Join the Love Revolution
with Pastor Rudy
Bread of Life, Inc.
My wife and I started this work 30 years ago serving a hot meal weekly to our homeless friends in Downtown Houston, today we are impacting food insecurity, health inequity, hopelessness one priceless soul at a time.
Hope happens one smile at a time…
One family arrived on the campus at 10pm the night before the distribution to ensure their place in the line, reminding all of us the affects of the pandemic will be long lasting for many even after the rest of society returns to normal. Give today at www.breadoflifeinc.org or via cashapp at $helpbol
Faith in the Face of Historic and Modern Racism
I recently asked nine scholars who are also my dear friends to join me in addressing the challenges facing the Black church. This book is the game changing product from that request.. A must read for every person looking for answers on the intersection of faith and racism.
Impacting Hunger with BeyGood
Many years ago a gifted young singer occasionally sang in our church choir, today Beyonce is one of the brightest stars in the world with one of the biggest hearts. Throughout the years Beyonce and her BeyGood Foundation have made a tremendous difference in the lives of thousands of people experiencing economic trauma. The funding provided to our local agency, the Bread of Life, Inc. Houston created the platform for for the distribution of 3.9million pounds of food and $4million in supplies annually. Our monthly distributions assist 8,000 individuals monthly with life support and hope.
Community and Coffee are…
Synonymous
Throughgood coffee is the dream that emerged in a building that I built forty years ago. ThroughGood Coffee has been a labor of love with the goal of being a place of inspiration and innovation. Our team is a unique blend of coffee experts, artist, writers, bakers, chefs, scholars, and craftsperson’s that never stop dreaming of ways to create a better world through the provision of great products and services.
A Bestseller by Juanita Rasmus
In “Learning To Be,” Pastor Juanita writes from her life with kind attention to the life of the reader. She offers both practical and spiritual insights but never pat answers. If you are longing for a trustworthy companion through dark days, this book is here for you. Each chapter includes life-giving spiritual practices to help you discover your own new ways of being.
Learning to Be: Finding Your Center After the Bottom Falls Out
by Juanita Campbell Rasmus
Foreword by Tina Knowles Lawson
An Exciting New Partnership
Pastor Rudy recently sat down with Katie Couric Media to discuss the partnership with Matthew 25 Ministries and Proctor and Gamble and how with their support we have been able to serve both the unsheltered and underserved communities with critical supplies. Through supportive partnerships, committed volunteers, and generous donors we are eradicating hunger, restoring hope, and preserving dignity in Houston.
My mentor told me many years ago that, “People were going to talk about you regardless so, give them something to talk about”
Rudy’s Recent Press
Houston Chronicle
By R.A. Schultz I Oct. 27, 2021 | Houston Chronicle
A developer vaulted to prominence by its early association with Beyoncé, Solange and Tina Lawson will break ground Thursday morning on a development that will provide permanent housing for 95 formerly homeless individuals. Beyoncé, Solange and Lawson originally partnered with Temenos Community Development Corp. in 2006 with the desire to help people left homeless after Hurricane Katrina, according to Temenos founder Rudy Rasmus. That building, Temenos’ first, was named Knowles-Temenos Place.…read more
Black United Methodists want changes
By Jim Patterson I Dec. 14, 2020 | UM News
Black United Methodists warn in a new book of essays that it’s critical the denomination deal with racial issues with a sense of urgency.
“I think there’s been a great deal of debate around human sexuality but no conversation, for the most part, around the part that race has played in the problems the denomination is facing,” said the Rev. Rudy Rasmus, …read more
Houston pastor shares in-depth look of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final book
KPRC Ch2 Houston I Jan. 18, 2021 | Houston Life
“We stand today at the crucible of a decision as a nation as we choose either chaos or community,” said Rasmus. “We have already seen what chaos looks like in our country, but the real question is are we willing to do the work to bring about what Dr. King told the Freedom Riders in 1960 when he said, ‘Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.- Dr. Rudy Rasmus’” ...watch story
For Houston's Rev. Rudy Rasmus, this is a moment for the church to speak
Erica Grieder I Feb. 7, 2021 Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 I Houston Chronicle
“The one thing that has challenged me the most has been the silence of my white evangelical friends,” said Rasmus, reflecting on the Trump era. … read more
Opinion: White pastor speaks out about Black Lives Matter
Letters to the Editor I Feb. 9, 2021Updated: Feb. 9, 2021
Regarding “For St. John’s UMC’s pastor, ‘This is a moment for the church to speak’,” (A3, Feb. 7): I want to commend Erica Grieder for her column on Sunday which highlighted the need for the church to speak out and not remain silent and complicit on racism and white supremacy. …read more
