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.