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{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Adelaide | subtopics = {{region_churches}}* {{city_suburb_churches}}* {{region_denominations}}* 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'In brief'': s Anglican Cathedral]], [[St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Cathedral (Adelaide is a city in , South Australia. Unlike other major Australian cities)|St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral]]* {{region_radio}}** [[Life FM (Adelaide, it was settled by freemen rather than as a penal colony. It is known as the City of ChurchesSouth Australia)|Life FM]]** [[Lift Digital]]* {{region_bible_college}}* {{region_schools}}* Christian advertising in Adelaide - [[Jesus wept (Adelaide, although nowadaysAustralia)|Jesus wept]], many of the churches have been sold and redeveloped for commercial purposes - an especially hign proportion seem to be flower and wedding shops.[[Jesus All About Life (Australia)|Jesus All About Life]] | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |}}
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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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 [[Church directoryRoman Catholic]]* , [[Churches in Adelaide Anglican]], [[Baptist]], [[Lutheran]] and its suburbs[[Assemblies of God]]. There are also many [[Greek Orthodox]]Christians.
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