Teenage Life Mission, owns this official website; rootedencounters.com/. This ministry was birthed in 2002 from the womb of God’s direct instructions to guide this generation towards a level of intimacy with God that guarantees a healthy self-esteem and a life of dignity devoid of sexual promiscuity, or hunger for love and validation!
- Teenage Life Mission, is a Christian NGO, with a God-given commission to mainstream premarital sexual abstinence and mutual fidelity in marriage. We go to churches to sensitize the body of Christ about the high preponderance of sexual bondage and their consequences. We educate singles on the power of sexual purity as far as the believer’s authority is concerned, showcasing why premarital abstinence is non negotiable. We offer them useful life tools for choosing the right marriage partner and in the mean time, how to handle or control youthful passions effectively. We also encourage and admonish couples to maintain mutual fidelity in marriage based on 1st Corinthians 7 vs. 1 to 9.
- We are on Vision Africa Radio, on YouTube and Facebook!
Rooted Encounters creates thoughtful Christian learning and resources that help families, young people, mentors and communities grow with purpose.
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Rooted for Life
Rooted Encounters helps families, young people and mentors grow in faith, purpose and community through practical Christian learning and meaningful connection.
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GROUNDED IN PURPOSE.. We are Teenage Life Mission, a Christian NGO, with a God-given commission to mainstream premarital sexual abstinence and mutual fidelity in marriage. We go to churches to sensitize the body of Christ about the level of sexual bondage and their consequences. We educate singles on choosing the right marriage partner and how to handle youthful passions effectively. WHAT WE DO: We have been mentoring and empowering youths since 2002 and we believe that with an unbroken focus we can effectively raise a generation of well rounded, socially well-adjusted and disciplined young adults with high moral standards. We help them to negotiate their sex life not just from a position of strength but holiness. METHODOLOGY When we go to secondary schools we normally get the students comfortably seated under the canopies together with their teachers and principals. Our teachings last for about 30 minutes per topic while the down-to-earth interactions (questions and answers) last for up to one or two hours. Thereafter we ask them questions and give out gifts to reward excellent participation. We also serve refreshments – snacks and drinks – to everyone. At the end of the programme, our team of counselors hold voluntary one on one counseling with the students who need more attention and clarification. This is also done in the open but is usually confidential. The whole event takes place in the open air canopies and we choose topics that directly address teen issues in order to minister directly to their individual challenges. Our scope of teachings covers “dealing with low self-esteem”, “handling attraction for the opposite sex”, “God’s purpose for sex”, “self control and youthful passions”, excellence in relationships”, “maximizing your talents” and a whole lot more. OUR RADIO SHOW The programme, “Life Encounters with Sister Jess”, is produced and presented as an interactive radio show that is youth- focused and family- friendly. Life Encounters deals with moral issues. It enriches and refreshes its audience by providing the missing link in interactive family relationships. It helps people to re-connect to family values and gives them feed backs on emotional issues. Life Encounters with Sis Jess is an interactive platform for youths in all communities through the mass media. We are focused on sensitizing and empowering them with adequate knowledge and skills to enable them adopt pre-marital sexual abstinence as their preferred option for the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases, the prevention of teenage pregnancies, and the prevention of abortion amongst other life issues.
Our Foundation It has been said that education is the best gift a parent can give a child and there’s no gain saying that sexual abstinence education is the best gift a community can give its youths. These young adults are regularly exposed to pornography on the internet and in the electronic media so; they are under immense pressure to experiment with sexual activity. The only way we can mitigate the awful impact of social media on them is by carrying out extensive broadcasts of our abstinence programmes on radio, on television and on the internet. These are young and highly impressionable youths that need adequate moral clarity from those they look up to. Only a sustained one on one teaching and media campaign would provide the much-needed mentorship that would bring about the positive behaviour change we desire in their lives.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health problem of immense concern globally and since 1986 when Nigeria recorded her first case of the virus, this pandemic has continued to ravage lives. Going by the Sero-prevalence sentinel survey of 2003, the national prevalence of HIV in the country is 5% rising from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001 and then resting on 5% by 2003. About 3.8 million Nigerians are estimated to be living with the HIV virus. The fact is that 80% of HIV/AIDS infections in Nigeria are attributed to sexual intercourse. And according to the Sero-prevalence survey of 2005 young adults appear most at risk with HIV prevalence of 3.6% among pregnant 15-19 years-olds and 4.9% among the 26-29 years olds. Every state and community in Nigeria is affected. There is high level of prevalence among women with only primary and secondary education. This is one of the reasons we began this project by focusing on, and targeting and focusing on schools, as well as oiut of school youths.
