If you work with students, you probably knew Jesus is King was coming. Prolific and controversial celebrities like Kanye West have a knack for getting people talking long before an album drops. And for the Christian community, there…
There is nothing more discouraging in student ministry than seeing a student you have watched grow from an awkward middle schooler to a high schooler—whom you have discipled for years, with whom you have served, whom you have…
Hey youth pastors, here is an action plan that I put together for myself and my own youth ministry, and I thought it might be helpful to share with the Rooted community. In yesterday’s article, which you can…
“We used to have a lot more inflatables!” “When are we going to do an all-nighter?” “I wish we did more in-depth Bible-study.” “Are we doing small groups this year?” A youth pastor gets a lot of questions….
In the first few weeks of starting in my current role as student minister, I wracked my brain about how to reach the students I had just inherited. I wondered how I could teach in such a way…
As youth ministers, we are agents of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:20-21). “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf: ‘Be reconciled to God.’ He made the one…
Come January, I will have been in youth ministry for ten years, two of those as an intern and eight as full-time staff. Recently, I transitioned from a church in Oklahoma City where I’ve been a member and…
In the challenging episode of Ask Alice up on the youth ministry side of the blog today, we hear from licensed professional counselor Alice Churnock on the topic of suicide. Suicide affects millions of Americans; it will affect…
One of the battle lines that is sometimes drawn in ministering to the next generation is the line between traditional youth ministry and family ministry. On the extreme end of the family ministry camp, traditional youth ministry stands…
