In September of 1996, Jorge came to Grace Church as the new Senior Pastor.  It was his first Senior Pastor position.  From 1992 to 1996, he served as one of the pastors at Christ Church United Methodist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; from 1988 to 1992, as the Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church in Kissimmee, Florida; from 1984 to 1988 as Minister of Youth and Children at Trinity Hill United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

Jorge is a 1984 graduate of Asbury College where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Bible.  He is also a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree.  Jorge was ordained as a Deacon in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church in May, 1986, and an Elder in May 1990.  He was the 2001 recipient of the Denman Evangelism Award from the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church given to a pastor for excellence in evangelism.  He was a 1996 delegate to the Jurisdictional Conference and a 2000 and 2004 delegate to the General and Jurisdictional Conference.

Jorge co-authored The Heart of Youth Ministry with Hule Goddard which was released by Bristol Books in January of 1989.  He has also written and consulted for the United Methodist Publishing House and Circuit Rider magazine.  Jorge serves on the Board of Directors of World Parish Ministries.

Born in Puerto Rico, Jorge at the age of four months, moved with his family to the United States where he was raised.  Jorge was married in November, 1981, to Cheryl Montgomery.  They have an eighteen year old son, Nathan, and a twenty-three year old son, Daniel. With Daniel's July 2005 wedding, the family now includes daughter-in-law Courtney.  Jorge enjoys snow skiing, hiking and listening to jazz music.