Matt “Spinner” Allen is a product of Camp McCall, attending as a camper and serving 9 years on Staff during his college years. After serving as a Staffer, Program Coordinator and Assistant Director at McCall, Spinner served as the Program Director at Wilderness Encounter Program (Grapevine, Texas) and as the Program Director at Summit Adventure (Bass Lake, California).

Spinner is a graduate of Presbyterian College with a BA in History, the National Outdoor Leadership School (Outdoor Education Certificate), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MA in Religious Education), Eastern University (MS in Non-Profit Leadership) and the National Intelligence University (MS in Strategic Intelligence).

Spinner joins the staff at McCall after most recently serving for 10+ years as a Naval Officer, in and alongside the U.S. Military, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community. He continues to serve as a Naval Reserve Officer.

He works alongside Ginger, who also serves at McCall as the Operations Director, overseeing business operations of the ministry. Ginger graduated from Appalachian State University (BS in Commercial Recreation Management) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv).

After being gone from McCall for 18 years, Spinner & Ginger are excited to be back in South Carolina. and they are both fortunate to live at Camp McCall year-round.  Contact Spinner at mattallen@scbaptist.org or Ginger at mccallinfo@scbaptist.org.