* At least 1.5 billion people in the world have never been introduced to reading/writing
* At least 67% of the world’s people are either non-literate or functionally illiterate
* 75-85% of Islamic women are oral communicators (non-literate to functionally illiterate)
* At least 65% of Islamic men are oral communicators
* Significant numbers of Islamic Quranic leaders in the Middle East and Africa are oral communicators, operating by means of a memorized Quran
* Illiteracy is dominant among animistic peoples.
* 48-51% of adult Americans are non-literate or functionally illiterate
* Oral communicators understand, learn and assimilate information best when it comes to them in narrative or storying formats
* Oral communicators find it difficult to understand, and next to impossible to remember, recall and reproduce expositional outlines, points, principles and steps

(Sources: International Mission Board, SBC, Wycliffe Bible Translators and U.S. Government)

Original source: Lausanne 2004 Daily Update