Our Identity:
We are a community of people who have come to know God through Jesus Christ our Messiah, Savior and Lord. We are attempting to live our Christian lives in an ever-changing, and complicated urban environment.  Living out this life includes an emphasis on daily walk and worship of God, learning about and sharing our [...]

Senior pastor, Larry Showalter, has been leading Ruggles since 1981. Originally from a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, his family attended a Church of the Brethren congregation. Curiosity about God and the Christian life prompted many questions that he struggled with to find satisfactory answers. As a teenager he came into contact with Youth for Christ, an [...]

James and Dale are on our staff:
James Marohn -
Office Manager, Children’s Teacher, Family Sunday Preacher, etc.
James grew up about 25 miles northwest of Boston in the quiet, mosquito-infested town of Carlisle, MA. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1991, having majored in Studio Art. In addition to his responsibilities at Ruggles, James has been an after-school [...]

Ruggles Street Baptist Church was incorporated in May of 1878. In that year a church covenant was adopted to express the essential faith and lifestyle of the church membership. Although the covenant has been amended over the years, the following amended covenant still retains the spirit of the original covenant:
We believe in God, the Father [...]

The government of the church is vested in the body of believers, its membership, who is the authority for all decisions, including the responsibility for all designated authorities.
The Church Council is responsible for the management of both the spiritual and temporal affairs of the church, but subject to the authority of the membership. The membership [...]

In order to become a member of Ruggles Baptist Church, you are expected to demonstrate a commitment in two areas: to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and to the Ruggles Church community. In order to obtain evidence of these commitments, the following procedures are in place so that the church may provide the opportunity [...]

The Ruggles Street Baptist Church was organized from two mission Sunday Schools in Roxbury in 1870 and formally incorporated into the American Baptist Church in 1878. It drew its name from its address at 159 Ruggles Street, named after a Revolutionary War hero. The church has a history of evangelism and a strong sense of [...]