Matt Carroll

Matt Carroll serves as Chief Operating Officer for Adult & Teen Challenge of Oklahoma, helping oversee ministry operations and strategic growth across Oklahoma, Kansas, and the prison-based Freedom Challenge division. Over the past 15 years with Adult & Teen Challenge, he has served in a variety of roles including Student Advisor, Fundraising Coordinator, Program Manager, Director of Development, and since 2020, Chief Operating Officer.In addition to his operational leadership, Matt oversees ATC Staffing, a workforce initiative that serves major events across the country while helping generate resources that support Adult & Teen Challenge residential discipleship ministries and their mission to transform lives through Christ.

Holding an M.B.A. from the University of Arkansas and a background in corporate finance and business administration, Matt brings both ministry passion and organizational leadership experience to his role. After giving his life to Christ in 2006, he sensed a call to ministry as God redirected his desire from the corporate world toward serving others through Christ-centered recovery and discipleship. He began ministry service at the newly established Oklahoma City Adult & Teen Challenge campus in 2010.

Passionate about seeing more lives transformed through the hope of Jesus Christ, he is especially encouraged by the continued expansion of Adult & Teen Challenge programs reaching more individuals throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, and correctional facilities through the Freedom Challenge division.  Matt has been married to his wonderful wife, Kelsey, since 2013. A guiding Scripture in his life and ministry is Philippians 3:12–14, reminding him to continually “press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”