Tony Campolo is a controversial pastor, sociologist, author and public speaker. He is an ordained Baptist minister and a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University and he is presently serving as an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia. With his liberal political and social attitudes, he has been a major proponent for progressive thought and reform in the evangelical community, he has become a leader of the movement called ‘Red-Letter Christian’, he has founded the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE) and has authored more than 35 books. He holds to Kingdom Now Theology and associates himself with New Age and ecumenical organizations (meditative & contemplative lifestyles). He was born in 1935 and was a spiritual adviser to President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.