In this episode of the Rooted podcast, hear Justin Pillsbury (Youth Pastor at Cahaba Park Presbyterian Church in Birmingham) talk about youth ministry with Dr. Brent Bounds. Dr. Bounds is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City…
Check out this wonderful discussion between Chelsea Erickson and Liz Edrington about the awful power of shame, and how the gospel speaks into it.
During the “New to Youth Ministry Pre-Conference” at Rooted 2017 in Dallas, Kris Fernhout lays out Rooted’s five pillars of effective, gospel-centered youth ministry – ministry that fosters lasting faith in the hearts of teenagers.
For years, churches and families have ministered to kids through moralism and exhortation. We tend to minister to kids through a theology of glory. Martin Luther critiqued the theology of glory in launching the Protestant Reformation and articulated…
Grieving, in the life of a teenager, can result from many events (not just death). In this podcast Anna Harris (Rooted Parent Editor) speaks with the remarkable Dr. Gordon Bals about bringing the gospel to a grieving teenager….
In the middle of a hectic week of building relationships and shepherding students, you sit down at your desk for the weekly challenge of crafting a message from God’s Word that is engaging, relevant, understood and substantive. In…
Check out this conversation between Julius Kim (Dean of Students at Westminster Seminary) and Rooted Ministry’s Clark Fobes. Dr. Kim talks youth ministry and lays out some of the points in his excellent book (released 2015), Preaching the…
Whether it’s drugs, alcohol, pornography, or just the incessant use of social media and smart phones, addictive behavior is all around us. In fact, recent studies suggest that there is not a family in America that is not…
The gospel is unchanging, but the students to whom we minister are changing all the time. It is vital to have a solid understanding of both the gospel and our audience. In this short session from our 2017…
