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About The Rooted Conference

NextGen Ministry Leaders Conference

ROOTED 2026

a gospel-centered conference for youth, children’s, and family ministers

October 22 – 24, 2026 | Nashville, TN
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About the Rooted Conference

Rooted Ministry offers a unique, simple annual conference for both youth, children’s, and family ministry workers. Rooted Ministry begins with the Gospel as the starting point and considers all matters in student ministry and youth culture from that axis. These conferences feature main sessions, practical workshops, and the most intimate atmosphere you’ve ever encountered at a conference. Just the Gospel, relationships, and conversations.

Rooted Ministry organizes our annual conferences for parents and nextgen ministers to offer great teaching and an ideal venue for relationships and the interchange of ideas. The hope is that attendees will leave feeling that they learned a great deal, both from the program and from conversations.

Conference Location: Grace Community Church | Brentwood, TN

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Biblical Humanity

Defining what it means to be human seems more elusive today than ever before. The next generation hears many competing voices about identity, purpose, and belonging. As children’s and youth ministers, we have the unique calling—and privilege—of pointing them to God’s Word as the source of truth. At Rooted 2026: Humanity, we’ll return to Scripture to rediscover what God says about us. Together, we’ll explore the story of humankind: created by God in his image, separated from God by sin, redeemed through Jesus, and brought into new life together as members of the body of Christ. We will walk through the biblical theology of humanity to consider how these truths shape the way we disciple children and teenagers. Join us as we deepen our understanding of who we are—and help the next generation discover their place in God’s story.

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Rooted 2026 Main Session Speakers

Main Session Speakers

Our 2026 main session speakers include Drew Hyun, Carol Kaminski, Cameron Cole, Vince Greenwald, and David Washington. Each of them will walk through different portions of the Bible, focusing on Humanity.

Workshops

The workshops involves 30-45 minutes of instruction from the speaker as well as discussion time, for two different tracks: youth ministry and parenting. View all the workshop descriptions and speaker bios on the Workshops Page.

Meals & Dine-arounds

Each year, we offer several meals for our attendees to connect and fellowship with one another throughout the conference. One dinner and a boxed lunch are included in your registration fee. One night attendees will have the option to attend a dinner group, called a dine-around, at a local restaurant. Youth ministry teams practicing in various contexts lead the dine-around and share how they do ministry in that context.

Pre-Conference Options

Join us for extra fellowship and teaching for specific groups of people, whether you are working in an Asian-American church, or those interested in becoming Rooted Writers. More information coming soon!

  • Register Today! Asian American Pre-conference

    Join us for extra fellowship and teaching for people specifically working in an Asian-American context.

    Date: Thursday, October 22nd
    Time: 11:30am – 3:00pm

    Cost: $35

    Join us for our 9th annual Asian American Preconference, as we are offering a preconference specifically for volunteers, pastors, and youth leaders in the Asian American church. This year’s preconference theme will be “Doing Emotionally Healthy Ministry” and will be held on Thursday, October 22nd from 11:30am – 3pm. Lunch will be included.

    Our speakers for this year’s preconference are Drew Hyun, Executive Director of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (pioneered by Pete & Geri Scazzero), an organization that aims to transform church culture through the multiplication of deeply changed pastors and leaders, as well as a panel of experienced practitioners, for this preconference experience, designed to encourage us to “press forward in gospel-centered ministry for the Asian-American church.” Join us for this special fellowship and teaching for people working specifically in an Asian American context.

    If you forgot to register for the preconference during regular conference registration, please do so through this checkout page.

Accommodations

Rooted has partnered with a number of hotels near the conference site in order to provide our registrants the best discounts available. See below to view all of our discounted room blocks, distances from the hotel properties to the venue, amenities, special offers, and more. 

Travel Plans

Rooted is partnering with several hotels near the conference site in order to provide our registrants the best discounts available.

View all of our discounted room blocks, distances from the hotel properties to the venue, amenities, special offers, and more.

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Join us for Rooted 2026 – A gospel-centered nextgen ministry conference on October 22-24, 2026 in Nashville.

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