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==Faith Baptist Church==

==Faith Baptist Church==

After seminary, Hatfield and his immediate family lived for a time in Sweetwater in Nolan County, where they opened another restaurant. He returned to Snyder and was associate pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church there.<ref name=shirley/> In December 1969, with some twenty-two believers, many being family members, Hatfield, then forty years of age, started Faith church, which initially convened in a few meeting rooms of the Scurry County Coliseum in Snyder. The original church building began with barracks procured from the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas, temporary quarters which have since been expanded, updated, and consolidated at the original location, 208 37th Street in Snyder. In 1991, Jason Rogers, later a missionary in [[South America]], succeeded Hatfield as pastor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/revjohnson35/staffoffaithbaptist.htm|title="Staff of Faith Baptist Church"|publisher=freewebs.com|accessdate=September 20, 2009}}</ref>

After seminary, Hatfield and his immediate family lived for a time in Sweetwater in Nolan County, where they opened another restaurant. Hatfield's business experience proved particularly helpful to those in his congregation who were in the food-service business. Deborah Leigh Alexander, a member of one of his congregations, recalled that "It was a great blessing to have a preacher who could relate to things we went through as restaurant owners. He gave us insight in dealing with employees in a Christian manner. And he talked frankly about the everyday frustrations and responsibilities we were living through. He knew how to pray for our specific needs, and this was a special gift we appreciated."<ref name=book>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t_ozFQzkuQUC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=Buck+Hatfield+of+TX&source=bl&ots=HXf3d6ujDm&sig=2Hb6LlQe9NzVJoWfVAbit07GFEw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ul2mU5HyAYHq8QHIlICwCA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Buck%20Hatfield%20of%20TX&f=false}title=

 

He returned to Snyder and was associate pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church there.<ref name=shirley/> In December 1969, with some twenty-two believers, many being family members, Hatfield, then forty years of age, started Faith church, which initially convened in a few meeting rooms of the Scurry County Coliseum in Snyder. The original church building began with barracks procured from the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas, temporary quarters which have since been expanded, updated, and consolidated at the original location, 208 37th Street in Snyder. In 1991, Jason Rogers, later a missionary in [[South America]], succeeded Hatfield as pastor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/revjohnson35/staffoffaithbaptist.htm|title="Staff of Faith Baptist Church"|publisher=freewebs.com|accessdate=September 20, 2009}}</ref>

   

   

In 1984, Faith Baptist under Hatfield hosted the fundamentalist pastor [[Jack Hyles]] (1926-2001) of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, [[Indiana]] in suburban [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], for a one-night revival meeting in the Scurry Coliseum. Independent Baptist churches from throughout the region sent members by bus to hear the nationally-known Hyles, a native of Ellis County, Texas. Hatfield himself also preached at Hyles's church in Hammond.<ref name=shirley/> Faith's website proclaims that the church "believes in old-fashioned preaching, King James Bible, door-to-door visitation, and loving the brothers and sisters in Christ!"<ref name=history/>

In 1984, Faith Baptist under Hatfield hosted the fundamentalist pastor [[Jack Hyles]] (1926-2001) of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, [[Indiana]] in suburban [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], for a one-night revival meeting in the Scurry Coliseum. Independent Baptist churches from throughout the region sent members by bus to hear the nationally-known Hyles, a native of Ellis County, Texas. Hatfield himself also preached at Hyles's church in Hammond.<ref name=shirley/> Faith's website proclaims that the church "believes in old-fashioned preaching, King James Bible, door-to-door visitation, and loving the brothers and sisters in Christ!"<ref name=history/>

After his twenty-one years at Faith Baptist, Hatfield entered the field of evangelism for three years and pastored Grace Baptist Church in Early in Brown County in Central Texas until his retirement in 1994.<ref name=obit>L.W. "Buck" Hatfield obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', February 15, 1995</ref>  

After his twenty-one years at Faith Baptist, Hatfield entered the field of evangelism for three years and pastored Grace Baptist Church in Early in Brown County in Central Texas until his retirement in 1994.<ref name=obit>L.W. "Buck" Hatfield obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', February 15, 1995</ref>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==