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CAMPOLO, SIDER IN TIME MAGAZINE TOP TEN
Named to Top Ten Religion Stories of 2008
St. Davids, PA, January 12, 2009: Eastern University alumnus and bestselling author Dr. Tony Campolo '56, along with Palmer Seminary Professor Dr. Ron Sider, are among those cited in Time Magazine's top ten religion stories of 2008. "The Birth of the New Evangelicalism" is listed as the year's 7th biggest story.
"For decades leaders like Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo and Ron Sider have pressed their movement to extend its concern beyond classic issues of individual sin to questions like economic inequality, material aid overseas and the environment," Time Magazine states.
Dr. Campolo, professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University, is the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), an organization that develops schools and social programs in the two-thirds world and in cities across North America. He is the author of 35 books; his latest three are Letters to a Young Evangelical, The God of Intimacy and Action, and Red Letter Christians: A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics. Dr. Campolo is a popular motivational and inspirational speaker who addresses students, church groups, business and civic organizations around the world. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio news programs in both the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Sider is known for providing leadership to the movement of evangelicals who recognize not just the spiritual, but also the social and political implications of a high view of Scripture. His book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was lauded by Christianity Today as being among the top 100 books in religion in the 20th century, and the seventh most influential book in the evangelical world in the last 50 years. Dr. Sider is the founder of Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA), an outlet for Christians committed to holistic ministry, which is now a part of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy at the Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University.
Dr. Sider has also published 30 books, including Evangelism Salvation and Social Justice; Christ and Violence; Cry Justice: The Bible on Hunger and Poverty; Completely Pro-Life; Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel; Living Like Jesus.
To read the full Time Magazine article, visit: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855958_1862091,00.html
To learn more about Tony Campolo, visit www.TonyCampolo.com.
For more information about Palmer Seminary, visit: http://www.palmerseminary.edu/.
For more information about the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy, visit http://www.sidercenter.org/.
