With its world-class venues, entertainment, and dining, you may think that attending a youth ministry conference in New York City would be outside your budget. But Rooted’s 2014 conference in New York is well within your reach. The…
In “The Peace of Wild Things” Wendell Berry wrote, “When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what my life and my…
With the theme, “Truth in a World of Mixed Messages,” we consider what the most prevalent messages to teens are in today’s culture. In these talks, we will seek to engage the messages of the culture with wisdom,…
The good people at God-Centered Youth Ministry interviewed Rooted chairman, Cameron Cole, about Gospel centrality in youth ministry and about the story of the birth of Rooted. You can hear the conversation HERE.
The following workshop from Rooted 2013 talks about the practical impact of discussing scripture and theology in terms of narrative. This talk has major impact for postmodern teens, who both enjoy narratives but who also struggle to believe…
We need to set before our students a pattern of using the community of faith as a place where we are ultimately remembering the work of the Lord.
This is the third post in a three-part series on the Word and Spirit in student ministry. See here and here for earlier posts. As we synthesize what it means to be a student ministry of both…
In this week’s, Face Off, we have contrasting opinions on the role of para-church ministries as compared to the local church. I benefited from several para-church groups as a teenager, and I’m grateful for the men and women…
In this week’s Face Off, we have contrasting opinions on the role of para-church ministries as compared to the local church. In my almost seventeen years of working in student ministry, I have witnessed a disdain for…
