Jared E. Alcántara

Jared E. Alcántara is Associate Professor of Preaching at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. An ordained Baptist minister, he has served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and teaching pastor in Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (PhD) and is passionate about equipping students to preach in ways that are faithful, effective, clear, creative, and inspiring. He is the author of three books: The Practices of Christian Preaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2019), Learning from a Legend: What Gardner C. Taylor Can Teach Us About Preaching (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2016), and Crossover Preaching: Improvisational-Intercultural Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor.