Justice in Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church

AUTHOR BIO: Rev. Neal Christie was appointed to serve the General Board of Church and Society in 1996. In 2001 he assumed duties as Assistant General Secretary for the boards Education and Leadership Formation ministry area in Washington, DC and with his staff has primary responsibility for the United Methodist Seminar program, annual conference relations, grants and outreach to racial and ethnic leadership.

Neal was ordained an Elder in the Greater New Jersey Conference in 1994. He holds degrees from New School for Social Research in New York and Yale Divinity School in Connecticut and has done additional graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary and the School of International Service, The American University in Washington DC. His family is from Gujarat State, India with strong ties to the Methodist Church of India. Neal is married to Lois Clinton, a clinical social worker and therapist. They have two children, a six year old daughter Calia and a two year old son, Kai. They live in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, DC.