Rudy Rasmus

Rudy Rasmus is a pastor, author, and humanitarian. He co-pastors the St. John’s United Methodist Church located in Downtown Houston with his wife Juanita.

St. John's began with 9 members in 1992, and is now one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the country.

Career

Rasmus was a monthly contributor to Oprah Winfrey’s “O Magazine”[1] and is currently completing a doctorate at United Theological Seminary. He is a 2008 gospel music industry Stellar Award nominee for the music project “Touch” and is the author of three books, including Jesus Insurgency with coauthor Dottie Escobedo-Frank (Abingdon Publishing, Nashville), and Touch: Pressing against the wounds of a broken world (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). His latest book is entitled Love.Period - When all else fails.[2] Rudy joined SiriusXM Radio as an on-air personality in 2010 and can be heard weekly on his show The Love Revolution with Pastor Rudy on SiriusXm’s Praise Channel.

Rasmus founded a nonprofit corporation, the Bread of Life, Inc. with his wife in December 1992 and began serving dinners to the homeless in the sanctuary at St. John’s. The organization provides an array of services to homeless men and women seven nights a week in the Bread of Life facility on the St. John’s campus. The project provides hot meals to the homeless and distributes over 9 tons of fresh food weekly to hungry families.

St. John’s provides HIV/AIDS testing to churchgoers on Sundays through the “Get Tested Project.” After many years of service to the community, Pastor Rudy received the Jefferson Award at a ceremony in Washington, DC in 2009. For years Pastor Rudy coordinated domestic and global anti-hunger initiatives in conjunction with Beyoncé’s concert tours and travels extensively developing food programs around the world for people experiencing food insufficiency.

Personal life

Rasmus and his wife Juanita have been married for 33 years. They have two daughters.

References

  1. ↑ "Column Offers Advice for Ethical Quandaries". NPR.org. 15 April 2008.
  2. ↑ "Beyoncé's Pastor, Rudy Rasmus defends her image from Christian critics". theGrio.
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