The Impact of Language Literacy on Gospel Outreach in Africa: Case Study of West-Central Africa Division of Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Abstract

 Illiteracy or the inability to read, write and speak a standardized language of communication is very rampant in Africa in general and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The illiteracy affects many areas of development. This article evaluates how illiteracy affects the gospel propagation and the development of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the West-Central Africa Division. The study evaluates the literacy rates of countries of the Division and tries to show how it affects church development especially in terms of membership ratio. The study discovered that membership ratios are higher in the countries where language literacy is higher and lower where language literacy is lower.