Scary Statistics on Illiteracy

Posted by Scott Brown on August 27, 2008

Graph showing the astounding drop in illiteracy

?65% of Bible-believing Christians have never read the entire New Testament (www.chronologicalbiblestorying.com).
?43% of American adults function at or below basic literacy levels – making them incapable of meaningful Bible reading (ccclib.org)
?In a survey of more than 500 pastors, 47% cited “lack of time” as the main reason more Christians don’t read the Bible (Phone survey, Hosanna, 1996).
?58% of the U.S. adult population will never read another book after high school (oralbible.com Aug 2007).
?42% of U.S. university graduates never read another book (oralbible.com Aug 2007)
?Over 50% of teens in America believe that Jesus may have committed sins (www.barna.org)

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