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A New Brand of Christian Media Through content marked by creativity and integrity, Vital’s mission is to provide a Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered perspective that propels people to engage their faith—as individuals, in community and with the global Church. Vital intends to become truly vital to you as a daily spiritual companion that puts your world in context. Over these next few pages, you’ll get a glimpse into this new platform and how it might enrich you and the people in your church.
Life to the Full
Holistic Discipleship Vital’s articles often thematically and visually correspond with five key functions of Christianity: to Connect, Grow, Serve, Go and Worship. The Make It Count feature lets you interact with an article long after you’ve finished reading it through action steps, prayer suggestions and additional links.
CONNECT Relating to others GROW Developing your faith SERVE Helping others GO Reaching the lost WORSHIP Centering on God
Vital: In Your Hands
As a bimonthly print publication, Vital magazine is a tangible, shared resource—an opportunity to quite literally grasp keys to faith and life. Each issue delves deep and allows leading thinkers and writers to offer insights with longevity.
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Pulse keeps you connected to meaningful global, national and Church stories. Multipliers profiles people who are making unique contributions to the Kingdom. A Make It Count devotional section aids individual study or group discussion.
A Tool for the Local Church What can Vital offer your congregation? •
Vital utilizes the skills and resources of the entire Assemblies of God fellowship to take the message of Christ to the world. Your congregation will be directly connected to the best minds and voices that our fellowship and its partners have to offer.
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Vital acts as an extension of the pulpit, bringing practical, meaningful and Scriptural messages beyond the walls of the church. By applying biblical truths to everyday scenarios, Vital helps shape a healthy spiritual worldview.
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Vital readers will be consistently challenged and encouraged to serve and live intentionally within their faith community. Through the Make It Count feature, readers will be given tangible ideas for putting their faith into action.
Vital: On Your Screen
VitalMagazine.com broadens conversations introduced in print into an online space set aside for daily direction and inspiration. You’ll find interviews and reviews, columns that tell you how-to and teachings that ask “What now?”
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The Pulse page keeps you in the know on how top stories impact the Church. Vital Videos collects viral and wholesome visual content. Sign up for newsletters to see what is best or fresh on the site. Look for Vital e-books, podcasts and other digital content in the future!
Both online and in print, Vital produces timely and meaningful media, impacting readers so they can impact others. Wherever you are, whenever you need it, this is Vital.
Write for Vital Vital is home to a lineup of respected contributors and columnists, commenting on a broad range of topics. Email editor@vitalmagazine. com to introduce yourself and let us know how you’d like to contribute as a Vital voice.
An Era of Discipleship 2.0 Our fellowship is only as powerful as the ministers, ideas and vision contained in our churches. In addition to supporting Vital by subscribing to the magazine, we also need you to be content providers. By leveraging the voices of pastors and leaders, Vital will expand the influence of the Church and impact the nations for Christ.
Subscribe Your Church to Vital Magazine Together, we can make Vital magazine one of the most impactful faithbased media brands in the world. With two months’ worth of content packed into every issue, Vital keeps your congregation connected to a relevant and inspiring Spirit-empowered message. Alongside VitalMagazine.com, Vital gives you the depth of storytelling in print and the timeliness of cultural commentary and up-to-the-minute news online. In an effort to bring Vital to the widest audience, we are offering a one-year bulk subscription for only
$12* (includes six issues). *Bulk subscriptions consist of five or more one-year subscriptions. Visit vitalmagazine.com/subscribe for more information.
When you subscribe to Vital, you’re not just getting a print magazine—you’re supporting every level of Vital’s ministry: • • • •
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