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Christy Ramsey
Rev. John "Christy" Ramsey currently serving as Stated Clerk/General Presbyter in the Presbytery of Nevada. He is a graduate of Grove City College and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He previously served as full-time pastor at First Presbyterian Church (now Community Presbyterian Church) in Rochester, IN and Ottawa Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, OH before transitioning...
Updated 03/05/2026
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Updated 01/30/2025
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Updated 03/19/2025
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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms...
Updated 02/16/2026
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Dr. Rudy Rasmus is a pastor, author, and humanitarian known for his leadership in compassionate urban ministry and social outreach. He earned recognition as co-pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church in downtown Houston, which he and his wife, Juanita, grew from nine members in 1992 to more than 9,000—many...
Updated 11/13/2025
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Juanita Rasmus is a pastor, author, spiritual director, and speaker who co-led St. John's United Methodist Church in downtown Houston for over 30 years. A graduate of the Houston Graduate School of Theology, where she now serves on the board, she is also active on advisory boards for Rice University's...
Updated 11/13/2025
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Robert A. Ratcliff is an editor and teacher living in Franklin, TN. He blogs about theology, the Bible, and other curious stuff at Think and Believe. (Source: ministrymatters.com)
Updated 11/26/2025
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Phillip Ratner (1937-2023) spent many years working in sculpture, painting, etched glass, tapestry, drawing, and the graphic arts. In 1984, Philtip Ratner opened The Israel Bible Museum in Safad, Israel. Since then, Ratner spent most of his time there developing over 250 works of art on the Bible in sculpture,...
Updated 02/18/2026
see moreWalter Rauschenbusch
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) was an American theologian and Baptist pastor who taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary. Rauschenbusch was a key figure in the Social Gospel and single tax movements that flourished in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the maternal grandfather of the influential philosopher Richard Rorty and...
Updated 11/13/2025
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