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• It offers articles that inform, challenge, provoke thought and conversation, and give comfort and encouragement–to help women live out their faith in their communities and the world.
  
• The magazine provides a Bible study session in every issue, as well as an engaging mix of faith–in–life articles, theological reflections by noted Lutheran scholars, and stories that speak to the hearts of progressive Christian women.
  
• The Lutheran Woman Today Bible study is used by thousands of church–organized women's groups across the United States. The articles and Bible study session in each issue of LWT complement and enrich one another.
  
• The magazine has appeal across lines of age and ethnicity. Also, a number of men report that they read every issue. Lutheran Woman Today regularly hears from readers who are members of other mainline Protestant denominations, as well.

Lutheran Woman Today is published by Women of the ELCA, the women's organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Augsburg Fortress Publishers manages its subscriptions, and the editorial office manages its advertising (800-638-3522, ext. 2732). The award–winning magazine is a high–quality, 44–page, four–color publication with a paid circulation of about 93,000 and a pass–along rate of about 40,000 more.

• The magazine is published 10 times a year with combined (52–page) issues in Jan/Feb and July/August. The magazine is mailed directly to subscribers; there are no news stand sales.
• Over the past decade, LWT has won many awards, including Best in Class, from the Religion Communicators Council and the Associated Church Press for its articles, covers, illustrations, photography, layout and design, and Web site.

The 2008-2009 Bible study is "The Hidden Hand of God: Wisdom Stories from Ruth, Daniel, and Esther" by the Rev. Gwen Sayler, professor of Hebrew at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, and the Rev. Ann Fritschel, associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Wartburg.