Our Journey

A Legacy

For 31 years, our founder, Joaquin Vargas, served in various senior leadership and Vice President roles at Missions Door, an organization that supports missionaries to evangelize, disciple and plant churches.

He was responsible for overseeing personnel and multi-faceted projects in 24 countries.

A Dream

In 2004, Joaquin had the vision to launch an organization focusing on leadership and community development. He enrolled at the University of Colorado at Denver to obtain a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management. Upon his graduation, instead of starting a new nonprofit, he launched it as a program with Missions Door.

He was responsible for overseeing personnel and multi-faceted projects in 24 countries.

A Call

In 2016, Joaquin and a team of leaders launched Global One80 as a ministry organization and mission agency to empower leaders in the United States and other countries to transform lives and communities with the Gospel of Jesus.

" At 20 years old, our founder Joaquin started a vision known today as Global One80. He started his first church plant in a community facing spiritual, economic, and social challenges. "

An
Impact

In this community, he met a young leader, Victor Arias, who, at the age of 16, told him that he wanted to go to college. He raised funds to send him to a top university in the Dominican Republic while investing time in coaching, training, and nurturing a long-lasting friendship relationship. Upon his graduation, Victor worked as the Country Director of Compassion International in the Dominican Republic, and through that role, he impacted the lives of over 50,000 children. God has allowed Joaquin to see his legacy continue, and now Victor serves as President of the Board of Directors.

A
Passion

This organization captures what Joaquin and his wife, Oneida, have done for over three decades. Their life journey has been shaped by people, experiences, failures, successes, stories, and the fantastic opportunity to learn from many different cultures where God has allowed them to serve. Through Global One80 and its partners, they are accomplishing their passion for impacting people's lives with the Gospel of Jesus and transforming global communities, one life at a time. You, too, are welcome to join us on this journey!

The Power of One

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Help

Before choosing the type of leader you can read below what each one means.

Who are Exponential Leaders?

These leaders with experience join us to receive supervision for their ministry or initiative from a Ministry Coordinator. They can raise support through us, and their financial accounts are accessed ten (10) percent administrative fee.

Who are Emerging Leaders?

These leaders are just starting a new ministry or initiative and commit to having a mentor to oversee them. They can raise support through us, and their financial accounts are accessed five (5) percent administrative fee.

Who are Strategic Alliance Leaders?

These leaders from established organizations or ministries partner with us, but their own board supervises them. They can raise support through us, and their financial accounts are accessed five (5) percent administrative fee.

Each church is independent and autonomous and must be free from interference by any ecclesiastical or political authority; that, therefore, Church and State must be kept separate as having different functions, each fulfilling its duties free from the dictation or patronage of the other.

We believe that a visible church is a company of believers in Jesus Christ, buried with Him in baptism and associated for worship, work and fellowship.

We believe that to these visible churches were committed for observance “until He comes,” the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper; and that God has laid upon these churches the task of persuading a lost world to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and to enthrone Him as Lord and Master. We believe that righteous living, good works and proper social concern are essential products of the gospel.

We believe, therefore, that those who accept Christ as their Lord and Savior will rejoice forever in God’s presence and those who refuse to accept Christ as Lord and Savior will be forever separated from God.

We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His high priestly intercession for His people and His personal, visible return to the world according to His promise.