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Ray is a pastor, professor, and denominational leader. He currently serves as the pastor of Briggs Road Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio and serves as Professor of New Testament at Emmaus Theological Seminary and University of the Cumberlands. Ray also teaches local and international pastors and leaders through various partnerships. 

Ray earned his MDiv and PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a BA from Clear Creek Baptist Bible College. Through his doctoral research, Ray conducted the first published discourse analysis of the Sermon on the Mount. You can access his dissertation, “The Cohesive Rhetoric of Jesus: The Role Matthew 6:19-7:11 in the Sermon on the Mount” here. Ray’s research interests are discourse analysis, homiletics, Koine Greek, and New Testament and he regularly presents research at academic conferences.

A preacher since the age of fifteen, Ray has been involved in ministry in various roles for 20 years and has been in vocational ministry for 15 years in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. His wife, Katrina, serves faithfully alongside him in ministry and serves as Director of Operations for the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio.  

Ray loves Star Wars, vintage video games, traveling with Katrina, bluegrass, the Tennessee Volunteers, and snorkeling in the Bahamas.