In this episode, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling explores the “yin and yang” partnership and world-changing ministry with Rudy and Juanita Rasmus, the founding pastors of St. John’s Downtown United Methodist Church in Houston, TX. Together, they explore what it means for the church to have a heart for service, how to find balance and wholeness amid woundedness, what it means to build the church God intends, and how to become a manifestation of Jesus – wherever we find ourselves.Guest Bios:In 1992, Pastors Rudy and Juanita Rasmus, two United Methodist lay people, started St. John’s UMC in Houston, Texas, with nine people. The church grew to more than 9,000 members and has changed the region’s cultural landscape. Celebrated as “urban prophets,” the couple recently entered “rewirement,” and serve as directors at Bread for Life and continue their ministries as authors, speakers, and spiritual entrepreneurs, helping to define spirituality for our times.
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