Discipling Students After Spiritual Highs
As youth pastors, we desire to help shepherd students’ hearts to love the Lord and believe in Jesus. Spiritual highs are not our enemy, but a means by which we can disciple our students.
We asked our Rooted writers a simple question: How do you get your students to talk in a small group setting? What do you do to earn their trust and respect so that engagement with you in front of other students feels less scary?

As youth pastors, we desire to help shepherd students’ hearts to love the Lord and believe in Jesus. Spiritual highs are not our enemy, but a means by which we can disciple our students.
Family stewardship is not merely a physical responsibility, but a spiritual discipline. It transforms everyday tasks into sacred acts of worship, rooted in humility and gratitude.
Senior year provides opportunities for youth ministry workers to offer seniors gospel encouragement in their decision making and biblical wisdom that equips them for their future.
Panelists Pastor David Washington, Minister Chelten Carter, Pastor Curtis Dunlap, and host Isaiah Marshall discussed how gospel-centered ministry can thrive in urban contexts through authentic discipleship, community engagement, and the unchanging power of Christ.
The gospel is not only a message to be spoken, but a love to be lived out in the midst of brokenness.
The reality is that our students do not simply want community; they need it. Yet they don’t need our manufactured versions. Our students need the community of the church the way God created it.