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[[Image:Cross sunriseWorld.jpg|thumb|The [[cross]] representing a [[God]] who has redeemed us is central to [[Christianity]]A map of the world.]]<h3>[[Essence of ChristianityPlaces]]- Christianity Around the World</h3>[[Christianity]] The world's 5 inhabited continents contain almost 7 billion people. The population is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in friendship to mankindincreasing rapidly, and it doubled between 1960 and 2000. There are 237 independent countries. 66 of these have significant restrictions on religious belief. About 30% of the world's population call themselves [[Christian]]s believe that the everything within the universe was (2 billion people), 20% call themselves [[creation|createdMuslim]] by God(1. God is a personal being, and by some mystery that we cannot understand, he is three3 billion people), yet one: 15% are [[God the Father|Fathernon-religious]], (1 billion) and 13% call themselves [[Jesus|SonHindu]] and . Although [[Holy Spirit|SpiritEurope]]is rapidly becoming secular and non-religious, the majority of Christians live in areas where European settlement or missionary work has been significant. He created people in his image, to [[loveAsia]] him. Yet every person has rebelled against Godis the least evangelised continent. But instead of turning his back on usOf Christians, God the Son, became a man, Jesus, and lived among us, dying because of us - the death that we should have died. there are about 1 billion [[Death of Jesus|Jesus was crucifiedRoman Catholic]] on a cross, but 700 million [[Resurrection of Jesus|he rose from the deadProtestant]], and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to 550 million [[repentEastern Orthodox]] of our rebellion. If we do this, then our relationship with God becomes restored, and God the Spirit lives within us, assuring us of the promise of everlasting lifeChristians.