The Youth Ministry Unscripted 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.
Jessica Thompson, a Christian writer and parent of three, gave an excellent talk at this year’s Rooted conference. She offered pivotal insight into the anxious mind of the parent, and the incomparable work of sharing the gospel to…
Over the next few weeks, we are thrilled to finally be releasing podcast recordings of the plenary talks from our 2016 conference in San Diego. We begin this week with Michael Horton’s talk from night one, “Receiving a…
In this episode of the Rooted Podcast, Cameron Cole (Founder and Chairman of Rooted Ministry) and Kristen Hatton (author of Get Your Story Straight and the forthcoming, Face Time) sit down with author Jessica Thompson to discuss why…
“You [youth ministers] are unique warriors, unique soldiers, you’re like special ops who no one really knows about, who never get thanked – really – and yet you’re doing vital work behind the scenes. Youth ministry is so…
In this extraordinary episode of the Rooted Podcast, listen to Cameron Cole and Dave Wright interview one of our great theological heroes, Dr. Michael Horton. In this conversation, Horton engages questions about youth today, why they’re leaving the…
In this episode of the Rooted Podcast, Cameron Cole interviews Mark Gignilliat about preparing students for their college religion class – a setting which can often be conflicting for kids coming from a rich youth group setting. Students…
Dave Wright, Coordinator for Youth Ministries in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, spoke at the 2015 Rooted Conference about integrating students into their respective churches. Dave’s story involved once placing a higher priority on student-to-student relationships, but…
From our Editor-in-Chief, Charlotte Getz: This was a really hard conversation. All five of us are white. We struggled to know what to say, to see our role as a part of the problem and a part of…
We’re thrilled to share Peter Ong’s humorous yet poignant talk from the 2015 Rooted Conference in Chicago. In his plenary session, Peter delves into John 20:24-29, the disciple Thomas, cultivating a pathway for students to doubt, and leaning…
