Best New Books For Bible Teaching: Rooted 2025 Book Awards
We selected the award winners in the Bible Teaching category with an eye to resources that are helpful to ministry in youth. Enjoy!
Resources for Christian parents abound, so each year we read the newest selections on the market and award the most helpful ones our “best new book” designation.

We selected the award winners in the Bible Teaching category with an eye to resources that are helpful to ministry in youth. Enjoy!
Here at Rooted we celebrate the writing of good books! Through our annual book awards, we recommend new titles that encourage God’s people to experience his steadfast love and walk with him in obedience.
Because of the diversity of our roles and the ever-changing nature of our culture, youth ministers must always be learning and growing. Each year Rooted curates a list of the best new books for youth workers to read, and this year we have three to recommend.
By God’s grace, these conversations will change our perspectives on personal identity decisions to better reflect our Maker and Savior as we live into the identity he has given us.
If you have a teenager in your life, you are probably well acquainted with the rise of mental health issues among the younger generations. But navigating these challenges with the teenagers in our care can feel like walking through a maze blindfolded.
I think middle schoolers should read about the Luther family because it is a really good story about a family who went through hard times but prayed and listened to God to get through them.