OmegaVega

Rev. Eliezer Reyes, an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, is currently serving as Director of the Omega Vega School of Mission (1996-1999, 2006 to present). He is also Senior Pastor of the Iglesia Pentecostal de Hempstead (Hempstead, New York). A former missionary with the Spanish Eastern District (AG) in Sevilla, Spain (1987-1996), and as President of the Eldin Villafane Community Center. He has served as board member of the Foreign Missions Committee of the Spanish Eastern District, is past President of the Spanish Eastern School of Theology, and has also served as board member of numerous community organizations reaching out to children and youth. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate Division of Religion (Drew University), and a doctoral fellow of the Hispanic Theological Initiative. Rev. Reyes is happily married to Maria Olmedo-Sanchez, and both have two beautiful daughters: Raquel and Rebecca.

A Message from the Director...

The Church is confronting some of the greatest challenges at the turn of 21st century. New York City, with its multicultural environment, offers the Church a world of opportunities for service and engagement with people from countless religious and cultural backgrounds. Global issues are also challenging the Hispanic American Church to become an agent of change. The Church must reflect on its mission and equip its membership to meet the global challenges. Christians must theologically and socially interpret the needs of the urban environment and network to bring about change in the power of the Holy Spirit. A dialogue between “text and context” is needed if we are to engage in a genuine biblical theology of mission that relates to urban and global needs. We must also define and articulate the way we accomplish global and intercultural outreach. 

I am confident that the Omega Vega School of Urban and Global Mission will make an educational contribution that the Holy Spirit will use to empower the Christian community and guide it to a new dimension of doing urban and global outreach. 

Rev. Eliezer Reyes, Director