Category: News & Updates

Good News About Tony

Dear Friends of Tony Campolo, The best news is that we expect Tony to come home on Friday, October 2! Never have I seen anyone work harder at anything than my dear husband has at his physical therapy. The two therapists

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An Update From Peggy Campolo

Dear Friends of Tony Campolo, We promised an update when we had news to report, and I am happy to tell you that Tony is making some real progress in his therapy sessions.  The new focus is on what therapists

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An Update From Bart Campolo

Dear Friends, My wife Marty and I spent this past weekend visiting my parents in Bryn Mawr, so here’s a fresh, first-hand update. Dad always works really hard in rehab, but some days are definitely better than others in terms

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A Brief Update from Peggy Campolo

Tony continues to make sure but very slow progress physically, and as you already know, his mind is quite clear. He needs lots of rest, and to save any energy he has for doing therapy. As you might expect, Tony

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A Prayer Request for Tony and Update From the Campolo Family

Dear Friends, On the evening of June 20 our father, Tony Campolo, had a stroke that partially paralyzed the left side of his face and body. Since then he has been recovering and working on rehabilitation on the ground floor of the

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A Counter-Cultural Church Grows in Brooklyn

Every Monday night at 10:30 p.m., more than 150 young people squeeze into a backroom theatre connected to a bar in Brooklyn, New York. They would never call their gathering a church but if you ever joined them, you wouldn’t

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At Last Evangelical Progressives Organize And Oppose The Alt-Right Evangelicals

Many progressive Evangelical leaders have become increasingly upset with the image (often unfairly) of all Evangelicals as being homophobic, anti-feminist, anti-environmentalist, anti-immigrant, and unabashed supporters of the Alt-Right Republican policies. Thirty of them responded to an invitation issued by Jim

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Something Special in a Mainline Denominational Church

There was a time when mainline denominations shied away from conducting what might be called those “old fashioned revival meetings.” In efforts to portray themselves as thoughtful Christians, not carried away by emotional manipulations from the pulpit, mainline church leaders

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Tony Campolo: For the Record

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

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Tony Campolo: It was time to stop

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.  

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