RENOWNED international speaker Dr Tony Campolo will be the guest speaker at the NECF Malaysia Pastors and Leaders Seminar on May 26. The author of 28 books, including bestseller It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Comin’, is well known in the Christian circle and equally renowned in the secular world as a motivational speaker.
In the US where he is based, he is a familiar face and voice on television and radio as a media commentator on religious, social and political issues. He has appeared on television programmes such as Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, and CNN News. He co-hosted his own television series, Hashing It Out, on the Odyssey Network, and presently hosts From Across The Pond, a weekly programme on the Premier Radio Network in England.
In January 2003, Christianity Today did a cover story on him. In “The Positive Prophet”, he was described thus: “Tony Campolo is a ferocious critic of Christians left and right. Why do people still flock to hear him?”
The story continued: “Unlike other social critics on both the left and right, Tony Campolo is above all an evangelist who inspires rather than condemns. And his message is the same whether he’s speaking inside the church or outside it: give your life completely to Jesus.”
Despite a hectic speaking schedule, he still finds time to write and his most recent titles are Revolution and Renewal: How Churches Are Saving Our Cities and Let Me Tell You a Story: Life Lessons From Unexpected Places and Unlikely People.
An ordained minister, he 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.
As the founder of Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), he has provided the leadership to create, nurture and support programs for “at-risk” children in cities across the US and Canada, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries.
The NECF seminar is jointly organised with Youth For Christ and will be held in the morning prior to NECF’s 9th Biennial General Meeting. Later the same night, he will speak at an evangelistic meeting organised by PJEFC at the Heritage Centre, Petaling Jaya. |
