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The bulk of what was in his narrative was available in the corporate records and minutes of meetings.

Besides, he does not strike me as a liar or even as a proud self-agrandizing sort of person.

But, hey, ya'll have him judged and sentenced already. Perhaps you'd best inform God so God can carry out the sentence.

In terms of the info coming from Tony alone, I think there were 2 other men of his group in that meeting where he spoke. I don't remember what they had to say in support of the whole story.

BTW, Tony wrote WITH HIS SON one of the best books on fathering and rearing of sons that I've ever read. And, the full flavor of his quality values as well as his quality personality comes out full force in that book. It's also funy and extremely candid and vulnerable.

Personally, I'd think that voicing the kinds of criticisms ya'll are against him without reading any of his books or looking at a variety of his videos would be . . . at best wholesale UNChristian.

This is my favorite:

Things We Wish We Had Said: Reflections of a Father and His Grown Son by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - Aug 1989)

They both talk about the same incidents from their respective perspectives. Very touching and enlightening.

Carpe Diem is excellent.

I think this is an excellent book, too:

Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God by Tony Campolo.

I think these three have such experiences in it as the Caribbean one:

50 Ways You Can Feed a Hungry World by Tony Campolo and Gordon Aeschliman (Paperback - Oct 1991)

You Can Make a Difference by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - April 23, 2003)

101 Ways Your Church Can Change the World: A Guide to Help Christians Express the Love of Christ to a Needy World by Tony Campolo (Paperback - Dec 1993)

I loved this one:

It's Friday but Sunday's Comin' (Contemporary Classics) by Tony Campolo (Hardcover - Oct 14, 2002)

I think the following one is VERY GOOD for reading and discussing with teens and pre-teens:

Who Switched the Price Tags?: A Search for Values in a Mixed-Up World by Tony Campolo and Anthony Campolo (Hardcover - Oct 1986)

Well.

First I should point out that your compatriot on this thread turned out to be a troll. Second, I should point out that you accused everyone who didn't share the same sycophantic view as you was subject to an attack by you on their true Christianity.

Third, your behavior is very very strange on all of this. You behave as if we've insulted a lover. Fourth, the guy is a sociologist. Not only is that the area of academic study with the weakest standards of scholarship (nonexistant) it doesn't mean anything. Fifth, you quote his endless streams of books to try to counter that he's self-promoting. Alright, here we go:

His website. Note his smiling mug and bald pate right on the front. If you click on Media, you can see several photos and witness his speaking style. And his store is quite comprehensive.
The Campolo College of graduate and professional studies. Such a humble guy. Do you know what you have to do to get your name on a college at a University? Two guesses. And the cheaper one doesn't count.
'Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked': An Interview with Tony Campolo; Speaking out on gays, women and more, a progressive evangelical says 'We ought to get out of the judging business.' This is interesting. He judgementally judges the judgemental.
You can hire him as a speaker.

In my long sojourn in this life, I have found that there are two kinds of clergy: Those who serve the Gospel and those who let the Gospel serve them. I think he uses the Gospel for his own ends. He follows God because God tells him what he wants to hear. He certainly speaks alot about the most secular of political issues. He's a poster on Huffington Post and appeared on the comedy(!) show Colbert Report. He clearly loves being the Left's favorite evangelical. Most of what he does appears to be quite good. There doesn't seem to be much of an issue with his organization, either. Too much of it is about Tony for my taste.

To conclude, please click on this pdf called Over the Top for Jesus and count with me the pages on which his face appears: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (oh, there's his kid with a "Campolo for Congress '76" t-shirt, I guess he was runnin' for Jesus), 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 34, 36.

I actually didn't think very ill of the guy but when I read your posts, as a defender of his, I changed my mind. And if it were to come out that EAPE had issues of financial mismanagement, I would not be surprised.