Tony Campolo's Celebration of Life Service 1-25-2025

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, Tony's family, friends, Campolo Fellows, and supporters gathered to celebrate his remarkable life and legacy. The service includes a slideshow of Tony's life and friendships, special music from Eastern University's Dr. Steven Ford and the Angels of Harmony Gospel Choir and Mark Lowry, eulogies from Eastern alumnus Bryan Stevenson and Steve Chalke, an invocation and scripture readings from Eastern alumni Saleem Ghubril, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Wendy Ryan, Jodina Hicks, and Shane Claiborne, video reflections, and personal remembrances from friends and the family. We hope the service is as meaningful and memorable for you as it was for the Campolo family and all of us!

To learn more about Tony and the Campolo Center or to make a gift in honor and memory of Tony, please visit: https://www.eastern.edu/campolocenter

0:00:00: A moving hour-long slideshow showcasing Tony’s life and friendships.
1:02:30: Eastern’s Angels of Harmony Gospel Choir, with Dr. Steven Ford
1:05:29: Bart Campolo (son)
1:07:49: Saleem Ghubril HD’ 14, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Promise
1:13:37: Bono, songwriter, activist, lead-singer of U2
1:14:51: Dr. Pete Enns, author and Biblical Studies Professor, Eastern University
1:15:28: Dr. Ash Barker, Founder and Executive Director, Newbigin House
1:15:48: Jodine Hicks ’93, President at Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania
1:16:10: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove '03, author, preacher, founder of Rutba House
1:17:06: Rev. Dr. Donald Hilliard, Jr. '79 HD '04 HD '11, Cathedral International
1:18:14: Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon
1:18:50: Shane Claiborne
1:19:54: Mark Lowry, celebrated Gospel singer
1:23:42: Lowry sings "Becasue He Lives"
1:26:44: Bryan Stevenson ‘81, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
1:48:17: Song: "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
1:50:54: Tony's favorite scriptures read by Eastern alumni Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove ’03,
Wendy Ryan '77, HD '15, Jodina Hicks ’93, and Shane Claiborne ‘97
1:56:20: Steve Chalke, Founder of Oasis Trust UK
2:24:02: Bart Campolo
2:25:50: Dr. John Ruth ’56, Tony’s classmate and colleague at Eastern
2:26:27: Allan Beverly, friend
2:26:43: Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners
2:27:06: Allan Beverly, friend
2:27:15: Karen Nyirjesy (niece)
2:28:05: Jim Sweet, friend
2:28:18: Kent Holland (nephew)
2:28:43: Bill Gaither, acclaimed gospel singer and song-writer
2:29:49: Craig Hammon, friend
2:30:56: Jim Wallis
2:31:40: Rev. Dr. Wilson Goode, former mayor of Philadelphia
2:32:32: US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton
2:52:58: Miranda Campolo Stowers (granddaughter)
2:58:23: Roman Campolo (grandson)
3:02:10: Naomi and Nina Goodhart (granddaughters)
3:06:40: Lisa Campolo Goodhart (daughter)
3:17:40: Bart Campolo
3:22:09: Tony Campolo, the last word: “Clarence”
3:25:26: Angles of Harmony Gospel Choir
3:28:33: Slide show repeats