I put that title because the word "Lectern" is a cousin of the word "literacy." I think in our statement we should say something about religion in many cultures being one of the founding motivations to create literature and promote literacy.
For the thing about second language students, I would show them that in English churches, it is still customary to see older languages of religion, like Hebrew, Latin and Greek, because they are rooted in cultural and religious meaning and tradition, versus in English banks or English schools. I would show that the Bible, comparatively to other works of English literature, is much easier to read and use in English than is a hymnal, because in a hymnal one must be able to read music and read lyrics simultaneously.
