Rooted Conference

Following up from her excellent 2021 conference talk, Kendal Conner shares how her experience working with Muslims as a missionary equipped her to teach and disciple this generation of American teenagers. Many teenagers do not share either the language or the narratives that were once commonplace; Kendal shows how, through the power of story, sharing biblical narratives helps us reach students whose paradigms may be dramatically different from our own. She encourages us with important information about Generation Z and looks ahead to the emergence of Generation Alpha. 

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Matthew 16

Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World by James Emery White

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In this excellent talk from Rooted 2022, Barnabas Piper talks about how, despite growing up in a loving home that was saturated with intentional training in God's Word, he did not have "reality with God." For many students, doubt doesn't take the form of outright disbelief, but rather a vague lip service to facts that have no genuine shaping influence. If doubt can take a person away from God or towards God, as Piper suggests, how can we help our students move towards their Creator and Redeemer? 

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Barnabas Piper is an assistant pastor at Immanuel Church of Nashville. He is also an author, speaker, husband, and the father of two teenage daughters. 

Join us for Rooted 2023 in Franklin, TN, November 2-4. 

Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not The Enemy Of Faith by Barnabas Piper

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In this insightful and convicting workshop from Rooted 2022, Tucker Fleming unpacks the ways in which social media (and big tech) have fooled us into believing that these platforms are far more benign than they actually are. Fleming urges us to think about the ways social media allows us to hide our messy true selves, and even craft false versions of ourselves. He advises: digital management not digital asceticism ("you cannot solve a tech problem with a tech solution"); finding middle ground (especially if kids already have devices); catechizing parents in their God-given authority; understanding that someone is always catechizing kids (someone is always forming and shaping our children).

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The Social Dilemma

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In this main session talk from Rooted 2022, Kendal Conner explores how the last chapter of 1 Peter answers the question: "If suffering is certain, which is what we learn from 1 Peter, what does it look like to clothe ourselves in humility while we face the suffering that is before us?" After spending 10 years working in youth ministry, Kendal Conner currently serves as a Groups Minister at Redeemer Fellowship in Kansas City, MO.

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Examining 1 Peter 4:1-19, author and speaker Dr. Michelle Reyes discusses how Christians suffer at the hands of non-believers, the ways that the believing community should care for each other as fellow suffering Christians, and how to find hope in the midst of suffering.

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1 Peter 4:1-19

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Dr. Anthony Bradley, a college professor at The King's College in NYC, teaches an undergrad course to freshmen every year. He is well acquainted with Gen Z students who are fresh out on their own, apart from home and youth ministry. Dr. Bradley shares his insights on Gen Z according to the guidance in Peter's first letter and admonishes listeners to prepare teenagers to suffer knowing that the suffering will draw them closer to Jesus.

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See Dr. Bradley's website here.

Rooted Resources on Preparing Teenagers to Suffer

Tish Harrison Warren, “Working, Watching, Weeping”

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In this very special episode of the Rooted Conference podcast, you will hear Rooted staff and steering committee members discuss the five pillars of gospel-centered youth ministry: gospel centrality, theological depth through Biblical teaching, relational discipleship, partnering with parents, and intergenerational integration. Moderator Davis Lacey will engage with Rooted founder Cameron Cole, Chelsea Erickson, Clark Fobes, Davis Brashler, and Josh Hussung to describe the essential function of each pillar, and how each contributes to a vibrant, faith-building youth ministry.

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In this important talk from the Rooted 2022 Conference, Clark Fobes addresses how youth pastors and parents can disciple teenagers to suffer well in a culture that is hostile to Jesus and those who love him.

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Living Hope for Teenagers in Exile by Skyler Flowers

1 Peter: An Open Letter to Exiles by Elisabeth Elliott

Teaching God's Heart for Men and Women to Teenagers in Exile by Chelsea Erickson

Faith for Exiles: Growing Resilient Disciples at Home and in Church by Andy Hood

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This talk from Rooted founder and Chairman Cameron Cole was recorded at the October 2022 conference in Kansas City. He encourages parents to prepare children for living in a hostile culture. If our children understand that following Christ means contradicting the culture, and we equip them to do this well, they will bring glory to God's name. 

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1 Peter: An Open Letter to Exiles by Elisabeth Elliott Hayes 

8 Ways to Preach the Gospel From 1 Peter by Seth Stewart

Living Hope for Teenagers in Exile by Skyler Flowers

Faith for Exiles: Growing Resilient Disciples at Home and in Church by Andy Hood 

Join us at Rooted 2023 in Nashville November 2-4. 

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In the opening talk of Rooted 2022 in Kansas City, Jared Wilson unpacks the opening verses of 1 Peter, a book whose themes resonate powerfully with contemporary believers. Wilson offers three hopes: the gospel grounds us in God, the gospel guards us from death, and the gospel grips us with glory.

Jared Wilson is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Author in Residence at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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