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 Relevant #7, March/April 2004 |
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| Editor | Cameron Strang, Adam Smith |
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| Categories | Christian magazines |
| Circulation | 75,963 bimonthly |
| First issue | March/April 2003 |
| Company | RELEVANT Media Group |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | relevantmagazine.com |
| ISSN | 1543-317X |
RELEVANT Magazine is a bimonthly Christian magazine first published in 2003. It claims a subscriber base of more than 75,000 readers[1]. Its companion web presence, RelevantMagazine.com, was launched before the print publication and continues to feature exclusive content. Both are products of the RELEVANT Media Group, founded by Cameron Strang, son of Charisma Magazine publisher and Strang Communications CEO Stephen Strang. RELEVANT explores the intersection of faith and pop culture with the tagline "God. Life. Progressive Culture." Regular contributors to the print magazine include John Fischer, Dan Haseltine (Jars of Clay), Don Chaffer (Waterdeep), and Dan Buck. Regular contributors to the web magazine include Dawn Xiana Moon, Brett McCracken, CA Muncey, Rick Warren, and Eric Hurtgen. Articles feature fresh spiritual voices, often profiling young musicians, authors and entrepreneurs such as Paper Route, Donald Miller, Rob Bell, Margaret Feinberg and Sarah Cunningham. Relevant also offers political spotlights, social issues, and reviews of recently released media selections.
In its third year, the magazine created a new women's magazine, Radiant. The first issue was released in April 2006 and its last was Fall 2007.
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RelevantMagazine.com
Led by 16 section editors and featuring hundreds of writers, the website is updated daily and is a user-driven counterpart to the magazine. The website receives 4 million page views each month. The biggest difference between the magazine and the website is that none of the magazine content is found on the website, and vice versa. Some of the newest additions to the website are "The Drop" [2] and "RELEVANT.tv" both are exclusive broadband music video channels. [1]
Relevant Podcast
Relevant magazine posts a weekly podcast cast on iTunes every Friday. The cast on the podcast consists of Cameron Strang, CEO of Relevant Media Group; Adam Smith (via skype), Jesse Carey (via Skype), and Maya Strang (Cameron's wife). The podcast can be found on the Relevant website or on iTunes.
Cover stories
- (Issue 1) (Mar/Apr 2003)
- War, Terror And The End Times. How Should We Respond?: Between Iraq And A Hard Place. How should Christians respond to recent world events? (May/Jun 2003)
- The Movie Issue (Jul/Aug 2003)
- The Quest For Contentment: Finding Fulfillment in a Restless Society (Sep/Oct 2003)
- P.O.D.: Life After Death (Nov/Dec 2003)
- Mel Gibson's Passion (Jan/Feb 2004)
- Opening Eyes: Bono Awakens the Church to Social Activism (Mar/Apr 2004)
- Can Dwight Howard Save the NBA? Why the Prep Phenom Is Taking on the League (May/Jun 2004)
- The Search for Purpose: Why God's Will Isn't Found in this Magazine (Jul/Aug 2004)
- Bush & Kerry Face Off: How This Generation's Vote Will Change The Course Of History (Sep/Oct 2004)
- The Rebirth of Mase: What He’s Not Telling MTV (Nov/Dec 2004)
- Keanu Reeves' Constantine: Goes Where The Matrix Didn’t (Jan/Feb 2005)
- The Relevant Music Issue: Introducing Mute Math: Their Story of Surrender and Redemption (Mar/Apr 2005)
- The Two Sides of Moby: Why He Loves Jesus But Not the Church (May/Jun 2005)
- Common: Defining Hip Hop's New Breed (Jul/Aug 2005)
- The Vision Issue: 12 Visionaries Who Are Impacting Culture Through Faith (Sep/Oct 2005)
- New Hope For Africa: A Front Lines Look At A Solvable Crisis (Nov/Dec 2005)
- The Movie Issue: Welcome To Hollywood (Jan/Feb 2006)
- 2006 Spring Music Guide; Leigh Nash: What Happened to Sixpence and What is She Doing Now? (Mar/Apr 2006)
- Friend or Foe: Love Him or Hate Him, Thomas Kinkade is the Voice of a New Direction(May/Jun 2006)
- Thrice One on One: On Their Music, Faith And Why Their Giving Their Money Away (Jul/Aug 2006)
- The Fray Better Late Then Never (Why They're Just Now Starting To Pay Their Dues) (Sep/Oct 2006)
- Muse (band) Explores Eternity and the Unknown (Nov/Dec 2006)
- Ben Folds Defends Jesus, His Lyrics, and a Dog (Jan/Feb 2007)
- Anberlin New Music Issue (Mar/Apr 2007)
- How Our Generation Can Break Its Addiction to Money(May/Jun 2007)
- Matisyahu Looking for the Messiah: Jewish Reggae Artist (Jul/Aug 2007)
- Inside the Deep Convictions of Ben Harper (Sep/Oct 2007)
- By The Book: What Would it Look Like to Live One Year Following the Bible Exactly (Nov 2007)
- The Real Bob Dylan: An honest look at the life & faith of Folk's Greatest Legend (Dec 2007)
- Rob Bell on a New Social & Spiritual Direction (Jan/Feb 2008)
- 35 Ideas That Changed the World: Looking Back at the First Five years of RELEVANT (Mar/Apr 2008)
- 7 Burning Issues: We asked seven spiritual leaders about seven of the toughest issues facing the Church today (May/Jun 2008)
- The Cult of Celebrity: We examine how our society has become obsessed with fame, and how we should respond (Jul/Aug 2008)
- How to Vote Without Losing Your Soul: RELEVANT explores how Christians can engage in a political landscape that is becoming increasingly polarized (Sep/Oct 2008)
- Trade in the Lies: Ultimately, being a conscientious consumer isn’t only about fair trade. It’s about refusing to fund—or be part of—any practice that is contrary to the global good (Nov/Dec 2008)
- Living on a Prayer: Pete Greig (author of Red Moon Rising and God on Mute) is on a mission to make prayer a worldwide priority (Jan/Feb 2009)
- Still Wrestling: Mickey Rourke is a work in progress, everyone knows that. Here’s the story you didn’t know. The Oscar nominee opens up about faith, fame … and why he’s trying to walk a narrower road (Mar/Apr 2009)
- Sex, God and Rock ‘n’ Roll: A look at the controversial spiritual and musical journey of Kings of Leon. They’ve finally hit it big back home in the States, but has this uniquely American rock band lost their old-fashioned Southern morals? (May/Jun 2009)
College Edition: Switchfoot - What Drives This San Diego Surf Band (Fall 2005)
Relevant Magazine.com: Paper Route (band) - Artist Spotlight
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