I became a Royal Ambassador circa 1950 at Calvary Baptist in Irving, Texas. John Barber was our adult leader. Mr. Barber was also a part of the Big Brothers in Dallas and the Chaplin At the Juvinile Detention Center in Dallas. He took us on a tour of the detention facilities and I determined then and there that was not for me! During...

James E Perkins Jr

Boy was I supprised!  12 state staffers from the 70's period came to Brownwood this past September.  It has been 30 years since we have seen some of them. It was called STATE STAFF REUNION AND TIME WITH THE TAYLORS. David Nowell came all the way from Tennessee.  Did we ever  call up some great times. Ken Shuman and David Nowell were...

Jerry Bob

I accepted Christ at the age of nine during Wilderness Camp at Highland Lakes Baptist Encampment.  I am now 46 years old and RA's has been and will always be very dear to my heart.  I had the opportunity to travel summers and go from camp to camp.  I also had the great honor of adding to my life people who helped shape me into the...

Lori Taylor Hurt

I was an RA in the old Pioneer and Service Aide programs of the late 1970s and early 1980s, at Ash Creek Baptist Church in Azle, Texas.  I attained the Service Aide 5 national award. I remember the dedication of the faithful men who guided me in the RA program and helped me become an RA counselor, people such as Jim Good, Lonnie Hoyt,...

David Johnson

I remember presiding over the first organizational meeting in Mathis, Texas as a Royal Ambassador president at the age of 11.  Brother Leonardo Cantu (now the Pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista, Pawnee, Texas) and Brother Santos Gaitan (who is still actively involved in Texas Baptist Men's work). We travelled to Waco to the Baylor Bear...

Daniel G. Garcia

I remember being a Royal Ambassador at FBC Taft, Texas in 1965. I remember learning the books of the Bible, Going on campouts to Camp Zephyr, raising money for mission projects. It was there where a man named Butch Pressley was our RA leader. I owe so much to that experience, raising my own boys in the RA's in Skidmore, and until this...

Jimmy Hudson

Its been 36 years since I joined TBM. I can't believe its been so long.  RA's meant so much to me that 36 years later I have dreams of the great men and boys I became friends with. Some of these I have not thought of for years. My years with TBM meant so much to my family and me that we often discuss events when we get...

Jerry Bob Taylor

My best memories are of being a Royal Ambassador.  I am literaly eternally grateful for the dedication of Mr. Smith (I dont remember his first name) for taking us to RA Camp at El Pisano near Alpine, TX.  I remember the very spot I was standing at the base of a boulder pile at the evening campfire when I told my Savior yes!  RA's still...

Jack Smallwood

I joined RA in 1951.  It was there that I learned the joy of memorizing scripture.  It was there I was introduced to the possibility of misssions.  It was there that I learned the universal call to Missions involvement--all are called to get involved.

It helped that my parents were so very mission minded.  But, in...

J.R. Mathews

I began working with RA's in 1978 when my church asked me to start a Royal Ambassador group on Sunday nights. So I met with the boys and we played ball, learned a few scriptures, and talked about Jesus. Then I took the boys to RA camp in the summer. That is when my eyes were opened! I discovered that there was a program, with lesson...

Steve Darilek