Anthony Campolo

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus


Reverend Dr. Anthony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University and a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. For 40 years, he led the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization that he founded in order to create and support programs serving needy communities. 

More recently, Dr. Campolo has provided leadership for the progressive Christian movement, Red Letter Christians, as well as, for the Campolo Center for Ministry, a program that provides financial support, training, and mentoring to those the Church has called to full-time ministry. 

Dr. Campolo and his wife, Peggy, live in the Philadelphia area and have two children and four grandchildren.

Education

A.B., Eastern Baptist College; BD., Th.M., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.S., Ph.D., Temple University