The Rev. Prof. Dr. Neal D. Presa is a Filipino American Pacific Islander pastor theologian, liturgist, and ecumenist having served in local congregational, academic, ecclesiastical, and global ecumenical conciliar settings for over two decades. He is currently the Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of San Jose, where he supports 37 congregations, fellowships, worshipping communities, and affiliated non-profits in Silicon Valley and the surrounding region. His research and publication agenda connects pastoral ministry, liturgical theology, homiletical theory, ecumenics, and Asian American studies. He is the author/editor of nine books and nearly 100 essays, book chapters, and book reviews including the forthcoming Worship, Justice and Joy (2024) as part of the Worship and Witness series and Ascension Theology and Habakkuk (2018) as part of The Asian Christianity in Diaspora series.