Neal 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. Dr. Presa is currently Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of San Jose, where he supports 37 congregations, fellowships, worshipping communities, and affiliated nonprofits in Silicon Valley and the surrounding region. Additionally, he is Affiliate Associate Professor of Preaching at Fuller and a Senior Fellow for the Center for Pastor Theologians. 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 over 100 essays, book chapters, and book reviews, including Worship, Justice and Joy (Cascade, 2025) in the Worship and Witness series and Ascension Theology and Habakkuk (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) in the Asian Christianity in Diaspora series.