Messenger Magazine - To Advertise

To Advertise

For more information or to reserve space, contact:

MESSENGER Advertising
1451 Dundee Avenue
Elgin, IL 60120
(800) 323-8039
Fax (847) 742-1407
e-mail messengerads_gb@brethren.org

EDITOR'S PROFILE

Each issue of MESSENGER reaches about 13,000 households. Most of those are in the Church of the Brethren, a Christian denomination with Anabaptist-Pietist roots founded in 1708. Founded in 1851 and today owned and published by the Church of the Brethren General Board, MESSENGER is among the oldest church magazines in the United States.

Enclosed in a four-color cover, the magazine’s 32 pages are filled with news, features, and other articles about Christ at work through the church. MESSENGER also includes media reviews, letters, a youth page, and regular columns. These resources and more go out to pastors, teachers, other congregational leaders, families, and people of all generations 11 times each year.

We invite you, via your advertisements, to reach the readers of MESSENGER.

—Walt Wiltschek, editor

CLOSING DATES

Issue	Space Reservations	Copy
Jan.	Nov. 15	Nov. 30
Feb.	Dec. 15	Dec. 30
Mar.	Jan. 15	Jan. 31
Apr.	Feb. 15	Feb. 28
May	Mar. 15	Mar. 31
June	Apr. 15	Apr. 30
July/Aug.	May 15	May 31
Sept.	July 15	July 31
Oct.	Aug. 15	Aug. 31
Nov.	Sept. 15	Sept. 30
Dec.	Oct. 15	Oct. 31

Deadline for cancellation is the same as the deadline for space reservations. Advertisements canceled after that date will still be billed for the cost of space originally reserved.

CLASSIFIEDS

Minimum charge is $75 for up to 80 words; 50 cents per word beyond 80 words. A 10% frequency discount will be given for 6 or more classified ads in one year. Ads may be edited to conform to MESSENGER style. Classified ads must be received via e-mail by the reservation deadline listed above.

BLACK & WHITE DISPLAY

		number of ads placed in one year
		1x	3x	7x
Full page (8 ½" x 11")		$1200	$1,080	$960
2/3 page (4 ⁷/₈" x 9 ¾")		1,000	900	800
1/2 page		800	720	640
	horizontal (7 ½" x 5") vertical (4 ⁷/₈" x 7 ½")
1/3 page		650	585	520
	horizontal (4 ⁷/₈" x 5") vertical (2 ¼" x 9 ¾")
1/6 page (2 ¼" x 5")		450	405	360
Column inch		125	113	100

Bind-in cards: Price will be equivalent to cost of full-page, black & white ad plus $250 for binding.

COLOR ADVERTISING

	number of ads placed in one year
	1x	3x	7x
Cover 2	$1300	$1170	$1040
Cover 3	1500	1350	1200
Cover 4	1700	1530	1360

All covers are four-color process. Four-color covers must be supplied as PDF files or on disk with a color proof. Advertiser will be billed extra charges for disk output or additional preparation of ads. The July/August issue includes at least four extra inside color pages.

SPECIFICATIONS

Black & white ads should be sent as high-resolution PDF files, printer-ready art, or on disk. All fonts and graphics must be included with the file on disk. A laser print of the ad should accompany the disk. Trim size for page is 8 ½" x 11" with ¼" bleed on four sides. Minimum line screen is 133; 150 is preferred.