Issues: Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice is a biblically based view of criminal justice that attempts to engage victims, offenders and the affected communities in bringing about deep and lasting solutions by focusing on restitution, restoration, healing, and the future. At its core, it's about relationships.

The CRC has been deeply involved in the issue of Restorative Justice. In 2005, synod encouraged "the active participation of churches and church members in restorative justice efforts" – please use the resources provided on the right to do just that!

 

Worship Prison Ministry
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Synod The Church Speaks
Synodical documents and other denominational tidbits. Read More »

 

Resources Educational Resources
Background, multimedia, recommended reading. Read »

 

Resources Victim Resources
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Restorative Justice Week
Wonder how you can get involved with restorative justice? Read on »

 

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. 2 Cor. 5:18-20