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Tony Campolo continues his unique role as a devoted evangelical whose reading of the Scripture and commitment to a life of faith, justice and love produces books we all need to read.
Bill Clinton, former U.S President
PATRON OF CODIA
TONY CAMPOLO
Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA. 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 programmes 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 programmes 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 programme on the Premier Christian 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.
He is author of 33 books, his latest three being, Letters to a Young Evangelical, The God of Intimacy and Action, and his most recent release, Red Letter Christians, a Citizens Guide to Faith and Politics.
Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister, has served American Baptist Churches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is presently recognised as an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia.
Dr. Campolo and his wife, Peggy, live in the Philadelphia area and have two grown children and four grandchildren.
Tony Campolo became CODIA's Patron in February 2007.
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