Dr. Terry Coy brings decades of experience in missiology, church planting, and theological education. Born in Oklahoma City and raised in Chile as the son of Southern Baptist missionaries, Dr. Coy is fluent in Spanish and deeply engaged in cross-cultural ministry and theological reflection. He received Christ at the age of eight and surrendered to ministry in 1985. He was licensed and ordained at Putnam City Baptist Church in Oklahoma City in 1987.

Dr. Coy has taught at several institutions including Southwestern Seminary, Criswell College, Tarrant County College, B. H. Carroll Theological Seminary, and Seminario Teológico Bautista in Chile. His courses have included Systematic Theology, Contemporary Theology, Ecclesiology, Philosophy, Church History, Baptist Heritage, Evangelism, and Missions.

He is the author of Facing the Change: Challenges and Opportunities for an American Missiology (Tate Publishing, 2013) and Return to the Margins: Understanding and Adapting as a Church to Post-Christian America (Aneko Press, 2015). A frequent conference speaker, Dr. Coy has presented both nationally and internationally on topics such as post-Christian culture, church planting, and missional strategy.

From 2001 to 2015, Dr. Coy served in multiple leadership roles with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, including Director of Missions, Senior Church Planting Strategist, and Ethnic Church Planting Strategist. Prior to that, he served with the Tarrant Baptist Association in leadership development and church starting. He also has experience as a biblical counselor and ministry administrator with Scope Ministries in Oklahoma City.

He and his wife, Sandy, have two daughters and five grandchildren.