The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast aims to advance gospel-centered youth ministry by equipping and empowering youth ministers and parents to faithfully disciple students toward lifelong faith in Jesus.
Arek O’Connell is a California native who currently serves as an ordained high school and young adult youth pastor at Hillside Community Church in Grand Rapids, MI where he lives with his wife Jamie and two daughters. Arek holds…
Tucker Fleming talks with Tim Franks, the Associate Pastor at Eureka Bible Church, about how to teach students to do inductive Bible study and how inductive Bible study can improve your own teaching and preaching. Resources: Rooted Resources on…
Tucker Fleming talks with Vince Greenwald, the student minister at Immanuel Nashville, about how youth ministers can work with parents to bring students closer to Jesus. Resources: Follow @therootedministry on Instagram Join us for our 2023 conference in Nashville, TN!
Syler Thomas is a native Texan who has been the student ministries pastor at Christ Church in Lake Forest, Illinois, since 1998. He writes a column for YouthWorker Journal, has had articles published in Leadership Journal and the…
Steve Yates is the Pastor of Students and Families at Intown Community Church in Atlanta, GA, and in this episode of the Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast he speaks with Tucker Fleming as part of our Foundations of Youth Ministry series…
Teens want and need a spiritual mentor. I don’t think youth ministries have that kind of capacity for one-on-one discipleship, but the church does. Dr. Anthony Bradley teaches theology at Kings’ College, and in this episode of the Rooted Youth Ministry podcast…
Kingdom-minded multiethnicity cuts against this world’s notion of power because its goal is worshipping God. In this episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast, Dr. Michelle Reyes, co-author of The Race-Wise Family: Ten Postures to Becoming Households of Healing and Hope, shares…
As parents who both serve on the staff of a local church, Chris and Katie Polski are aware of the unique challenges which press upon the children of vocational ministry leaders. In this episode of The Rooted Youth…
When life breaks your heart, make art from the pieces. In this episode, Isaiah Marshall joins the Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast to share about his passion for creative communication. Drawing from his experiences as a youth minister, Isaiah…
