Lori McDaniel is a multifaceted leader, author, conference speaker, and Bible teacher with extensive experience in women’s ministry and church strategy.  Her passion for discipleship among the nations has led her to more than 30 countries to work with indigenous leaders and cross-cultural missionaries. Lori served as a missionary in Africa and as a manager of marketing and mobilization with the International Mission Board. She holds an MA in intercultural studies from Southeastern Theological Seminary.

But Lori says the bottom line is this – She is a follower of Jesus, forever learning what it means to be a woman in this messy life, while compelled by the love of Christ to penetrate spaces and places for the sake of His name all around the world. She loves walking alongside women in deep conversations, asking tough questions, and activating them toward spiritual formation and deeper walk with Jesus. She enjoys hanging out with her three adult kids and her six adorably exhausting preschool grandchildren. She and her husband, Mike, live in northwest Arkansas.