Advent is a season of celebration and hopeful expectation. As Christians, we celebrate the incarnation; that God is with us and has become one of us in Jesus of Nazareth. And, we anticipate the completion of God’s salvific work, which is being accomplished in and through the Church, which Jesus, the risen Savior, established. All that is to s...
A NEW AND BIBLICAL WAY TO EXTEND A CALL TO MINISTRY by Dr. Tony Campolo (originally published June 2014) THE CHALLENGE We’re not doing it right! Some of the brightest and best young men and women fail to be called into church vocations. It’s no secret that churches grow or decline, depen...
Last week, at one of our faculty sponsor’s home, we kicked off the semester with a cookout to welcome back our returning Campolo Scholars and to welcome a new cohort of Palmer Theological Seminary seminarians into the program. We also began our weekly meetings for prayer and discussion, where throughout the semester we’ll be reading and en...
Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow -- Sunday, August 20th -- at 7 PM EST, Tony and Mark Lowry will be leading an evening worship service full of stories, songs and humor at the Tabernacle in Ocean City, NJ. This event is free and open to the public: Sunday Night Concerts at the Tab 550 Wesley Ave | Ocean City, NJ | 08226 Phone: (609) 399-...
Tony Campolo is returning with one of his best friends to one of his favorite places this Sunday! Join Tony and Mark Lowry for an encore performance of their night of inspirational storytelling and worship at Ocean City Tabernacle. Laugh, cry, sing and be uplifted by this unique worship servi...
Greetings from Columbia, Missouri! Tony and I are here for the Missouri United Methodist Church COMPASS conference, designed to help pastors grow spiritually and professionally. Today, Tony will speak to clerical and lay leadership on the themes of Social Holiness and Missional Readiness. If you’re interested in receiving email updates ab...
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the trut...
My mother, Mary Campolo, was the best storyteller I have ever known. Her ability to hold a group entranced was amazing. For several years she was on the staff of a Lutheran home for the elderly. She was so good at story telling that the administrators at the home relieved her of other duties and asked her to spend full time just keeping the resi...
Wait until you hear about yet another great Campolo Scholar! This link will take you to the Spring 2017 Newsletter where the ministry of Brittany Daniel is highlighted. We think you will be ...
We started the Campolo Center for Ministry with a sense of urgency and commitment to prioritize investing in the lives of future church and ministry leaders. What better way to celebrate this season than to invest in young messengers who will declare in word and deed the Good News of Jesus Christ for years to come! Please be generous in your ...