Our Foundation It has been said that education is the best gift a parent can give a child and there’s no gain saying that sexual abstinence education is the best gift a community can give its youths. These young adults are regularly exposed to pornography on the internet and in the electronic media so; they are under immense pressure to experiment with sexual activity. The only way we can mitigate the awful impact of social media on them is by carrying out extensive broadcasts of our abstinence programmes on radio, on television and on the internet. These are young and highly impressionable youths that need adequate moral clarity from those they look up to. Only a sustained one on one teaching and media campaign would provide the much-needed mentorship that would bring about the positive behaviour change we desire in their lives.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health problem of immense concern globally and since 1986 when Nigeria recorded her first case of the virus, this pandemic has continued to ravage lives. Going by the Sero-prevalence sentinel survey of 2003, the national prevalence of HIV in the country is 5% rising from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001 and then resting on 5% by 2003. About 3.8 million Nigerians are estimated to be living with the HIV virus. The fact is that 80% of HIV/AIDS infections in Nigeria are attributed to sexual intercourse. And according to the Sero-prevalence survey of 2005 young adults appear most at risk with HIV prevalence of 3.6% among pregnant 15-19 years-olds and 4.9% among the 26-29 years olds. Every state and community in Nigeria is affected. There is high level of prevalence among women with only primary and secondary education. This is one of the reasons we began this project by focusing on, and targeting and focusing on schools, as well as oiut of school youths.
Our Foundation It has been said that education is the best gift a parent can give a child and there’s no gain saying that sexual abstinence education is the best gift a community can give its youths. These young adults are regularly exposed to pornography on the internet and in the electronic media so; they are under immense pressure to experiment with sexual activity. The only way we can mitigate the awful impact of social media on them is by carrying out extensive broadcasts of our abstinence programmes on radio, on television and on the internet. These are young and highly impressionable youths that need adequate moral clarity from those they look up to. Only a sustained one on one teaching and media campaign would provide the much-needed mentorship that would bring about the positive behaviour change we desire in their lives.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health problem of immense concern globally and since 1986 when Nigeria recorded her first case of the virus, this pandemic has continued to ravage lives. Going by the Sero-prevalence sentinel survey of 2003, the national prevalence of HIV in the country is 5% rising from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001 and then resting on 5% by 2003. About 3.8 million Nigerians are estimated to be living with the HIV virus. The fact is that 80% of HIV/AIDS infections in Nigeria are attributed to sexual intercourse. And according to the Sero-prevalence survey of 2005 young adults appear most at risk with HIV prevalence of 3.6% among pregnant 15-19 years-olds and 4.9% among the 26-29 years olds. Every state and community in Nigeria is affected. There is high level of prevalence among women with only primary and secondary education. This is one of the reasons we began this project by focusing on, and targeting and focusing on schools, as well as oiut of school youths.
Our Foundation It has been said that education is the best gift a parent can give a child and there’s no gain saying that sexual abstinence education is the best gift a community can give its youths. These young adults are regularly exposed to pornography on the internet and in the electronic media so; they are under immense pressure to experiment with sexual activity. The only way we can mitigate the awful impact of social media on them is by carrying out extensive broadcasts of our abstinence programmes on radio, on television and on the internet. These are young and highly impressionable youths that need adequate moral clarity from those they look up to. Only a sustained one on one teaching and media campaign would provide the much-needed mentorship that would bring about the positive behaviour change we desire in their lives.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health problem of immense concern globally and since 1986 when Nigeria recorded her first case of the virus, this pandemic has continued to ravage lives. Going by the Sero-prevalence sentinel survey of 2003, the national prevalence of HIV in the country is 5% rising from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001 and then resting on 5% by 2003. About 3.8 million Nigerians are estimated to be living with the HIV virus. The fact is that 80% of HIV/AIDS infections in Nigeria are attributed to sexual intercourse. And according to the Sero-prevalence survey of 2005 young adults appear most at risk with HIV prevalence of 3.6% among pregnant 15-19 years-olds and 4.9% among the 26-29 years olds. Every state and community in Nigeria is affected. There is high level of prevalence among women with only primary and secondary education. This is one of the reasons we began this project by focusing on, and targeting and focusing on schools, as well as oiut of school youths.
Our Foundation It has been said that education is the best gift a parent can give a child and there’s no gain saying that sexual abstinence education is the best gift a community can give its youths. These young adults are regularly exposed to pornography on the internet and in the electronic media so; they are under immense pressure to experiment with sexual activity. The only way we can mitigate the awful impact of social media on them is by carrying out extensive broadcasts of our abstinence programmes on radio, on television and on the internet. These are young and highly impressionable youths that need adequate moral clarity from those they look up to. Only a sustained one on one teaching and media campaign would provide the much-needed mentorship that would bring about the positive behaviour change we desire in their lives.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health problem of immense concern globally and since 1986 when Nigeria recorded her first case of the virus, this pandemic has continued to ravage lives. Going by the Sero-prevalence sentinel survey of 2003, the national prevalence of HIV in the country is 5% rising from 1.8% in 1991 to 5.8% in 2001 and then resting on 5% by 2003. About 3.8 million Nigerians are estimated to be living with the HIV virus. The fact is that 80% of HIV/AIDS infections in Nigeria are attributed to sexual intercourse. And according to the Sero-prevalence survey of 2005 young adults appear most at risk with HIV prevalence of 3.6% among pregnant 15-19 years-olds and 4.9% among the 26-29 years olds. Every state and community in Nigeria is affected. There is high level of prevalence among women with only primary and secondary education. This is one of the reasons we began this project by focusing on, and targeting and focusing on schools, as well as oiut of school youths.
Our Vision
Rooted Encounters gave our family language, confidence and practical tools for growing together.
