Uganda Baptist Seminary (UBS) is accredited by the Ugandan National Council for Higher Education and teaches church leaders from Uganda and its surrounding seven countries. The required language of educational instruction is English, although the students come from a multitude of different native languages. This research stems from a need to better understand possible areas that could be hindering student academic achievement. One way to develop mature church leaders is to teach skills and habits that equip them to know and apply truth accurately within their culture. Church leaders are flooded with written material that may be in line with Scripture, or it may be taken out of context. Words slightly changed can mean something completely different than the original meaning of God's Word. Without skills and habits of reading deeply and contemplatively, church leaders are ill equipped to critically evaluate new information. A first step of investigation is to find some trends in reading among the Christian church leaders represented at UBS. This research examined quantitative data collected from (1) a socio-demographic survey of 167 students who come from eight East African countries, (2) reading assessments with each of these students, and (3) a text readability assessment of regularly used textbooks. Key findings include that there were several significant correlations between some of the surveyed questions and student reading comprehension levels including the numbers spent in secondary school, if secondary school was in English, and level of urban upbringing, among others. Some surprising factors showed no statistical significance such as having books in the home, or if both parents were in the home when students were growing up, among other investigated factors. Student comprehension level means of the sample of 167 post-secondary adult students were on average six U.S. grade levels below the average readability of 15 commonly used theology textbooks. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]