Rev. Dr. Efrain Agosto

This weeks guest is Dr. Efraín Agosto, and this weeks guest cohost is Rev. Dr. Gregory Cuellar! Dr. Efraín Agosto is Professor of New Testament Studies at New York Theological Seminary in New York City and the Seminary’s former academic dean. A Puerto Rican, Dr. Agosto was born and raised in New York City. Among his published works are Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul (2005) and Preaching in the Interim: Transitional Leadership in the Latino/a Church (2018). The volume that he co-edited with Jacqueline Hidalgo, Latinx, the Bible and Migration (Palgrave Macmillan), was published in 2018. Efrain’s teaching and research expertise focus on the New Testament letters of Paul and the issues of empire, ekklesia, leadership and ministry that they reflect. Efrain lives with his wife Olga Gisela in West Hartford, Connecticut, and they have two adult children, Joel and Jasmin. You can find out more about this series at artedelagrimas.org.