Carl Safford Dudley (1932-2009), a Presbyterian minister; educator, church consultant, author, co-author or editor of 16 books about church and community relations; community leader and activist; vivacious neighbor and faithful friend; devoted and loving husband; and energetic father, died in his Hartford, Connecticut home on Wednesday morning of complications due to cardiac amyloidosis, in the company of his wife and children. He was 76 and is survived by his wife, Shirley, sister, Jay Goldspinner, his five children and nine grandchildren.
Reverend Dudley spent a lifetime in the ministry, organizing churches from Buffalo, New York, to St. Louis, Missouri, and rallying communities from Selma, Alabama to Hartford, Connecticut. While often described as a maverick for his unorthodox ways and his open challenges to the status quo, it was Dudley’s discipline and perseverance, as well as his understated pragmatism, which made him a great leader in the church and the community. Dudley’s ministry started and ended in the home, where he created a space for both his family and friends to flourish in his presence. He will be missed by many.
A memorial service will be held on 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at:
Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
10 Woodland Street (corner of Woodland and Farmington)
Hartford, CT 06105 immanuel@iccucc.org
A reception will follow the service at 4:30 p.m., at:
Hartford Seminary
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the “Hartford Seminary Carl S. Dudley Scholarship Fund.” You can donate online at: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=060647016&vlrStratCode=VvLK6R2bZEYNWdMxqMgDSh%2bKhxovkRdEqOVZoBxcJr224Cm%2fCdS1msBtwUfljHJJ
Please specify the cause. Or make a check to Hartford Seminary, include in the memo that it is for the “ Carl S. Dudley Scholarship Fund,” and send a check to:
Hartford Seminary
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Contributions also welcome to:
The Brigham and Women's Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
c/o Development Office, Brigham and Women's Hospital
116 Huntington Avenue, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-571
Dudley served as Professor of Church and Community and Co-Director, Hartford Institute on Religion Research from 1993-2003. He became faculty emeritus in residence of Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut upon his retirement in 2003. Prior to coming to Hartford Dudley he served as Professor of Church and Community and Director of the Center for Church and Community Ministries from 1973-93 at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois; and prior to that he served several pastorates including 1962-73 Pastor, Berea Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO, from 1962-1973. He was Ordained Presbyterian Minister, June, 1959; member of the Presbytery of Southern New England.
He graduated from Cornell University, B.A., 1954 (Majors: Psychology and Sociology); Union Theological Seminary (NYC), B.D./M.Div., 1959, and McCormick Theological Seminary, D.Min., 1974.
He was past president of the Religious Research Association and member of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He was a founding director of the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership (CCSP) and a founding member of the Project Team for Congregational Studies. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Ratner Center for Study of Conservative Judaism (NYC); Consultant, Parish Handbook Project of the Institute for Church Life (Notre Dame); Advisor, Study of Masjid Muhammad; Consultant, Council of Churches and Synagogues, Stamford, CT; and Fellow, The Case Study Institute.
For a personal reflection on our friend, mentor, and colleague, read here: http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2009/04/i-want-to-tell-you-about-carl.html ..
For Carl’s own reflection on his illness and an exegetical delight, read here: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/about/dudley_essay.html
-- David Roozen and Dirk Hart
P.S. Carl was one of the founding co-directors of the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership (CCSP) with David with David working mostly with researchers and Carl mostly with key teachers.
-- Dirk Hart
P.P.S. Carl and David were the co-inventors of CCSP. Carl was on the ground from the beginning and it would have never happened without him. He made most of the early phone calls establishing the relationships that became CCSP.
Reverend Dudley spent a lifetime in the ministry, organizing churches from Buffalo, New York, to St. Louis, Missouri, and rallying communities from Selma, Alabama to Hartford, Connecticut. While often described as a maverick for his unorthodox ways and his open challenges to the status quo, it was Dudley’s discipline and perseverance, as well as his understated pragmatism, which made him a great leader in the church and the community. Dudley’s ministry started and ended in the home, where he created a space for both his family and friends to flourish in his presence. He will be missed by many.
A memorial service will be held on 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at:
Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
10 Woodland Street (corner of Woodland and Farmington)
Hartford, CT 06105 immanuel@iccucc.org
A reception will follow the service at 4:30 p.m., at:
Hartford Seminary
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the “Hartford Seminary Carl S. Dudley Scholarship Fund.” You can donate online at: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=060647016&vlrStratCode=VvLK6R2bZEYNWdMxqMgDSh%2bKhxovkRdEqOVZoBxcJr224Cm%2fCdS1msBtwUfljHJJ
Please specify the cause. Or make a check to Hartford Seminary, include in the memo that it is for the “ Carl S. Dudley Scholarship Fund,” and send a check to:
Hartford Seminary
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Contributions also welcome to:
The Brigham and Women's Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
c/o Development Office, Brigham and Women's Hospital
116 Huntington Avenue, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-571
Dudley served as Professor of Church and Community and Co-Director, Hartford Institute on Religion Research from 1993-2003. He became faculty emeritus in residence of Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut upon his retirement in 2003. Prior to coming to Hartford Dudley he served as Professor of Church and Community and Director of the Center for Church and Community Ministries from 1973-93 at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois; and prior to that he served several pastorates including 1962-73 Pastor, Berea Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO, from 1962-1973. He was Ordained Presbyterian Minister, June, 1959; member of the Presbytery of Southern New England.
He graduated from Cornell University, B.A., 1954 (Majors: Psychology and Sociology); Union Theological Seminary (NYC), B.D./M.Div., 1959, and McCormick Theological Seminary, D.Min., 1974.
He was past president of the Religious Research Association and member of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He was a founding director of the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership (CCSP) and a founding member of the Project Team for Congregational Studies. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Ratner Center for Study of Conservative Judaism (NYC); Consultant, Parish Handbook Project of the Institute for Church Life (Notre Dame); Advisor, Study of Masjid Muhammad; Consultant, Council of Churches and Synagogues, Stamford, CT; and Fellow, The Case Study Institute.
For a personal reflection on our friend, mentor, and colleague, read here: http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2009/04/i-want-to-tell-you-about-carl.html ..
For Carl’s own reflection on his illness and an exegetical delight, read here: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/about/dudley_essay.html
-- David Roozen and Dirk Hart
P.S. Carl was one of the founding co-directors of the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership (CCSP) with David with David working mostly with researchers and Carl mostly with key teachers.
-- Dirk Hart
P.P.S. Carl and David were the co-inventors of CCSP. Carl was on the ground from the beginning and it would have never happened without him. He made most of the early phone calls establishing the relationships that became CCSP.
-- Cynthia Woolever
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