Before God touched his heart and transformed his life, Rudy Rasmus was a businessman running a “borderline bordello” in Houston. But God touched his life and gave him a genuine love for every person in his community – from the apparently powerful to the admittedly powerless. Now Rudy’s ministry at St. John’s Downtown in Houston – where he serves with spouse and RENOVARE Team Member Juanita Rasmus – is based on Jesus’s encouragement to care for “the least of these.” Touch is the story of Rudy’s life, his response to God’s grace, and his passion to touch every person with God’s great love. This is a book of biblical truths and ministry principles, but more than that, it’s the story of God using Rudy and St. John’s to reach into people’s deepest fears and highest hopes – and touch them with God’s transforming love.
Rudy Rasmus
Rudy Rasmus is a pastor, author, and a humanitarian with a passion for outreach to the world’s most challenged communities. From Rudy’s previous life of owning and operating a “borderline bordello,” today he co-pastors the St. John’s Church in Downtown Houston with his wife Juanita. A church that began with 9 existing members in 1992, St. John’s has grown to thousands where every week people of every social and economic background share the same pew. He attributes the success of the church to a compassionate group of people who have embraced the vision of tearing down the walls of classism, sexism, and racism and building bridges of unconditional love, universal recovery, and unprecedented hope.
Rudy and Juanita have been married for 32 years and are the proud parents of two outstanding daughters, Morgan and Ryan, a phenomenal Son-in-Law, Hamilton, and an amazing grandson.
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