Gendo is a Dharma Teacher (Zenji) and full priest (Osho).
He is a Zen Buddhist Monk and Abbot of the Fox Forest Zendo.

On July 30, 2023, Genjo affirmed Gendo Testa of Fox Forest Zendo as Osho. Osho is the Japanese Zen word for temple priest, so this ceremony acknowled and affirmed Gendo Testa as a full temple priest and Dharma Teacher. This is not the same as Dharma Transmission which may come later. As an acknowledged temple priest, Gendo has the authority to give Dharma talks, do one-on-one Dharma interviews and ordain priests in training (unsui in Japanese).§