Background
Wood, Jeffrey Charles was born on February 7, 1940 in New York City. Son of Charles Arthur and Marion Josephine (Miller) Wood.
religious organization administrator
Wood, Jeffrey Charles was born on February 7, 1940 in New York City. Son of Charles Arthur and Marion Josephine (Miller) Wood.
AB, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1961; Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1964; fellow, Fund for Theological Education, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971-1972; Doctor of Ministry, N.Y. Theological Seminary, 1981.
Assistant pastor 1st Presby. Church, Greenlawn, New York, 1964-1967. Pastor Bay Ridge United Presby.
Church, Brooklyn, 1967-1973. Executive associate Presby. Church United States of America Program Agency, New York City, 1973-1983.
Senior pastor Morningside Presby. Church, Fullerton, California, 1983-1988. Executive director Joint Strategy and Action Committee, Incorporated, New York York City, 1988-1990.
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Passaic, New Jersey, since 1990. President Presby. Staff Association, New York City, 1975-1983. Ecumenical resource committee World Council Churches, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1988.
Chairman worship 89 Synod of Southern California and Hawaii and San Francisco Seminary, Los Angeles, 1987-1989. Guest lecturer Princeton Seminary, since 1979, New York Theological Seminary, 1988. Adjunct faculty Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 1983-1985.
Organizer National Council Churches Conference on Rich and Poor, Dominican Republic, 1982. Director Special Ministries to Japanese, New York City, 1980-1983. Consultant in urban mission The Lilly Endowment, Indianapolis, 1990-1996.
Consultant in planning and evaluation Presbyterian Synod Northeast, 1990-1992. Executive director Council Churches and Synagogues of Southwest Connecticut, since 1994. Consultant Life and Culture Association, Seoul, Korea, since 1994.
Founding director Pacific Peace Prize, Fullerton, California, 1987. Active National Interreligious Task Force on Criminal Justice, New York City, 1988. Member Ambassadors Round Table, The Korea Society.
Married Margaret Ann Lloyd, December 31, 1967 (divorced June 1997). Children: Rebecca Marie, Adam Matthew.