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{{rightbox | text='''He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with [[Archives God]] becomes restored and we will live forever with God.''' Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of Featured Contentrule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]}}.
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[[Image:World.jpg|thumb|A map of the world.]]<h3>[[PlacesChristianity]] - Christianity Around the World</h3>The world's 5 inhabited continents contain almost 7 billion people. The population is increasing 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 about [[ChristianGod]] (2 billion people), 20% call themselves [[Muslim]] (1reaching out his hand in friendship to mankind.3 billion people), 15% are [[non-religiousChristians]] (1 billion) believe that the whole world and 13% call themselves everything in it was created by [[HinduGod]]. Although [[Europe]] God is rapidly becoming secular and non-religiousa personal being, the majority of Christians live in areas where European settlement or missionary work has been significant. [[Asia]] a living God who is the least evangelised continent. Of Christiansthree, yet one: Father, Son and Spirit, there are about 1 billion [[Roman Catholic]]just as we human beings have body, 700 million [[Protestant]] mind and 550 million soul! (see the [[Eastern OrthodoxTrinity]] Christians).
The [[Bible]] says God created people in his image, to love him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Yet instead of turning his back on us, God became a man, [[Jesus]], who most scholars believe was born about the year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of love throughout [[Palestine]] but public opinion turned against him and he was executed as a young man.
