“Gospel-centered youth ministry is great in theory, but is it effective at building lifelong disciples?” To be honest, this is a question I’ve asked with increasing frequency, especially as our typical way of doing ministry has been sidelined….
Even something as innocent as a Father’s Day church service can exacerbate what is already a loss felt every day.
Allow me to state the obvious: it has been a long time since we have met together with our churches and with the students in our ministries. I am sure that none of us, as we prepared our…
In many of our communities, the warm weather and slowly relaxing guidelines surrounding COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to meet with students in small groups. We asked Rooted writers to share their developing plans for summer ministry with…
Each month we compile a Top Ten list for youth workers. This list represents ten articles from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to students and their families. Some give explicit instruction on…
As our country takes a hard look in the mirror and acknowledges a long history of racial prejudice and injustice, we at Rooted want to observe things from every angle and every viewpoint. In this interview we’ve invited…
Gospel-centered parents and youth ministers know that Church History and Historical Theology (among other theological disciplines) would help strengthen and encourage teenagers’ faith in the historic gospel of Jesus Christ – if only we could figure out how…
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You picks up where its prequel left off, with high school sweethearts Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky in the midst of the teenage relationship most of…
Note: This letter/article is written to Jon Steingard, formerly of the Christian band Hawk Nelson, who announced over Instagram that he is no longer sure he believes in the existence of God. His Instagram post tells his story…
