On behalf of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (CRCDS) community, Rev. Angela D. Sims, PhD, President, announces the passing of CRCDS Life Trustee and Alumnus the Rev. Dr. Granville Seward on November 14, 2020. Dr. Seward graduated from CRDS in 1967 and received his D. Min. in 1982. He retired in April 2006 after 38 years as pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark NJ. Dr. Seward served on the CRCDS Board of Trustees from 1974 to 2001 and then as Life Trustee from 2002 until present.
Dr. Seward’s funeral will be Monday, November 23rd at 11:00 AM. To attend the LiveStream, click here.
Please join us in prayer for his family during this time of loss and sorrow.
My deepest condolences to Granville’s family. He and I were CRDS classmates, graduating in 1967. I enjoyed him so very much. His kindness, wisdom and wonderful smile as well as his major gifts for pastoral ministry and leadership were a gift to all who knew him. His 3or4year old daughter sat on my lap in the auditorium as I sang to her a song from Lerner and Lowe in the auditorium on a musical evening. Granville was one of God’s most gifted, loving and faithful servants. Rest In Peace, my friend. Jim Pike
My life has been tremendously blessed by the life and ministry of Dr. Granville A. Seward. I was honored to work with him at Mt. Zion during the summer of 1983. It was a special time of seeing and understanding ministry in an urban setting that was constantly changing. May he rest in eternal peace as he joins the Great Cloud of Witnesses.
Thanks be to God for the life of Granville Seward.