Living Epistles Ministries

The vision that became Living Epistles Ministries was initiated by the Lord Jesus Christ one day in the Fall of 1987, when the Lord Jesus Christ asked Sheila Vitale, the Pastor, Teacher and Founder of Living Epistles Ministries, if she would teach His people.

Pastor Vitale was driving from a church service to the house of friends who had invited her for dinner, when she spoke to the Lord about her need for mature teaching. Where is the church that will satisfy me? she asked, and, much to her surprise, the Lord answered, saying, Will you do it?

At that time Pastor Vitale was traveling 2-1/2 hours to work in Manhattan, and 2-1/2 hours back, 5 and sometimes 6 days a week. In addition, Pastor Vitale had been chronically ill since she was 12 years old, and was a physically weak and sickly person. In view of Pastor Vitale's circumstances at the time, it is understandable that she respectfully declined, saying, Lord, how can someone in my condition, who does not know, from day to day, whether they will be able to get up and go to work, make a commitment to study and teach on a regular basis?

Shortly thereafter, in the Fall of 1987, the Lord approached Pastor Vitale again, and this time Pastor Vitale submitted saying, if You want me to do it, Lord, I will try.

The initial meetings were casual and the ministry spontaneous. The first prepared message, The Truth About Witchcraft, was delivered by Pastor Vitale in January of 1988, and the second prepared message, The Seduction Of Eve, was preached on March 12, 1988. Pastor Vitale then began to teach, weekly, beginning with Evil Children, which was brought forth under the anointing of the Holy Spirit on March 20, 1988. Eventually, the meetings increased to two, and then three, each week.

Pastor Vitale had moved in the Office of Prophet for several years before she began to teach, so now she was a Prophet and a Teacher of Apostolic Doctrine. She did not begin to move in the Office of Pastor until 1992, however, when she returned from her first trip to Africa, where the Ministry of the Evangelist was birthed in her. Pastor Vitale has been training as a Pastor under the strong hand of Christ Jesus since 1982, and will continue to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ until such time as she accurately reflects His nature. (Top)

What We Do

Living Epistles Ministries is a teaching ministry which dispenses free