Rooted Discipleship Program

To empower world-changers to thrive in life through walking with God, aligning with their true design, and discipling the nations.

1. Intimacy (deeply rooting in God)
2. Identity (discovering your design)
3. Destiny (aligning with your purpose)
4. Community (life-changing, faith-fueling relationships)
5. Israel (the apple of God’s eye)

Rooted is designed for hungry followers of Jesus who desire to deepen their faith, awaken their identity, and activate their callings in the context of life-changing community.

From January to May, participants engage in nine discipleship and personal development sessions alongside a community that plays and adventures together.

Beginning in June, participants will inspire other summer staff to live with contagious faith at SAMBICA as they share the Gospel with 3,000 campers.

Participants then reunite in the spring to celebrate God's goodness with a capstone trip to Israel to meet God's chosen people and walk in the footsteps of Jesus.

Rooted 2023 kicks off on Monday, January 30th. Sessions run every other Monday through May 22nd. Summer staff start training on June 11th to prepare for the best summer ever, anticipating the arrival of 3,000 excited campers. Rooted concludes with the life-changing capstone trip to Israel in spring 2024.

In summer of 2020, we had a dream of helping young leaders discover and align with their God-given design. We wanted to help them walk intimately with God, know their true identity, and boldly carry out God's calling on their lives. We recruited our first Rooted cohort in January 2021 and were inspired by their personal transformation and the impact they had on campers, summer staff, the people they met in Israel, and their communities back home.

We are excited for all God has in store for 2023 as we welcome our new Rooted participants and take our 2022 cohort to Israel!

SAMBICA has partnered with Passages for the past two years to bring Christian students on life-changing trips to the Holy Land.

To learn more about this program and what it looks like to encounter Israel through the Rooted Discipleship Program, visit the Passages website!