personality cult.

  February 6, 2023, 10:38 pm

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