Jared E. Alcántara (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of preaching and occupies the Paul W. Powell Endowed Chair in Preaching at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, in Waco, Texas. His recent publications include Let the Legends Preach (2021) and The Practices of Christian Preaching (Spanish: 2020; English 2019). Alcántara is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, the Evangelical Homiletics Society, and the Hispanic Theological Initiative. An ordained Baptist minister, he has also served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and teaching pastor in Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey.