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As a teenager, Gary Loveless often prayed as he sat under a large pine atop a hill overlooking a small farmhouse in East Texas where he, along with his younger sister and brother, lived with their maternal grandparents. “I would get on my knees up there and pray, ‘Lord, don’t forget me. Please give me a way to get an education and make something of myself,’” Loveless remembers. He laughs at the irony that the farm he could not leave soon enough is the very place he now spends most every weekend with his family. He now recognizes that his very salvation was won right there and God used that most humble place to start a work in him that continues today. The simple obedience of a faithful grandmother introduced a young man to his Lord and Savior. “My grandmother was a godly woman,” Loveless says. Throughout his life, Loveless has recalled his grandmother’s priceless words of wisdom, “No matter where you
go, whether you achieve a little or a lot, it’s what you do for Christ that counts when you meet the Savior face to face.” This conviction undergirds his and his wife Stephanie’s commitment to Kingdom work, which includes a strong partnership with Southwestern Seminary. God, faithful as always, answered Loveless’ prayers, and he became the first in his family to attend college. With hard work in the oilfields and good grades, he first went to Kilgore Junior College, then on scholarship to Texas A&M, and finally The University of Texas, where he earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He moved to Houston, began a career in the oil and gas industry, and founded his first oil and gas company within
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