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Welcome to WikiChristian - November 10, 2024 - the free Christian Encyclopedia, Public Domain Library for all Christian works and wiki community for all believers. This is a collective project to build an open source free Christian encyclopedia that anyone can edit and contribute to our knowledge and understanding on Christianity, the Bible and its believers. We started in January 2005 and are now working on 4,153 articles in the English version. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can contribute to Wikichristian.

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Unfortunately this website is being targeted by vandals, so large numbers of pages are currently protected. Further information about this and about editing pages can be found in the Urgent Messages section. To the vandals, if you have something to say, then perhaps instead of destroying pages with obscenities, you could write a serious article titled "Why I don't believe in God" under the Atheism section.

Bible contents page The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book and has come to be used to refer to the complete collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God. Inspired by God means literally, "God breathed" - the actual words of God. Read more on the Bible in the Bible contents page King James Version of the Bible The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Holy Bible, commissioned for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. First published in 1611, it has had a profound impact on not only most English translations that have followed it, but also on English literature as a whole. The works of famous authors such as John Bunyan, John Milton, Herman Melville, John Dryden and William Wordsworth are replete with inspiration apparently derived from the King James Version. We are building an open source wiki amplified Bible based on the Public Domain King James Version of the Bible. You can enhance any page in the wiki by editing the text adding internal and external links and additional comments in the King James Version of the Bible See also Other Bible Translations.

Christian Classics Wiki Library There are more than 31,000 files in the Believerscafe's collection of Christian Classics. Some of great Classic works include The Confessions of St. Augustine, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards, Autobiography of George Fox, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law and The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. If you like editing in the wiki, please join us in building the Public Domain Christian Classics in the wiki environment. Featured Project Easton's Bible Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary contains almost 4,000 Bible words with a complete explanation of its Biblical meaning. 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. Please join us in building an open source Christian dictionary based on the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary now!

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A Biography of Saint Peter... Peter the Apostle has been looked to throughout church history as a model. The Roman Catholic church has claimed St. Peter as the first Bishop of Rome, thereby lending legitimacy to the modern day papacy. Peter is widely considered to have been among the "inner circle" of Jesus' disciples (ex. Mark 5.12). He is the central figure in much of the first twelve chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. Two epistles bear his name and some scholars argue that he was the source material that allowed Mark to write his Gospel. Many apocryphal books deal with his preaching and deeds, and church tradition has a well developed story of his martyrdom. But, amidst all of this the question must be raised, who was Peter?

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Read these interesting and touching stories by the users R. Curran's testimony, J.D. and Suzanne Thomas on how God reaches out to people and listens to their cries! Leave your testimony in your user page or make a link in the testimonies contents page.

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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 Miscellaneous Christian art, literature and music Famous Christians Miscellaneous topics External links

Christianity Today 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. For more, see: Christianity: Denominations Christian eschatology Directory listing of churches around the world

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