Steve Allen grew up in Ohio the son and grandson of Presbyterian ministers. He attended the College of Wooster in Ohio followed by Yale Divinity School where he received his Master of Divinity degree in 1989.

Steve has served as the Senior Chaplain at the Lovett School in Atlanta Georgia.  In addition to serving as chaplain he has been the head of the Religion Department.

He has been married to his wife Sue for 36 years, has 4 adult children, Kyler, Tessa, Adrianna and Jeremiah and one new addition, Chandler, who joined the family with her marriage to Kyler in September of 2023.