Plenaries

Mark Senter: Youth Ministry: Rooted in the Gospel

Dr. Mark Senter opened the 2015 Rooted Conference with at talk entitled, “Youth Ministry: Rooted in the Gospel.” Mark recently retired after serving a professor for more than 34 years at Trinity Evangelical Dimity School. Prior to teaching he served as a youth pastor and as pastor of Christian education at Wheaton Bible Church.

Scotty Smith: Cultivating an Incarnational Community of Grace

Scotty Smith offered this second powerful talk at the 2015 Rooted Conference about the community of grace from Philippians. Scotty is the founding pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN, teaches at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, and has authored five books.

Mary Willson: The Incarnation and the Teenage Soul

At the 2015 Rooted Conference Mary Willson, associate director of women’s initiatives for The Gospel Coalition, gave a talk entitled “The Incarnation of the Teenage Soul.”

Scotty Smith: Why Did Jesus Come? The Measureless Grace of the Incarnation

Scotty Smith offered this powerful opening talk at the 2015 Rooted Conference about the measureless grace of the incarnation. Scotty is the founding pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN, teaches at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, and has authored five books.

David Plant: The Season of Betrayal: Knowing our Deceptive Hearts, Seeing Our Need for Community

David Plant, Assistant Pastor and Community Group Director at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, taught on the value of friendship at the 2015 Rooted Conference. He looks at the friend that Jonathan was to David, and the friend that Jesus is to us.

Cameron Cole: Good News for People Pleasers

At the 2015 Rooted Conference Cameron Cole, founding chairman of Rooted Ministry and Director of Youth Ministries at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, dives deeper into Luke 12:1-12 and preaches about the good news for people pleasers.

Peter Ong: Christ’s Ministry Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

We’re thrilled to share Peter Ong’s humorous yet poignant talk from the 2015 Rooted Conference in Chicago. In his plenary session, Peter delves into John 20:24-29, the disciple Thomas, cultivating a pathway for students to doubt, and leaning into a theology of failure (the gospel of grace). Peter Ong planted King’s Cross Church in Flushing, NY in 2012, finding his motivation for church planting to be the many young people he has discipled over the years.

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