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By the late 1950s, the BGCT had developed a complex network of congregations, associations, educational institutions, human welfare institutions, and a strong state convention in a position to incorporate Mexican Baptist work in Texas.During the early development of Mexican Baptist congregations and institutions in Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, my family came to faith in Jesus Christ through the work of missionaries and Baptist churches. A home missionary by the name of Edward R Gonzalez preached the gospel to my paternal grandparents, Jose Maria Reyes and Francisca Rodriguez Reyes, and their nine children who worked as migrant farm workers in West Texas on a ranch near Snyder. My grandparents eventually settled in Corpus Christi, and my father, Agustin Reyes, professed his faith in Christ and was baptized into the membership of Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana of Corpus Christi.My father's pastor and discipler was Ignacio E. Quite complicated actually we are the purchasers of t...