Rooted’s Top Ten of 2025
Our editors present our Top Ten of 2025, representing some of the best resources on the Top Ten list throughout the past year. These resources are still relevant for the year ahead.
Students can proclaim God’s greatness right where they are, and partner with those who have gone to hard places to do the same.

Our editors present our Top Ten of 2025, representing some of the best resources on the Top Ten list throughout the past year. These resources are still relevant for the year ahead.
Happy New Year from the Rooted team! As you start the year 2026, we’d like to recommend Rooted’s five most-read youth ministry articles of 2025
As we prepare to celebrate our Savior’s birth, it’s our joy to share a spoken word poem from Rooted’s Director of Ministry Development, Isaiah Marshall.
Fellow youth ministers, when you step into heavy moments of pastoral care, I encourage you to come prepared with a way to set the tone of grace.
Your students need to know that when they face challenges, God is still worthy of their trust. He’s still in control, and he’s still working. (Is. 46:10; Rom. 8:28).
Love the neighbors in your community by giving high school students a safe environment to spend a late Friday night…and to share the hope of the gospel with them.