Rooted: Advancing Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry

Rooted: Advancing Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry Rooted exists transform nextgen ministry so that every child receives a grace-filled, gospel-centered, Bible-saturated discipleship at church and in the home.

09/03/2026

Because of the gospel, we are freed from the pressure to compare and measure up to worldly standards. In Christ, we are given a righteousness we could never attain on our own!

A clip from the Rooted Parent Podcast interview with David Zahl, founder of Mockingbird Ministries. Watch the full video on YouTube! https://youtu.be/u61x0f3FkEs

08/27/2026

Students constantly wrestle with questions that challenge Christianity, and it is our job as youth ministers to help them learn to think biblically about them. This is why apologetics is so crucial!

See the full video on YouTube; https://youtu.be/kx1G6k7bihU

Gen Alpha is entering our youth ministries, and they’re bringing a very different set of experiences, questions, and exp...
08/26/2026

Gen Alpha is entering our youth ministries, and they’re bringing a very different set of experiences, questions, and expectations with them. What does that mean for gospel-centered youth ministry?

Our friends at Fuller Youth Institute recently released new research on Gen Alpha and faith, offering important insights into how this generation's openness to the Christian faith.

Join us Thursday, September 3 at 1:00 p.m. CT for a webinar with Brad Griffin, Senior Director of Content and Research at Fuller Youth Institute, alongside Rooted staff members Isaiah Marshall and Chelsea Erickson.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KYaP8J-gRNe2T_qasEQaPw #/registration

Christopher Nolan’s film, “The Odyssey,” has broken multiple box-office records and will be remembered as one of the yea...
08/26/2026

Christopher Nolan’s film, “The Odyssey,” has broken multiple box-office records and will be remembered as one of the year's top movies. Although it's not a Christian film, it offers a raw, honest portrayal of humanity’s sinful nature. Most memorably, it desperately longs for gospel solutions to life’s deepest pain and suffering.

Such a great post from Arek O'Connell is live on our blog now;

The Odyssey presents us with deeply profound questions that only the gospel can truly answer. Praise be to God that we are not on our own!

AI may know how to write a sermon outline or manuscript, but it doesn’t know your students like you do. Your students ha...
08/24/2026

AI may know how to write a sermon outline or manuscript, but it doesn’t know your students like you do. Your students have unique characteristics, needs, and sin struggles that only you are familiar with- an intimacy AI can't provide.

"Why ChatGPT Shouldn’t Write Your Youth Group Message" by Steve Eatmon. https://rootedministry.com/why-chatgpt-shouldnt-write-your-youth-group-message/

AI will touch—and improve—many aspects of our daily lives, but I believe that we should keep it out of our youth group.

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