SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                 August 9, 2006
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                         Date of Earliest Reported Event

                              AMEN Properties, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

                                    000-22847
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                            (Commission File Number)

                                   54-1831588
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                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                         303 W. Wall Street, Suite 2300
                              Midland, Texas 79701
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (432) 684-3821
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       NA
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                                    FORM 8-K

Item 8.01 - Other Events

     Amen Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NEMA
Properties,  LLC ("NEMA"),  own all of the outstanding  partnership interests in
each of Priority Power  Management,  Ltd. ("PPM") and PPM Dallas,  Ltd. ("Dallas
Ltd."). PPM and Dallas Ltd. are engaged in substantially the same business,  and
the  Company  and NEMA  determined  and agreed to merge PPM Dallas with and into
PPM.  The merger was  effective  on August 10,  2006,  and PPM is the  surviving
entity.  The Company is the sole  general  partner and NEMA is the sole  limited
partner of PPM following the merger.  The Company believes that this merger will
be of benefit with respect to, among other things, the efficiency of management,
administration and accounting related to the joint operations of Dallas Ltd. and
PPM.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                        AMEN Properties, Inc.
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                                        (Registrant)

                                        By: /s/ Eric Oliver
Date: August 11, 2006                   Chairman of the Board of Directors and
                                        Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Signature)