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About
the
Office of
Restorative Justice Ministries
 The Rev. Eddie Lopez, Jr. is a
ordained member of the New York Annual Conference. He is the executive
secretary at the General Board of Global Ministries responsible for the
Restorative Justice Ministries. Eddie began as a Chaplain in the New York
City Department of Corrections between 1984 and 1990. He then became a
pastor in the South Bronx one of the poorest communities in the country.
He also taught at the New York State Correctional Facility of Sing Sing
in the New York Theological Seminary Masters Program for several years.
In the past he has been an activist working with the Religious Coalition
on a Moral Drug Policy, with Pro-Liberatad on the release of the Puerto
Rican Political Prisoners and issues as these.
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In 1996 Rev. Lopez was hired by
the General Board of Global Ministries, as Executive Secretary of Human
Rights and Racial Justice. From the beginning he worked to develop a Prison
transportation Program and was a member of the Restorative Justice/Prison
Ministries Cross Functional Team. He worked with Harmon Wray and the Office
of Restorative Justice at Nashville, TN. When the budget cuts forced the
General Board of Global Ministries to close the office in Nashville, Rev.
Lopez was assigned the responsibility of this ministry with GBGM.
To contact the Office of Restorative Justice / Prison Ministry:
General Board of Global Ministries
The Rev. Eddie Lopez, Jr.
475 Riverside Drive, Rm. 1348
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-3685
elopez@gbgm-umc.org |
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