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About The Lutheran Witness

The flagship magazine of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, The Lutheran Witness offers synodical news, reports from Lutherans around the world, feature articles, columns, Q&As, a Bible study, and more. Available both digitally and in print format, The Lutheran Witness is a monthly publication with a June/July combined issue.

Lutheran customers have long trusted CPH to provide timely, doctrinally sound articles, and The Lutheran Witness has provided that for 130 years.

Pricing

All prices noted are for color ads and per placement. A 15% discount is available for all LCMS qualified RSO companies.

Covers

  1 Time 6 Times 11 Times
Cover 2 (Full Page) $9,000 $8,100 $7,200
Cover 3 (Full Page) $9,000 $8,100 $7,200
Cover 4 (Horizontal 2/3 Page) $8,000 $7,200 $6,400

Interior Ads

  1 Time 6 Times 11 Times
Full Page $6,000 $5,400 $4,800
2/3 Page $5,200 $4,680 $4,160
1/2 Horizontal Page $3,600 $3,240 $2,880
1/3 Page $2,400 $2,160 $1,920
1/4 Page $2,000 $1,800 $1,600
1/6 Page $1,600 $1,440 $1,280

Ad Specs

1/6 page – Vertical – 2.85” x 4.6379”

1/4 page – Vertical – 3.625” x 4.75”
1/4 page – Horizontal – 4.7162” x 3.625”
1/3 page – Horizontal – 7.3819” x 3.5208”
1/3 page – Vertical – 2.7083” x 9.6875”

1/2 page – Horizontal – 7.375” x 4.7162”
1/2 page – Vertical – 3.625” x 9.6875”

2/3 page with Bleed * – 8.125” x 7.0412” (with bleed 8.375” x 7.1662”) (bleeds on left, right, & bottom)

Full page with Bleed * – 8.125” x 10.5625” (with bleed 8.375” x 10.8125”)

* These are the only 2 ad sizes allowed to bleed

Deadlines

LW 2026 Issue Space Reservation Materials Due Publication Date
January 2026 11/10/2025 11/25/2025 1/1/2026
February 2026 12/8/25 12/23/25 2/1/26
March 2026 1/9/26 1/30/26 3/1/26
April 2026 2/9/26 2/26/26 4/1/26
May 2026 3/10/26 3/25/26 5/1/26
June / July 2026 4/10/26 4/24/26 6/1/26
August 2026 6/11/26 6/29/26 8/1/26
September 2026 7/10/26 7/28/26 9/1/26
October 2026 8/11/26 8/26/26 10/1/26
November 2026 9/11/26 9/29/26 11/1/26
December 2026 10/9/26 10/23/26 12/1/26

Examples

Portals of Prayer large cover 4 ad

Cover 4 (Horizontal 2/3 Page)

Portals of Prayer full cover2 ad

1/2 page – Horizontal

Portals of Prayer full cover3 ad

1/6 page – Vertical

Contact Us

CPH sales rep - Loren Pawlitz

Loren D. Pawlitz
Executive Director of Marketing and Ecommerce

Concordia Publishing House
3558 South Jefferson Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63118-3968

loren.pawlitz@cph.org
314.268.1107