Vertical Thought Personal Correspondence (VTPC) has the opportunity to answer the questions of younger readers within and outside the Church of God.

The Vertical Thought magazine was created to address the needs and concerns of the teen through young adult age group. As the circulation of the magazine continues to grow (both in print and online), we are finding a steady increase in the number of questions that are being asked by readers and their parents. Since the younger generations are very computer literate, nearly all of the questions to Vertical Thought are sent in via e-mail.

We have a team of 10 pastors who serve on a rotating basis to answer the approximately 70 questions we receive each month. Andy Burnett, Todd Carey, Tom Clark, Tom Damour, David Dobson, Mike Hanisko, Doug Horchak, Jim Servidio, Gary Smith and Ken Treybig work to field the questions. As one writer said, "Being part of VTPC has been a very rewarding and exciting part of my ministry in the past several years."

The questions we receive run the gamut from comments sparked by a recent article to serious doctrinal questions. Very often we are asked about matters of relationships, dating, marriage and God's view of sexual activities before marriage. Not only do we receive questions from teens and young adults, but occasionally also from their parents. We find that parents both in and out of the Church often struggle with the task of guiding and teaching their children to live uprightly with their growing maturity and freedom.

With the Internet, questions come from literally all over the world. An interesting phenomenon has been the number of questions that come from disadvantaged parts of the world—especially Nigeria. In this regard Ken Treybig wrote: "I'm not sure of all the reasons why we have such a response from Nigeria, but I think part of the reason is 'hope.' In an area of the world where economic hope is minimal, Vertical Thought offers a positive message of hope, since the plan of God is the only sure hope for all humanity."