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