Orlando Crespo

Rev. Dr. Orlando Crespo holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Congregational Leadership from the New York Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University. He has served as the National Director of InterVarsity Latino Fellowship since 2000 and is the author of Being Latino in Christ: Finding Wholeness in Your Ethnic Identity (InterVarsity Press, 2003). An ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance since 2011, Dr. Crespo and his wife Maritza helped to plant New Life in the Bronx Church in 1998; he continues to serve there as the Associate Pastor and Children's Ministry Director. He is also active in several Latino Christian organizations including serving on the Board of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and an Executive Leader of the Latino Leadership Circle in NYC.