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Andrew Root joined Luther Seminary in 2005 as assistant professor of youth and family ministry. Previously he was an adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C., and Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.

Root received his bachelor of arts degree from Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn., in 1997. He earned his master of divinity (2000) and his master of theology (2001) degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif. He completed his doctoral degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2005.

Root's ministry experience includes being a gang prevention counselor in Los Angeles, youth outreach directed in a congregation, staff member of Young Life, and a confirmation teacher. He has also been a research fe ...more

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Learning to Let Go in Ministry: Beyond Church Growth Pressure

Many church leaders feel crushing church growth pressure—the anxiety that if you don’t reverse decline or manage outcomes perfectly, you’ve failed. But what if that pressure is actually destroying the connections you’re trying to create? In this episode of the Pivot Podcast, Dr. Andrew Root of ‪@LutherSeminary‬ and Rev. Kara Root of ‪@la

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	Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness 4.17 avg rating — 399 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grace of Dogs: A Boy, a Black Lab, and a Father's Search for the Canine Soul 4.05 avg rating — 371 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation Beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation by Andrew Root, Blair D. Bertrand 4.06 avg rating — 310 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pastor in a Secular Age: Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God 4.38 avg rating — 277 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together 4.47 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Youth Ministry?: Why Parents Don't Really Care about Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do about It 4.17 avg rating — 244 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation 4.29 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life 4.47 avg rating — 184 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Churches and the Crisis of Decline: A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Age 4.29 avg rating — 180 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Theology to Youth Ministry 4.17 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ministry, then, is not about "using" relationships to get individuals to accept a "third thing," whether that be conservative politics, moral behaviors or even the gospel message. Rather, ministry is about connection, one to another, about sharing in suffering and joy, about persons meeting persons with no pretense or secret motives. It is about shared life, confessing Christ not outside the relationship but within it. This, I learned, was living the gospel.
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― Andrew Root, Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation

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“Theology starts with a crisis, the very crisis of reality itself. The crisis is the fact that you live, that you have a life to live. … The crisis is the very mystery of our existence and the yearning for there to be some kind of meaning to it.”
― Andrew Root

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“The Church may have a building, but that is not its place. The building may be the church's location, but its space is in the shared humanity of its persons.”
― Andrew Root, The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves

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