“A Brief History of Youth Ministry” Explained

Below is the first article of a four-part series that Dave Wright has written to expand and explain the points made in “A Brief History of Youth Ministry”.  Check out the other three posts here, here, and here…

Less “god”, More Jesus

This is our final post in our series on the cultural trend coined “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism”. Check out the rest of the posts in the series.   Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) has become the “de facto dominant religion…

Why We Need Youth Ministry

Rooted is excited to continue our partnership with The Gospel Coalition blog for a series on the state of youth ministry during the month of April.  Thanks to Collin Hansen of TGC for permission in reprinting below (originally…

Youth Ministry’s Tendency Toward Legalism

Rooted is excited to continue our partnership with The Gospel Coalition blog for a series on the state of youth ministry during the month of April.  Thanks to Collin Hansen of TGC for permission in reprinting below (originally…

The Magic Bullet

Every week, I receive another postcard for a new youth ministry conference pledging to have the magic bullet for today’s youth. Nearly all of these ministries and conferences have much value for this field – I wish I…

MTD: Not Just a Problem with Youth Ministry

Rooted is excited to continue our partnership with The Gospel Coalition blog for a series on the state of youth ministry during the month of April.  Thanks to Brian Cosby for the following article, reprinted with permission below…