The Challenge of Joseph H. Jackson: How America’s Most Powerful Black Preacher Became a Forgotten Man

Jared E. Alcántara is Professor of Preaching and holds the Paul W. Powell Endowed Chair in Preaching at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. His recent publications include How to Preach Proverbs, Let the Legends Preach, and The Practices of Christian Preaching. 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.