Rudy Rasmus is an author, pastor, street ethicist, and global humanitarian with a passion for outreach to our world’s most impoverished citizens. Pastor Rudy co-pastors St. John’s Church, located in downtown Houston, with his wife Juanita.

St. John’s is one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the country, where every week people of every social and economic background share the same pew. Since 1992, the church’s membership has grown from nine to more than 9,000 people, including 3,000 homeless or formerly homeless individuals. Pastor Rudy attributes the success of the ministry to a compassionate congregation that has embraced the vision of tearing down the walls of classism, sexism, and racism and building bridges of unconditional love, universal recovery, and unprecedented hope.

In 2010 Pastor Rudy’s Love Revolution premiered on SIRIUS XM Radio’s Praise Channel.  The bi-weekly radio show features music selected by Pastor Rudy, uplifting conversation with the Pastor and his special guests, and a regular segment, “Ask Pastor Rudy,” in which Pastor Rudy answers “Sirius” questions from his listeners. The show airs live each Sunday at 12:00 p.m. EST (SIRIUS channel 68 and XM channel 33) and re-airs every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. EST. “Pastor Rudy’s Love Revolution on Praise is a dream come true,” said Pastor Rudy. “A long awaited dream to touch and possibly change the world forever with the power of unconditional love.” His new film project “The Last Commandment” began airing on networks in July 2011.

Pastor Rudy's latest book project with Dottie Escobedo-Frank entitled "The Jesus Insurgency" will be released in January by Abingdon Publishing, Nashville Tn. He is also the author of the book, Touch: Pressing Against the Wounds of a Broken World (Thomas Nelson Publishers), which profiles his interesting life story, his unique brand of faith sharing, and the radical hospitality learned in his previous life as the owner of a “borderline bordello” in Houston, Texas. Pastor Rudy’s first music project, Touch: The Pastor Rudy Experience, on Music World Gospel, features phenomenal artists such as newcomer Brian Courtney Wilson, among others. For three years Pastor Rudy contributed monthly to Oprah’s O magazine in an ethics column titled “Now What Do I Do” and now is a featured blogger in the Houston Chronicle's online service. 

In 1992, Pastor Rudy and Juanita also founded Bread of Life, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, and began serving dinners to the homeless in the sanctuary at St. John’s. Over the years, Bread of Life has changed the landscape of downtown Houston, providing hungry families with nine tons of fresh food weekly and 12,000 hot meals monthly. In addition, they offer nightly housing to hundreds of chronically homeless men and women. The Rasmuses also developed the Temenos Community Development Corporation and, thanks to a generous donation from longtime friends Tina, Mathew, Beyoncé, and Solange Knowles, the $6 million Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments recently opened, providing 43 formerly homeless residents a permanent apartment and supportive environment to take significant steps in improving their lives after personal and natural disasters. As a part of his global humanitarian efforts, Pastor Rudy coordinates domestic and global anti-hunger initiatives in conjunction with Beyoncé’s concert tours throughout the world.

Rudy and Juanita have been married for 26 years and are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Morgan and Ryan.