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For God so loved the world that he gave is only begotten Son that whoever believers in him should not perish but have eternal life... (John 3: 16)'

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Bible contents page Easton's Bible Dictionary We are enhancing the popular Public Domain Easton's Bible Dictionary in the wiki environment. This is an ongoing project with contributions from users like you. You can play an important part by posting the text from Believerscafe Easton's Bible Dictionary and improve it by wiki linking, additional comments, information and external links.

Wiki Amplified King James Version We are building a Biblical Encylcopedia and an open source wiki amplified Bible based on the Public Domain Updated King James Version of the Holy Bible. Christian Classics Wiki Library There are more than 31,000 files in the Believerscafe's collection of Christian Classics. Join us in building the Public Domain Christian Classics in the wiki environment.

Current issues in the church and news

Current issues in the church contents page

Important church and world news

Earth Quake and the Tsunami in Asia 2004

We are deeply saddened by the Earth Quake and the Tsunami in Asia! The death toll appears to have exceeded 150,000 people in 12 countries from Malaysia to Somalia. What a horror it left to so many thousands of people who did not have the slightest clue of what is going to happen just a few days ago! As Christians, let us show that we care and that our hearts go out to those that have lost their loved ones!

Christian history, doctrine and the world's religions

Church history and denominations contents page

Christian doctrine and debates contents page

Cults and other religions contents page

As of 2004, Christianity is the world's most widely practiced religion, with 2 billion adherents (followed by Islam with 1.3 billion, Hinduism with 841 million, and the nonreligious with 774 million). Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion Roman Catholics, 367 million Protestants in a number of traditions, 216 million Orthodox, 84 million Anglicans, 414 million Independents (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity), and 31.7 million "marginal" groups (Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints (Mormons), etc.), these last being denominations which describe themselves as Christian but are not standardly recognized as such by other denominations.

Although Christianity is the largest religion in the world and there are massive missionary efforts under way, as a whole it is declining in terms of the overall population. While the population of the world grows at roughly 1.25% per year, Christianity is growing at about 1.12% per year. By contrast, Islam is growing at 1.76% per year. The slow growth can be attributed to most of the Christian population residing in affluent nations where the birth rate is quite low. By contrast, Islamic nations have a higher birth rate and by effect have a larger growth percentage.

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