Courage to Care: When Giving Up Isn't an Option

Sunday, April 3, 2005, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA (April 3, 2005) - Peggy Campolo, a published evangelical author and wife of Tony Campolo, presents, "The Courage to Care: When Giving Up Isn’t An Option," Sunday April 3, 2005, from 3 pm to 5 pm, at the William Way Community Center.

Since God does not give everyone the same marching orders, we need discernment in determining both what we as individuals do and what we do together as a group. Come, hear, and talk with Peggy Campolo.

Peggy’s journey led to a befriending and questioning process to understand the dynamics of people she knew very little about while attempting to integrate her faith with social justice. As a result, her personal faith in Jesus has been strengthened and has translated into an increasing outreach to others. She has become an advocate of justice for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people and a strong proponent of full inclusion of GLBT people within the church.

Peggy is a speaker in churches, universities, and conferences throughout the United States. She is a published author, having contributed a chapter to editor Walter Wink’s Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches.

Active memberships include: PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays), Evangelicals Concerned, and Soulforce. For a number of years, she served as a member of the Council of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists and is a member of the Central Baptist Church (Wayne, PA), which is dually aligned with the American Baptist Churches USA and the Alliance of Baptists.

Peggy and her husband Tony live in St. Davids, PA. They are the parents of a son and daughter and have four grandchildren.

Additional Information

Sponsored by Evangelicals Concerned/Philadelphia. For more information, call (215) 860-7445 or ecphila@juno.com. Although the event is free, donations help cover expenses.