Staff

Owner and Director
Frank Shivers (M.Th.), full-time vocational Southern Baptist Evangelist, is the director and owner of Camp Longridge in Ridgeway, SC. He has been in full-time ministry for over 40 years and is the author of many books including: Heavy Stuff, Clear Talk to Students, The Evangelistic Invitation 101, and Soul Winning 101. Under his leadership at Longridge over 4,000 students have made profession of faith and thousands of lives changed.

Assistant Director
Mark Shivers (M.Div, Th.M.), graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, GA, licensed Baptist minister and current doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt serves as Assistant Director. Mark has been written in such diverse locations as The Ooze and The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. Mark literally grew up at Longridge and has a deep passion to work alongside God in exploring and implementing a holistic vision of how camp can be a part of the grand story of salvation.

Camp Facilitator

Scott Ogram is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. Scott worked with us on our summer staff for five years and served as staff supervisor for two of them. He joined us full-time in 2008 to become an important and essential part of our future. His passion is for Longridge to be a space for groups to make deep connections with each other and a loving God.

Camp Secretary

JIll Moak has worked with us for many years guiding and maintaining the registration process. Jill is a graduate of Winthrop University and is currently a Social Worker in the Columbia, SC area.