Shane Claiborne Heads the Red Letter Christians Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment

August 5, 2015

By Tony Campolo Shane Claiborne, one of the co-directors of the Red Letter Christians movement, has made abolishing the death penalty a major commitment. He not only has drawn up petitions to be signed by likeminded believers who want to

Red Letter Christians Reflect on the Vienna Agreement Negotiated by John Kerry

July 24, 2015

By Tony Campolo President Obama negotiated a deal with leaders of Iran in the hopes of curtailing for a decade their development of an atomic bomb. It is by no means a perfect agreement. It is important to note that

“Have You Ever Wondered About the Relationship of Sports to the Practice of the Christian Faith?”

July 21, 2015

Next summer, August 24-28, 2016, I will be participating in what is called the Inaugural Global Congress on Sports and Christianity, to be held at York St. John University in the United Kingdom. Other speakers include Dr. Michael Novak from

Tony Campolo: A Plug for Eastern University

July 13, 2015

I’m retired. That means that I don’t teach there anymore, but I still think that Eastern University is a really GREAT school. The faculty is tops. Everywhere you turn in this academic community you will run into PhD’s. While most

Tony Campolo: A Call for Young Missionary Workers

July 2, 2015

I want to make a pitch to post high school young people for Mission Year. This is a program that recruits young people to spend a year as urban missionaries in some of the most “at risk” cities in America.

Tony Campolo: For the Record

June 8, 2015

June 8, 2015; Tony releases a new statement urging the church to be more welcoming. As a young man I surrendered my life to Jesus and trusted in Him for my salvation, and I have been a staunch evangelical ever

Tony Campolo: It was time to stop

April 9, 2014

April 8, 2014; Tony Campolo was interviewed on Faith & Leadership – he explains why he’s closing his ministry organization, the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, after more than 40 years. Click here to read the interview.  

Tony on Aqueduct Project

February 24, 2014

February 24, 2014; Tony joined the Aqueduct Project to discuss his book The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice written in 2008 with Mary Albert Darling. Click here to listen to the interview.  

Keynote Speaker at National Christian Foundation of South Florida

February 13, 2014

February 13, 2014; Tony was the keynote speaker at the National Christian Foundation of South Florida.

Tony Campolo hits hard on abortion, gay marriage, Israel and more

December 17, 2013

December 17, 2013; Interview by Jonathan Merritt, On Faith & Culture on RNS (Religious News Service). “Tony Campolo might rightly be described as one of the founding fathers of the modern day “Christian left.”  An ordained baptist minister and son