Raul Cruz, born in Mexico, works for a company that provides computer maintenance. He and his wife, Claudia, have two daughters, Britania and Abigail. Raul and Claudia were baptized in 1999 in Danbury, CT. In 2001, he began self-study in theology, and in 2009-2011 he studied at the Latin American Faculty of Theological Studies (FLET) in the US. While continuing his training online, Raul serves the CoG7 in Ossining, NY.