Pastors Rudy and Juanita Rasmus have led the St. John’s United Methodist Church for 20 years. In this brief span of time the couple has transformed the spiritual landscape and the face of poverty in Downtown Houston. Beginning with 9 existing members in 1992, St. John’s has grown to over 9,000 members (3,000 of the total either are or were formerly homeless) in twenty years into one of the most culturally diverse congregations in the country.