Larry has been involved in the Lausanne Research and Strategic Information Network since 2005 and, since 2008, has been a member of the steering committee for Lausanne research conferences. He is also the founding leader of the Global Community of Mission Information Workers, which produces the quarterly research e-newsletter Correct Me If I’m Wrong.
Larry and his wife Stephanie are dual citizens of Brazil and the US, and have served as missionaries and co-workers in research with OC International (www.onechallenge.org) for over 35 years. They graduated together from Johns Hopkins University and both also received MAs from Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of World Mission.
Larry is an ordained elder in the US and Brazilian Presbyterian churches. He served as director of research for OC’s Brazil affiliate (Sepal Brasil) from 1987–2004, and as senior research consultant for OC’s North Africa / Middle East / Central Asia regions from 2004–2011. From 2011 to 2021, he served as global director of research for OC International and, having turned over that responsibility, was designated global director of research emeritus.
Larry has a passion for raising up national research teams and is currently mentoring national researchers in several countries, especially Brazil. He has published several articles on research and a book in Brazilian Portuguese called Spying Out the Land: How to Understand Your City. Larry and his wife reside in the UK.