Formal Board

Joaquin has been involved in leadership and community development for over three decades. He has worked and ministered in over 20 countries, where he has empowered many leaders committed to transforming communities through faith-based and community development projects.

Joaquin was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Santo Domingo.  In 1978, he accepted Jesus as his savior at a local church. In 1979, God called him to full-time ministry. He left his comfortable community and moved to an impoverished neighborhood to start a new church.

1981 he married Oneida, who grew up in a Christian home.  They have three adult children and four grandchildren.

In 1985, he was appointed by Missions Door to work in church planting, leadership development, and as country coordinator in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

In 1992, he returned to the United States to study for a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural Communications (Missions) at Denver Seminary.

In 1995, Joaquin and Oneida moved to the border town of Nogales, Mexico, where they planted a new church, started a social development nonprofit, and worked in leadership development.

In 2003, they moved to Denver to be part of the Executive Leadership Team of Missions Door. Later, he became Vice President of Ministries, giving him overall responsibility for the leadership, supervision, and pastoral care of all the missionaries and ministries under the Mission.

In 2006, he graduated with a Master of Arts in Public Administration with an emphasis in nonprofit management from the University of Colorado at Denver.

In November 2016, he resigned from Missions Door to launch Global One80. A Christian nonprofit that empowers leaders to transform communities with the gospel of Jesus.

In 2019, he moved to Arizona to continue working with Global One80 and got involved in church planting among Latinos.  He started Iglesia Experimenta Vida in Mesa in 2020.  Together with other leaders has started Ncuentro Network, a ministry that empowers Latino church planters. Also, he works for NAMB as a church planting catalyst.

Victor is originally from the Dominican Republic. He accepted the Lord through the ministry that was started by Joaquin A. Vargas. For years he served in various leadership positions in three different churches where he served as Sunday school teacher, Director of a Christian school, church planter and pastor.

He was the first leader that was helped with a program to help young students to go to the University through Missions Door. He was able to graduate with a bachelors degree in Psychology.

He has served as the Country Director in the Dominican Republic of Compassion International. Also, served in in Human Resources for World Vision.

Now, he serves as the President of the Board of Global One80 as a volunteer.

Solomon is currently the Family Pastor @ Iglesia Ncuentro Church in Mesa, AZ and Vice President of Operations for Blue Water Capital, Private Equity Group. He serves on the Board of Directors and enjoys working with families, teaching and sharing the word of God here in the United States and in Mexico. Solomon has been in ministry for 22 years now; he is a licensed and ordained minister, graduate of Arizona Christian University, who has concentrated his efforts in multi-ethnic, cross-cultural ministry opportunities. Bilingual, with a heart for the Latino community he has worked in a variety of settings from organizing Outreach Events, to Planting Churches, Preaching & Teaching, to Missions, to Teaching Music, to Leadership Training and Individual Mentorship.

Solomon was born in Nashville, TN in 1976 and later he moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1986. At the age of 15, he accepted the Lord in Hume Lake, CA. in the summer of 1991. One of his most treasured experiences as a Christian came just 8 months later when he went on a short-term mission trip to Mazatlan, Mexico in 1992. Upon returning to the USA, he began learning Spanish in order to share the Good News of Jesus to those he had met in Mexico. Later he returned on several occasions and shared Jesus in Spanish where many believed and gave their lives to Christ.

Upon graduating High School and completing some Community College courses he then attended Arizona Christian University to finish his studies, both for Biblical Studies and Business Administration, graduating in 1998. This same year he began his full time ministry journey at Pilgrim Rest Church in Downtown Phoenix as the Latino Pastor where he served for 10 years, planting a Multi-Campus Hispanic Church, organizing Outreach Events & Concerts, opening a rehab center, working with Prison Fellowship, Cornerstone Youth Outreach, and networking with many other ministries prior to transitioning to the Celebrate Recovery Ministry @ Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Chandler, AZ.

Solomon is married to his wife Nadia along with their children Joseph (21), Asael (19), Kimberly (17) and Lani (5)