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| − | {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. [[Welcome]] to WikiChristian - the free [[Christian]] encyclopedia, public domain library for all Christian works and a [[wiki]] community for all believers to share their faith. We started in January, 2005 and are now working on [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[WikiChristian:What is an article|articles]] in the English version. Learn [[WikiChristian:how to edit a page|how to edit pages]], experiment in the [[WikiChristian:Sandbox|sandbox]], and visit our [[WikiChristian:Community Portal|Community Portal]] to find out how '''you''' can contribute to Wikichristian.
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| − | The word ''Bible'' comes from the Greek word for book (''"biblion"'') and refers to the collection of documents acknowledged by [[Christian|Christians]] to be inspired by [[God]].
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| | + | Welcome to [[Project:About|WikiChristian]] |
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| − | The [[King James Version of the Bible]] (KJV) is an English translation, commissioned for the parishioners of the [[Anglican church|Church of England]] at the request of King James I of England.
| + | A encyclopedia and discussion forum for all [[Christians]] to share their faith with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}]] pages and over a million edits. [[Statement of Faith]] | [[WikiChristian Vision|Vision]] |
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| − | Join us in building a [[wiki]] version of the public domain [[Bible, English, World English|World English Version]] of the Holy Bible.
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| − | See also the [[Quick Bible reference]] section and [[Other Bible Translations]].
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| − | <h3>[[Christian Classics Wiki Library]] and [[Free Bible Dictionary|Bible Dictionary]]</h3>
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| − | We are building an open source collection of various public domain [[Christian Classics]]. Some of the works include [[The Confessions of St. Augustine]], [[Pilgrim's Progress]] by [[John Bunyan]] and [[In His Steps]] by [[Charles Sheldon]].
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| − | We are also creating an open source [[Free Bible Dictionary]] that any one can edit, based on the public domain [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]].
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| + | [[God|Who is God?]] |
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| + | *[[God]] | [[Jesus Christ]] | [[Holy Spirit]] | [[Essence of Christianity]] | [[Trinity]] |
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| − | ==Current issues in the church and news==
| + | '''Current Projects''' |
| − | '''[[Current issues|Current issues in the church contents page]]''' | |
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| − | '''[[News|Important church and world news]]'''
| + | *[[Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary]] |
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| + | *[[In the News]] |
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| − | ==Christian history, doctrine and the world's religions==
| + | *[[Video of the Week]] |
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| − | '''[[Christian doctrine and debates|Christian doctrine and debates]]''' | + | |- |
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| | + | '''[[Bible]]''' |
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| − | '''[[Cults and other religions|Cults and other religions]]''' | + | > '''[[Old Testament]]''' |
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| − | ==Miscellaneous==
| + | [[Genesis]] | [[Exodus]] | [[Leviticus]] | [[Numbers]] | [[Deuteronomy]] | [[Book of Joshua|Joshua]] | [[Book of Judges|Judges]] | [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]] | [[1 Samuel]] | [[2 Samuel]] | [[1 Kings]] | [[2 Kings]] | [[1 Chronicles]] | [[2 Chronicles]] | [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] | [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]] | [[Book of Esther|Esther]] | [[Book of Job|Job]] | [[Psalms]] | [[Proverbs]] | [[Ecclesiastes]] | [[Song of Solomon]] | [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] | [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] | [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]] | [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] | [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] | [[Book of Hosea|Hosea]] | [[Book of Joel|Joel]] | [[Book of Amos|Amos]] | [[Book of Obadiah|Obadiah]] | [[Book of Jonah|Jonah]] | [[Book of Micah|Micah]] | [[Book of Nahum|Nahum]] | [[Book of Habakkuk|Habakkuk]] | [[Book of Zephaniah|Zephaniah]] | [[Book of Haggai|Haggai]] | [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] | [[Book of Malachi|Malachi]] |
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| − | '''[[Christian art, literature and music]]''' | + | > '''[[New Testament]]''' |
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| − | '''[[Famous Christians]]'''
| + | [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] | [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] | [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] | [[Gospel of John|John]] | [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] | [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] | [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]] | [[Second Epistle to the Corinthians|2 Corinthians]] | [[Epistle to the Galatians|Galatians]] | [[Epistle to the Ephesians|Ephesians]] | [[Epistle to the Philippians|Philippians]] | [[Epistle to the Colossians|Colossians]] | [[First Epistle to the Thessalonians|1 Thessalonians]] | [[Second Epistle to the Thessalonians|2 Thessalonians]] | [[First Epistle to Timothy|1 Timothy]] | [[Second Epistle to Timothy|2 Timothy]] | [[Epistle to Titus|Titus]] | [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]] | [[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]] | [[Epistle of James|James]] | [[First Epistle of Peter|1 Peter]] | [[Second Epistle of Peter|2 Peter]] | [[First Epistle of John|1 John]] | [[Second Epistle of John|2 John]] | [[Third Epistle of John|3 John]] | [[Epistle of Jude|Jude]] | [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] |
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| + | *[[Christian literature, art, music and media]] | [[Christian Songs Index]] |
| | + | *[[Church]] | [[Church history]] | [[Denominations]] |
| | + | *People: [[Famous Christians]] | [[:Category:Media Workers|Media Workers and Volunteers]] |
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| − | Read real life stories of users 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|testimonies]] page.
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| − | Covering the whole Bible in 365 days!
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| − | ==Christianity Today==
| + | *[[Current issues]] | [[News]] |
| − | 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). <div style="float:right;margin-right:0em">
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| − | </div> Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]], 367 million [[Protestant churches|Protestants]] in a number of traditions, 216 million [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]], 84 million [[Anglican church|Anglicans]], 414 million Independents (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity), and 31.7 million "marginal" groups ([[Jehovah's Witnesses]], Latter Day Saints ([[Mormonism|Mormon]]s), etc.).
| + | *[[Places]] | [[Mission]] | [[World-wide church directory]] |
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| − | * [[Denominations|Christianity: Denominations]]
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| − | * '''[[The essence of Christianity]]'''
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| − | <h3>[[Christian Topics]]</h3>
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| − | Alphabetical listing of all [[Christian Topics]]
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| − | <h3>[[Christian Calendar]]</h3>
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| − | [[Churches in Africa]] | [[Churches in Asia]] | [[Churches in Australasia and the Pacific islands]] | [[Churches in Europe]] | [[Churches in North America]] | [[Churches in South America]] | '''[http://kedesh.christianitytoday.com/churchlocator/index.taf Church Locator]'''
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| − | <h3>Christian [[Song information and lyrics]]</h3>
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| − | We are building a free collection of all [[Song information and lyrics|Christian songs and lyrics]] collectively. Join us in this world wide effort to build all the public domain [[Song information and lyrics|Christian songs]].
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| − | <h3>[[World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity]]</h3>
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| − | The World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity is a single reference source with links to the contents of the Catholic Encyclopedia, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Torrey's Topical Textbook, and Elwell's Dictionary of Christian Theology.
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| − | The World Wide Wiki Study Bible is a means of organizing all of the Bible-related resources on the World Wide Web according to scripture reference. Because of the nature of the World Wide Web and the large number of potential contributors, it is possible to index an enormous number and wide variety of resources -- commentaries, meditations, sermons, pictures, word studies, musical settings, historical or archeologic notes -- anything that is relevant.
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| − | This is a world wide collaborative effort; it will flourish only with user contribution. Please join us in this unique effort to build a free [[open source]] [[World Wide Wiki Study Bible]] with all the relevent links on any topic in one place.
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