Rev. Jason C. Reynolds is the Senior Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in San Jose, CA. He earned a BS from Washington University in St. Louis in Mechanical Engineering and a MDiv from McCormick Theological Seminary. His current area of interest is technology’s influence on black preaching, specifically AI. He chose CTS because of his love for black preaching and his desire to be a part of the only PhD program in the world dedicated to this practice. In pursuing his doctorate, Pastor Jason is also fulfilling the dream of his late grandmother.