Tapes of his sermons were sent by the tens of thousands around the world, and free to hundreds of missionaries overseas.
He and Helen were active in the beginnings of the Marriage Enrichment and Engaged Discovery movements and led over 2200 couples through these special weekend experiences.
At four of those he presented the minority report for the legislative section dealing with issues of human sexuality.
Just prior to his death, Seamands resigned from the Wilmore United Methodist Church, citing a complaint of sexual misconduct filed against him and apologizing for his abuse of the trust of those around him.
At the time of his death, some 3 months later, he was undergoing a "one-year leave from all ministerial functions" as part of church-imposed discipline.