Teach Students the Whole Christ From the Whole Bible
We have a rich opportunity in the limited years we are given with students to present the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ from every part of God’s Word and apply it to every area of life.
With mental health challenges on the rise among teenagers, youth and family ministers must often work with parents to provide support and care from the local church.

We have a rich opportunity in the limited years we are given with students to present the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ from every part of God’s Word and apply it to every area of life.
Like Jesus, we should recognize that questions do not necessarily mean a student is moving away from Christ. In fact, they can invite us to trust in the Word more deeply.
Welcome to Rooted’s Top Ten, a curated reading list for youth ministers. Each month we find ten articles, and sometimes videos or podcasts, from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to teenagers and their families.
If we as youth leaders want this message of the gospel to reach as many students as possible, we need others in the church, in particular the leaders, as allies in this work.
Too often, I have treated the Bible as a prop in the play called “My Life” rather than as the living, active Word of God. At times, I’ve been content to see Scripture as merely useful—which it certainly is—without stopping to behold it as beautiful.
Paul reminds us that our friends living with disability are indispensable to the body of Christ. A church without disabilities, then, becomes an incomplete church.
