Hispanic Ministries
Contact Rev. Raul Escalante
Regional Hispanic Ministries Leader
Rev. Raul Escalante is Regional Leader of Hispanic Ministries for the Southeast Region. Raul is lead pastor of First Spanish Open Bible Church in Sunrise, Florida, and is a member of the Southeast Region board of directors.
He and his wife, Dora, who is also credentialed and serves as associate pastor of Sunrise, are originally from El Salvador. Both accepted Jesus as Savior in 1979 at the Open Bible church in Hialeah, Florida. A 1993 graduate of INSTE Bible College, Raul has served as an INSTE (Institute of Theology by Extension) facilitator since 1995.
Contact Rev. Roberto Seda
Director of the East Sector of Open Bible's Hispanic Ministries
Pastor Roberto Seda is the director of the East Sector of Open Bible's Hispanic Ministries, covering the Southeast, East, and Central regions.
Roberto has been in ministry since he was 18 years old. Besides pastoring, he has also ministered as an evangelist in the States and in Puerto Rico and served on the board for Open Bible's East Region. A graduate of IGBC Level 2, Roberto serves as a chaplain with the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, Chapter 16, in New York. The Sedas have two adult children and two grandsons.