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Lead pastor, Vintage Church En Español, Vintage Church — Harker Heights

Listed by the campaign as: Vintage Church, Harker Heights

Church / organization

Name: Vintage Church — Harker Heights
Campus: En Español (meets at Harker Heights)
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: Daniel Hayworth (Harker Heights), Stephen Martin (Harker Heights), Lindsey Oswald (Harker Heights)

About the signer

No public or political roles found beyond the church role.

Sources: vintage.church · vintage.church · vintage.church

Ties to Paxton, his campaigns, or the AG’s office

Paxton event2024-12

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).