Ranch Hands Ministry Church

"...You are no longer strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household."

Ephesians 2:19


Sunday morning - 9:00 am
Sunday evening - 5:00pm
Wednesday evening - 6:00 pm

RHM Church/The Ranch is located

approximately 7 miles west of Leupp and 35

miles east of Flagstaff on Leupp Road/Route 15.

Turn North at "The RANCH" sign for 1.5 miles.


The RANCH Hands Ministry Church story

By 2010 the annual RANCH event

was nearly two decades old when

RANCH Hands Ministry was established.

The old Ranch house was converted

to serve as a makeshift church.

Attendance for the first few services were

mostly comprised of The Ranch Family, but

word began to spread about a "new Ranch

Church" and attendance started to grow.

Sunday after Sunday the old Ranch house

was filled to capacity and it became

apparent that something had to be done to

accommodate the ever increasing crowd.

After much prayer and thought it was

decided that a larger structure would be

built to serve as RHM Church.

With the help of talented church members

and others construction began in late 2011

as the church began to take shape.

By March 2012 the building had exterior walls

and a roof and that was enough to hold its

first event; 2012 RHM All Night Prayer.

Bales of hay served as an altar as heaters

and blankets kept the full house comfortable.

Despite the lack of amenities, it was a successful

first event that confirmed building a new church

was the right decision

Construction continued and within

a year the church was completed.

On July 6, 2012 an open house was held as

Ranch Family matriarch, Phyllis Slowtalker,

cut the ribbon to open the new RHM Church.

RANCH evangelist Rev. Alvin Tso

was on hand to dedicate the new

church in front of a full house.

RHM church has hosted various events

such as revivals, weddings and more.

In 2016, it was the site for a Navajo-Korean

Fellowship service that saw hundreds of South

Koreans make the journey from South Korea

thank our Navajo Korean War veterans.


We continue to serve the needs of our people as

they continue their journey with the Lord.

Blade shearing or hand shearing is the style of shearing sheep and other animals with a set of specialized scissors. Shearing is said to be one of the oldest occupations. Originally sheep were shorn using sharp glass or metal taking tufts of fiber at a time to harvest the fiber, but slowly man adapted scissor-like blades to make the job easier.

Blade shears are used by the Navajo to shear their sheep after the winter season so the sheep will be comfortable in the hot months of summer. The shorn wool was often taken to market and sold to supplement their income. Although electric shears are now widely in use some still prefer to use the tried and true hand shears. 

Since it was The Ranch Church it seemed appropriate for Ranch Family matriarch, Phyllis Slowtalker, to use a pair of old Ranch shears in the ribbon cutting ceremony.