Youth Ministry Unscripted: The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast

Kendal Conner is a former Rooted steering committee member and will be featured at this year's Rooted Conference as both a plenary speaker and a workshop leader. She joins the Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast to give us the inside scoop on the best places to eat and hang out in Kansas City (this year's conference site). She also spends some time describing why Generation Z is classified as a "Post-Christian" generation, as well as sharing the unique challenges and opportunities of sharing the gospel with this generation of students. 

In addition to listening to this episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast, you won't want to miss Kendal's workshop at the 2022 Rooted Conference: "Teaching the Scriptures to a Post-Christian Generation."

Additional Resources

Rooted's 2022 Conference will be held Oct. 6-8 in Kansas City. To learn more about the conference, and to register, visit https://www.rooted-conference.com.

Learn more about Meet Generation Z by James Emery White by visiting http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/meet-generation-z/382100.

Read more about "Bible Storying" in this Rooted article by Kendal Conner: https://rootedministry.com/blog/bible-storying-in-a-post-christian-generation/

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

On today's episode of The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast, the hosts of Rooted's Thanos to Theos (Clark Fobes, Mike McGarry, and Kevin Yi) discuss how youth ministry is different during the summer months, as well as strategies for effectively shepherding students during hectic rhythms, lethargic rhythms, and rhythms in-between! They also spend time talking through the youth minister's self-care during the summer - and, of course, plugging the awesome content curated by Thanos to Theos!

Additional Resources

Thanos to Theos: https://rootedministry.com/podcast/series/thanos-to-theos/

The Asian American Christian Collaborative: https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com

Youth Pastor Theologian: https://www.youthpastortheologian.com

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Throughout the month of June, as many around the country and around the world commemorate Pride Month, youth ministry practitioners are considering how to speak out and serve in grace-filled, gospel-centered, Bible-saturated ways. Today's guest, Stephen Yates, highlights a number of resources that will help youth workers do exactly that. 

Additional Resources

• Stephen's Rooted Author Page: https://rootedministry.com/author/stephen-yates/
• The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding: https://cpyu.org
• Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com
• Creation Regained: https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/2969/creation-regained.aspx
• Dr. Mark Yarhouse/The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com/about/leadership/dr-mark-yarhouse
• Sam Allberry's resource page at The Gospel Coalition: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/sam-allberry/
• Jackie Hill Perry: https://jackiehillperry.com
• Preston Sprinkle: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com
• Rosaria Butterfield: https://rosariabutterfield.com

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

One of Rooted’s five pillars is intergenerational integration: “not segregating students from the church body but including them among all of the generations of the church.” Cam Potts joins The Rooted Youth Ministry Podcast to outline the importance of this ministry distinctive from a biblical and gospel-centered perspective. He also gives plenty of practical advice on how to take advantage of summertime rhythms to take the first step or the next step towards integrating the teenagers in your church into the body of Christ at large. 

Additional Resources:

Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry, edited by Cameron Cole and Jon Nielson 

Faith that Lasts by Jon Nielson 

Practical Family Ministry by Timothy Paul Jones 

Access other Rooted resources written about intergenerational integration here: https://rootedministry.com/?tag=intergenerational-integration&post_types=&author_id=&s=

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Show Notes: 
To learn more about Scott's ministry, and to purchase a copy of Heroic Disgrace, visit https://heroicdisgrace.com/

Dealing With the Shame of Depression by Clark Fobes 

Where Will Weary Teenagers Find Rest, If Not at Youth Group? by Cameron Cole
Parenting A Child With Major Depressive Disorder by Ingram Link
Student Series: What Students Need from You During Seasons of Mental Illness by Emily Jenkins

The Hide & Seek of Coping Mechanisms by Liz Edrington
With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit by Jean Twenge

Mental Health and Generation Z by Dallas Theological Seminary

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Additional Resources

Doreen's book Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me Out of the New Age and Into His Word (https://www.thomasnelson.com/9780785234227/deceived-no-more/).

Doreen's Instagram Handle: @doreenvirtu
John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (https://document.desiringgod.org/the-pilgrim-s-progress-en.pdf?ts=1446648353)
Truth for Life, the ministry of Alistair Begg: https://www.truthforlife.org

In this interview, Doreen exhorts Christ-followers to avoid Yoga and The Enneagram. For the counter-perspectives of other Bible-believing Christians in relation to these topics, please refer to the following resources:

• "The Gospel Story and our Cultural Practies: An Interview with James K.A. Smith" (second question) - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-gospel-story-and-our-cultural-practices-an-interview-with-james-k-a-smith/
• "Ask Alice: The Gospel and the Enneagram (an Interview with John Fooshee)" - https://rootedministry.com/podcast/ask-alice-the-gospel-and-the-enneagram-an-interview-with-john-fooshee-part-1/

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Show Notes
seeJesus Student Ministry Website
Jimmy Davis, Cruciform: Living the Cross-Shaped Life
Trevor Hudson, Discovering our Spiritual Identity
Paul Miller's "The Love Course" lectures
Paul Miller, J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life
Gospel Harmony (Thomas and Gundry, eds.)

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Additional Resources

• Dr. Moore's The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul (https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Stand-Facing-without-Losing/dp/1535998539)
• Dr. Moore on "Teaching Students to have Gospel-Formed Consciousness" (https://www.rootedministry.com/podcast/rooted-podcast-dr-russell-moore-on-teaching-students-to-have-gospel-formed-consciousnesses/)
• Dr. Moore on Comics and Culture (https://www.rootedministry.com/podcast/episode-28-russell-moore-on-comics-culture/)

2019 The Gospel Coalition Conference in Indianapolis 

Register for the 2022 Rooted Conference 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Resources Mentioned: 

Chattanooga Institute for Faith, Work, and Culture

Genesis chapters 1 and 2

Every Good Endeavor, by Dr. Tim Keller

Colossians 1:13-20

LAUNCH Chattanooga

Rooted Conference

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Additional Resources:

Birmingham Urban Young Life’s website: https://bhamurbaneast.younglife.org

Youth Ministry Q&A with Cameron Cole, Sedrick Moore, Rebecca Heck, and Kevin Yi 

Dean Inserra’s The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel 

Hosted by: Danny Kwon, author of Teenagers and Mental Health; Becca Heck, M. Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary; Isaiah Marshall, Rooted's Director of Ministry Development; and Josh Hussung, M. Div. in Pastor Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.