Dr. Tony Campolo

Biography

Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He previously served for ten years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern College and earned a Ph.D. from Temple University.

Founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), Dr. Campolo has worked to create, nurture and support programs for “at-risk” children in cities across North America, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries.

Dr. Campolo is a media commentator on religious, social and political matters, having guested on television programs like The Colbert Report, Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, The Charlie Rose Show, Larry King Live, CNN Dayside, CNN News and MSNBC News. He co-hosted his own television series, Hashing It Out, on the Odyssey Network, and presently hosts Across the Pond, a weekly program on the Premier Christian Radio Network in England. He is also a highly respected and sought after guest on radio stations across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

Dr. Campolo speaks about 350 different times each year around the world for a wide variety of groups including churches, colleges, youth groups and the business community.

He is the author of 38 books, with the latest releases in February 2010, Choose Love Not Power (Regal); May 2010 Connecting Like Jesus (Jossey-Bass) co-authored with Mary Albert Darling; and September 2010 Stories That Feed Your Soul (Regal). Some of the recent titles are Red Letter Christians, A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics (Regal 2/2008); The God of Intimacy and Action (Jossey-Bass 7/2007) co-authored with Mary Albert Darling; Letters to a Young Evangelical (Basic Books 2006).

Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister, has served American Baptist Churches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is presently recognized as an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia.

Speaking Engagements

Sunday, November 05, 2017