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''In brief,'' Adelaide is a city in South Australia. Unlike other major Australian cities, it was settled by freemen rather than as a penal colony. It is known as the City of Churches, although nowadays, many of the churches have been sold and redeveloped for commercial purposes - an especially hign proportion seem to be flower and wedding shops.
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* Major churches - [[Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Adelaide, South Australia)|Holy Trinity Anglican Church]], [[Paradise Community Church (Paradise, South Australia)|Paradise Community Church]], [[St Peter's Anglican Cathedral (North Adelaide, South Australia)|St Peter's Anglican Cathedral]], [[St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Cathedral (Adelaide, South Australia)|St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral]]
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** [[Life FM (Adelaide, South Australia)|Life FM]]
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* Christian advertising in Adelaide - [[Jesus wept (Adelaide, Australia)|Jesus wept]], [[Jesus All About Life (Australia)|Jesus All About Life]] |
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Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of [[South Australia]]. It was settled by in 1836 by free British settlers and has grown to a city of over 1 million people. Its nickname is The City of Churches, although many churches have in recent years become wedding shops, pharm acists and florists as church numbers have dwindled with the secularisation of Australia. There are still thousands of committed Christians however attending local churches, especially [[Anglican]], [[Uniting Church of Australia|Uniting]], [[Baptist]] or [[Roman Catholic]] churches. There is a local Christian radio station, [[Life FM (Adelaide, South Australia)|Life FM]] and there have been numerous recent Christian advertising campaigns including the writing on the bus [[Jesus wept (Adelaide, Australia)|Jesus wept]] advertisements and the [[Jesus All About Life (Australia)|Jesus All About Life]] campaign.
  
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==Main article==
  
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===History===
  
'''Overviews'''
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===Demographics===
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Adelaide is a multicultural city. The majority are Caucasians from British descent, but there are also many people who have families from other backgrounds, including Italian, Greek and Vietnamese.
  
'''Church directory]]
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The majority of Adelaideans call themselves Christians, although many of these are nominal Christians. Of church-goers, numerically, the larger denominations are [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]], [[Baptist]], [[Lutheran]] and [[Assemblies of God]]. There are also many [[Greek Orthodox]] Christians.
* [[Churches in Adelaide and its suburbs]]
 
  
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'''Travels'''
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==Links==
* [[Stories of travels in South Australia]]
 
  
 
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{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Places]] -> [[Pacific]] -> [[Australia]] -> [[South Australia]]
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Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. It was settled by in 1836 by free British settlers and has grown to a city of over 1 million people. Its nickname is The City of Churches, although many churches have in recent years become wedding shops, pharm acists and florists as church numbers have dwindled with the secularisation of Australia. There are still thousands of committed Christians however attending local churches, especially Anglican, Uniting, Baptist or Roman Catholic churches. There is a local Christian radio station, Life FM and there have been numerous recent Christian advertising campaigns including the writing on the bus Jesus wept advertisements and the Jesus All About Life campaign.

Main article

History

Demographics

Adelaide is a multicultural city. The majority are Caucasians from British descent, but there are also many people who have families from other backgrounds, including Italian, Greek and Vietnamese.

The majority of Adelaideans call themselves Christians, although many of these are nominal Christians. Of church-goers, numerically, the larger denominations are Roman Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran and Assemblies of God. There are also many Greek Orthodox Christians.

Quotes

Links


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