Literacy, Bible Reading and Church Growth Through the Ages
The importance of this study is found in the challenge to the church today. There are still some 800,000,000 adults and teenagers who are illiterate, unable to read God's word or other Christian literature. In many areas of rapid church growth it is impossible, for lack of literacy, to train enough leaders to keep up with the vast people movements. In Asian countries, which comprise 57% of the world's population, the demand is for Christian literature that truly speaks to the needs of the people. The Chinese revere teachers and literature. In Japan, the Bible is the best seller. In India, in 1967, the Light and Life Bible Correspondence School reported more than one and a half million people enrolled, 85% of whom were non-Christians.
Further research may reveal new approaches to the Chinese, Hindus, and Muslims, but Christian literature will assume a major rule in the winning of these people for Jesus Christ.
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This informative volume speaks for many generations of the human race. They all testify to the inherent hunger for the truth which alone can liberate and which is found only in God's Holy Word. Please remember we are debtors to all Bible-less people. Our lives have meaning as we make installments on the payment of that debt.
Jack McAlisterPresident/Founder, World Literature Crusade
Additional Details
- Pages: 244
- Publisher: William Carey Library
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 1978
- ISBN: 9780878083251
- Vendor: William Carey Library
