Vital Christ currently focuses on the following ministries in and outside of US. For participation inquiries, please contact us through email with your interested ministries:
1. Vital Christ Church Ministries (5 Campuses – 4 at Cook County Jail; and 1 in Lincoln Park)
Weekly Worship Service & Bible Studies at Cook County Jail (Every Mondays and Wednesdays from 11AM – 1PM CT)
Sunday Worship Service at Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago (Every Sunday Afternoon Starting 4/14/2024, from 4PM – 5:30PM CT):
- Praise and Worship
- Group Prayer (Confession & Forgiveness)
- God’s Message
- Small Group Discussion & Fellowship
2. Broadcasting Ministry (Through Pastor Gideon Chang’s The Life University podcast series on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast & many more)
3. Books Mission Ministry (Through Gideon Chang’s “Be Strong & Courageous” available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble in English, Arabic, Portuguese & Turkish. The book highlights what our Good God can do in our lives when we need Him the most in overcoming various challenges in life, such as a near-death experience, unemployment, near-bankruptcy situations & many more. They are true testimonies in Pastor Gideon’s own life!)
4. Inner City Ministry – To evangelize to non-believers and those so-called Christians who has accepted Jesus as their Only Savior but their lives don’t have much to do with God on a daily basis. This is only during Summer Seasons in Chicago along the Michigan Avenue.
5. Intercessory Prayer Ministries – To get together through Online Weekly Intercessory Prayer Sessions for about 1-1.5 hour per week to earnestly pray for personal and worldly issues. We need all trained and beginner Christians who would like to start a prayer life!
Time: Every Sunday Evening at 7PM – 8:30PM CT (Chicago), 8PM – 9:30PM ET (New York), 5PM – 6:30PM PT (San Francisco) in US
6. Orphans Mission Ministry – We plan to build our 1st orphanage in Istanbul, Turkey for those children from recent wars, earthquakes and other catastrophic situations in the Middle East in a near future. The Orphans Mission Ministry aims to spread the Gospel and bring true Christianity to Islamic countries. Let us pray that God will continue to work through us in Turkey and Middle East.
7. VCF Christian Comedy Club Ministry – We plan to launch our 1st “in-person” Christian Comedy Club performances in Chicago, IL at our VCC Lincoln Park Campus. The performance will include various professional level of Christian Comedy where many “worn-out” and “tired” Christians following the Lord will have a time of break, a time of laughter that God desires in our lives. Our “in-person” performances will be available every quarter (every 3 month period) starting mid-June 2024. All of our performances will be available via YouTube as well. If you are interested, please send us an email directly to: vitalchrist@yahoo.com to make a reservation in advance. All of our VCF family members as well as VCC church members, and everyone else who needs a “break in life” is welcome!
8. VCF Christian Talk Show Ministry – We plan to launch our 1st “in-person” monthly or weekly VCF Christian Talk Show at our VCC Lincoln Park Campus. And all of our Talk Shows will be available on YouTube. As we grow our audiences beyond Chicago, we plan to have it available as “live” and hopefully on a weekly basis as well. VCF Christian Talk Show Ministry is to really lead both non-Christians, Christians, Atheists, Muslims, Catholics, Hindus, White, Black, Asians, Hispanics, Rich, Poor, Successful, Unsuccessful, Educated, Non-educated, Employed, Unemployed, Happily Married, Unhappily Married, Financially Struggling, Business Professionals, Elites, Medical Professionals, Hollywood Professionals, Washington-DC Politicians on Capitol Hill, Corporate America Managers & CEOs, and many more to join us regularly to “talk about life”. The concept is similar to that of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago. We will be talking about the similar problems we face in life daily. However, the only difference is that we will do our best to find the solutions in the Bible and in a Christian experiences and its walk with Christ. We plan to have Talk Show Hosts for all age groups and talk about more interested topics to be discussed and find solutions for in each age group. Life is a long-journey that God has granted to us. We need to live most successfully & abundantly….all in God’s ways! Please stay-tuned! The 1st VCF Christian Talk Show is tentatively scheduled for mid-July 2024.