Avery T. Willis, Jr. is an international speaker, leader, author and conference leader. He serves as:

• Executive Director of the International Orality Network
• Ambassador at Large for the Avery T. Willis Center for Global Outreach, Oklahoma Baptist University
• Chairman of the OneStory Partnership Advisory Board
• Member of Table 71, a strategic alliance of the largest evangelical mission agencies
• Member of the Steering Committee for the Church Planting Congresses sponsored by the Bill Bright Billion Souls Initiative

 He served as pastor of three churches in Oklahoma and Texas for ten years before serving with his wife, Shirley, and their children as missionaries to Indonesia for fourteen years. He may be best known for creating the MasterLife discipleship materials in Indonesia while serving as the President of the Indonesian Baptist Theological Seminary. During the next fifteen years it was translated into over 50 languages and used in over 100 countries while he led the adult discipleship department for LifeWay Christian Resources. He then served ten years as Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations of the International Mission Board overseeing the work of 5600 missionaries in 183 countries. He holds a BA degree from Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla., and the M.Div and Th.D degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He has received honorary doctor’s degrees from Oklahoma Baptist University and Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar MO. His writings include: