Pastor Marie Dudley

In 1999, she returned to the seminary that she had previously attended and became a professor and the Director of the Chaplaincy Program. She later took the position of Registrar and assumed most of the daily operation duties of the seminary.

In the summer of 2000, Rev. Dudley and her husband started a nonprofit organization, L.R. Eskew Renewed Life Training Center:

"to provide training, chaplaincy, advocacy, and victim assistance to those needing those types of services."

In November of 2002, the name was changed to Renewed Life Training Institute. In February of 2003, Rev. Dudley officially opened Renewed Life Training Institute, Seminary and Pastoral Counseling Services in Lakewood, Washington.

Rev. Dudley is also very active in the business community of Lakewood . She is one of the past presidents of the Ambassador's Club for the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce; the president of the Business Women's Network and has been an active member of three local nonprofit boards.

On December 2, 2005 , a fire destroyed the building that had housed the ministries of Renewed Life Training Institute and Seminary. Rev. Dudley endeavored to rebuild with the help of the Lord and continue in the plans and purposes that God had called her to. Rev. Dudley returned to the classroom herself in the summer of 2007 when she began attending Clinical Pastoral Educations classes at St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma, WA and subsequently began a Hospice Residency in the fall of 2007 that lasted one year.

Rev. Marie Dudley was officially ordained to the ministry in 1992 and lives in Tacoma, Washington. She directs an outreach ministry to those less fortunate providing, food, clothing and home repairs to the terminally ill or low income seniors.

Mission Statement

Renewed Life Seminary exists:

“To provide training, chaplaincy, advocacy and victim assistance to those in need of those types of services. To fulfill our commitment to these four areas, our Seminary shall train chaplains, ministers, teachers, advocates and others through the training offered in the higher education program.”

Religious Exempt Status

The Washington State Higher Education Coordination Board has determined that Renewed Life Seminary qualifies for religious exempt status from the Degree Authorization Act for the following programs: Associate of Religious Studies (A.R.S.), Bachelor of Religious Studies (B.R.S.), Master of Religious Studies (M.R.S.), and Master of Divinity (M. Div.). Any person desiring information about the requirements of the Act or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the Board at

P.O. Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430

Pastor Marie Dudley

Over the years, Reverend Dudley experienced many types of unusual ministry situations in many parts of the world. She has:

• Traveled and taught in Taiwan, Korea, and several other Far East countries