Dr. Daryl McCarthy
Executive Director
Daryl McCarthy is well-prepared to equip academics and leaders. He has been in ministry since 1974 and has served as a professor, pastor, writer, and speaker at universities, conferences, and churches, and founder and president of an international academic organization. Currently, he serves as Executive Director of The Leadership Anvil and as a Theological Education Teaching Fellow with One Mission Society (OMS) (www.tlead.omsg.org). His primary focus is on equipping Christian professors and ministry leaders across Europe. Previously, he served as Vice President of Forum of Christian Leaders and directed the European Leadership Forum Academic Network and Cambridge Scholars Network. He was a founder of Global Scholars in 1988 and led that ministry until 2014. He earned a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary, Master of Arts in Philosophy of Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Bachelor of Theology from Kansas Christian College. He and his wife, Dr. Teri McCarthy, live in Olathe, Kansas. Their son and daughter are both married and have blessed them with six grandchildren.
You can schedule Daryl to speak by sending a message on the response form.
Teri McCarthy, PhD
Director of Educational Programs
Teri McCarthy is a dynamic speaker with a vital story to tell. She has taught and conducted research in 50 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
Currently, she serves as Director of Educational Programs for The Leadership Anvil.
Teri taught in public universities, including Lithuania (Lithuania University of Educational Sciences and Mykolas Romeris University, both in Vilnius), remote northeastern China, the Soviet Union, Nigeria, and Holland. She led two pioneering academic teams to Afghanistan under the joint sponsorship of UNESCO and the Afghanistan Ministry of Higher Education. She served as Director of Faculty Development and as Writer-in-Residence at Global Scholars. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She also taught at Moscow University of Design.
Teri earned her PhD in education (curriculum and teaching) at the University of Kansas, her MA (education) at Oral Roberts University, and her BA (mass communications and journalism) at Friends University.
Teri co-authored Teaching in a Distant Classroom (InterVarsity Press), which is in its third printing and has been translated into Korean. Teri is a passionate speaker and has presented at universities, churches, and conferences. She has spoken at academic conferences and at the C. S. Lewis Oxbridge Conference. She has published in professional journals and popular periodicals.
You can schedule Teri to speak by sending a message on the response form.
About Our Name
Leadership Anvil
An anvil is a place where instruments are made ready for service—forged, shaped, sharpened, and changed. As followers of Jesus, we are called to be prepared for service. The preparation of Christian leaders often requires challenges and testing, so we can be malleable, conformed to the will of God and His Word.
2 Timothy 2:21 reminds us we are to “be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master, and prepared to do any good work.” God prepares leaders on His anvil by using difficulties, training, and discipline to shape us into leaders He can anoint and use. The Leadership Anvil calls believers, specifically academics, pastors, and leaders, to lay themselves on the anvil of God’s Word to be shaped and prepared for their calling by the hammer of His truth. Since “Iron sharpens iron” (Proverbs 27:17), we will then be better prepared to help equip others for service.
Advisory Council
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Chair: Mrs. Letta Jean Taylor, Montreat, North Carolina; non-profit leader, former mayor
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Mr. Jim Brown, Phoenix, Arizona; engineer and experienced COO
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Mr. Brian Burnett, Indianapolis, Indiana; IT consultant
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Dr. Per Ewert, Forserum, Sweden; Director, The Clapham Institute
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Dr. Daryl McCarthy, Executive Director
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Mr. Terry Miller, Burleson, Texas; business owner
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The Leadership Anvil is affiliated with Faith and Learning International (www.faithandlearning.org)