How Parents Can Evaluate and Encourage Youth Pastors

I ask you as parents to evaluate and encourage youth pastors in the same way we should evaluate and encourage all other pastors: based on their ability to preach and teach God’s Word, to exhort and encourage the church, and to lead their flocks well.

October-November 2020 Rooted Parent Top Ten

Welcome to this month’s Rooted Parent Top 10- a list of parenting articles from across the web for the Rooted community. This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you as you parent your kids.

Three Ways I Wish My Youth Pastor Preached

After having the opportunity to sit under the preaching of my senior pastor and college pastor for the past two and a half years, I wish my high school youth pastors would have preached the Bible similarly: deeply, simply, and lovingly.

Rooted 2020 Youth Ministry Book Awards

In spite of 2020’s overall lack of fun, we can celebrate the fact that lots of us had more time to read … and there was a bumper crop of good books! We’d love to hear what some of your favorites were.

Rooted 2020 Parenting Book Awards

In spite of 2020’s overall lack of fun, we can celebrate the fact that lots of us had more time to read … and there was a bumper crop of good books! We’d love to hear what some of your favorite books for parents were.

Helping Teenagers Cope with Stress and Anxiety

During this complicated, difficult time, it’s important to give our teenagers tools to manage anxiety and stress by focusing on what we know to be true—that Jesus has rescued us from our sins by living, dying, and rising again.