Hardage’s career of service exemplifies ‘Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana’
…. David Hardage (BA ’79), winner of Baylor’s 2023 Pro Ecclesia Medal of Service, has spent a lifetime serving the church in Texas — from his call to ministry at the age of 10, to a decade of service leading the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Even before he came to Baylor as a student, Hardage was preaching. Starting at the age of 14, he preached in small towns near his hometown of Lamesa, Texas, and continued to do so as a college student. A…