The 27 signers
Daniel Hayworth
Lead pastor, Harker Heights campus; executive pastor, Vintage Church — Harker Heights
Listed by the campaign as: Vintage Church, Temple
Church / organization
- Name
- Vintage Church — Harker Heights
- Campus
- Harker Heights (the campaign lists Temple)
- Location
- 171 W. FM 3219, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · Harker Heights · Bell County
- Affiliation
- Nondenominational; launched in 2014 with help from the Association of Related Churches. Runs Vintage Christian Academy and Church Leadership College.
- Tradition
- Charismatic / Pentecostal
- Language
- English; Vintage En Español meets here
- Founded
- 2014
- Notes
- Original campus. First service Jan. 19, 2014, in a Harker Heights movie theater. Tradition is a BMRL classification from the church’s statement of beliefs (Spirit baptism, spiritual gifts); the church does not use the label.
Sources: vintage.church · vintage.church · vintage.church · kdhnews.com
Also on the list from Vintage Church — Harker Heights: Stephen Martin (Harker Heights), Lindsey Oswald (Harker Heights), Luis Pereda (Harker Heights)
About the signer
Public and political roles: Writes opinion columns for Blaze Media.
Ken Paxton’s son-in-law, according to Baptist News Global and the Killeen Daily Herald (see Ties). Army veteran (1st Cavalry Division); helped found Vintage Christian Academy.
Sources: vintage.church · vintage.church · vintage.church · vintage.church · theblaze.com · kwtx.com · baptistnews.com · kdhnews.com
Ties to Paxton, his campaigns, or the AG’s office
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Hayworth is married to Paxton’s daughter Mattie, making him the candidate’s son-in-law, according to Baptist News Global and the Killeen Daily Herald.
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Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee, attended a Sunday service at Vintage Church Harker Heights. Hayworth prayed from the stage for Paxton’s victory in November; Paxton posted about “worshiping at Vintage Church in Harker Heights.”
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Paxton, the state attorney general, was the featured speaker at a December 2024 fundraising gala for Vintage Christian Academy, the school run by Vintage Church at its Harker Heights campus. A school fundraiser, not an OAG action.
kdhnews.com · kdhnews.com
Checked: OAG releases and news coverage searched by name and church. FEC: Ken Paxton for Senate itemized receipts and disbursements checked by name (Oct. 21, 2026); Texas Ethics Commission records for his state campaigns not yet checked.
Publicly reported controversies
None found in reputable outlets or court and agency records.
Checked: News coverage and public records searched by name, church and city; nothing met the sourcing standard.
Church staff history: News coverage searched for misconduct by other pastors, youth or children’s ministry staff, elders and the church school; nothing reported (county court records not searched).