Horward Moody
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| Born | April 13, 1921 | ||
| Died | September 12, 2012 (aged 91) | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
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Howard Russell Moody (April 13, 1921-September 12, 2012) was an American clergyman and longtime champion of civil rights and free expression. Born in Texas, he attended Baylor University, served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, and received degrees from what is now the University of California, Santa Barbara and Yale Divinity School. He was ordained as an American Baptist at Judson Memorial Church in New York City, and later served as Judson's senior minister for 35 years. Moody was a founder of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a nationwide network of clergy who referred women for safe abortions from 1967 until Roe v. Wade made abortion legal throughout the U.S. in 1973. With church administrator Arlene Carmen, Moody organized support for sex workers. He started a drug-treatment clinic and established an AIDS support group at the church.[1] With associate minister Al Carmines, Moody made Judson a center for free expression and avant-garde arts, sponsoring the Judson Dance Theater, the Judson Poets' Theater, and the Judson Gallery. He was a longtime supporter of LGBT rights and, in retirement, worked to reform drug laws. Moody preached that the role of the church was to be "a church for the world," that the church existed to equip its members to serve, not convert, the world, and he welcomed people of any--or no--faith to Judson.[2]
References
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (September 13, 2012). "Howard Moody, Who Led a Historic Church, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Howard Moody Obituary". Judson Memorial Church. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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