Posts in the ‘Restorative Justice’ Category

Join churches throughout the United States on February 7th as they spend part or all of their prayer time during their worship service by praying for a fair criminal justice system based on restorative principles.

The General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) of the United Methodist Church recently sponsored an open conversation on “Ministry with the Poor” which was broadcasted live over the internet. Click to read more and watch videos from the event.

Dr. Howard Zehr, professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University’s graduate Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, outlines 10 ways to live restoratively.

For one week in February, the circle of JUSTPEACE tried on a new shape, a peace-building STAR.  Supported by Church World Service, Eastern Mennonite University of Harrisonburg, Virginia, hosted a seminar on “Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR): Trauma, Violence, and Peacebuilding.”  The STAR logo is designed to emphasize that a healthy society may [...]

359.1.a)   Restorative Justice—A goal for all complaint procedures is Biblical justice or restorative justice, which is a justice  that seeks to repair the harm to people and communities that is created by the breach of trust, to achieve real accountability by making things right insofar as possible, and to bring healing to all that have [...]

“We in the restorative justice community have much to offer victims. I’m convinced, though, that in order to deliver on this we must partner with victim advocacy and support groups.”

The Texas Annual Conference (TAC) of the United Methodist Church has established The Newgate Initiative to increase involvement in Restorative Justice ministry. Newgate was the name of a prison in London dating back to the 1500′s and King Henry VIII.   It was closed in 1902 and demolished to make room for the Central Criminal [...]

This bible study was written by David Wildman, a seminar designer for the Women’s Division’s United Methodist Seminar Program on National and International Affairs, at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City.

The General Board of Global Ministries published these resources for a 2002-2003 mission study.

Article by Yvette Moore originally published in Response Magazine in 2003.