How Youth Ministry Can Change the World

I wanted to pass on these quotes from an underrated yet outstanding youth ministry book. Ken Moser’s book Changing the World Through Effective Youth Ministry offers a strong outline for the foundations of a fruitful, Gospel-centered, discipleship-making youth ministry….

Clear, Convincing and Compelling: Youth Ministry with a Mission

Perhaps the most important thing that was being pushed in my early years of ministry was the construction of vision, purpose and mission statements. I don’t know if anyone understood the difference between the three; however, you presumably had to have each of them. It also seemed,…

Interview on Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry

The good people at God-Centered Youth Ministry interviewed Rooted chairman, Cameron Cole, about Gospel centrality in youth ministry and about the story of the birth of Rooted. You can hear the conversation HERE.

Rooted: What Are We All About?

Every week, I receive another postcard for a new youth ministry conference pledging to have the magic bullet for today’s youth. Nearly all of these ministries and conferences have much value; I wish I could go to a…

The Magic Bullet

Every week, I receive another postcard for a new youth ministry conference pledging to have the magic bullet for today’s youth. Nearly all of these ministries and conferences have much value for this field – I wish I…

The Busy Youth Minister: Time Management

  It seems like when you ask someone ‘how things are going’ everyone gives the same answer, ‘busy’. There is a quote that has been wreaking havoc on my mind and in my heart for the last month. The essence…