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----[[Welcome]] to WikiChristian - {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} - the free [[Christian]] [[Encyclopedia]] A encyclopedia and wiki community of believers. discussion forum for all [[WikiChristian]] is an [[open source]] free Christian [[encyclopediaChristians]] that anyone can edit and contribute to the collective knowledge and understanding on share their faith with [[Christianity]], the [[Bible]] and its believers. We started in January 2005 and are now working on [[WikiChristianSpecial:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLESNUMBEROFPAGES}}]] [[WikiChristian:What is an article|articles]] in the English versionpages and over a million edits. Learn [[WikiChristian:How to edit a page|how to edit pagesStatement of Faith]], experiment in the [[WikiChristian:Sandbox|sandbox]], and visit our [[WikiChristian:Community PortalVision|Community PortalVision]] to find out how '''you''' can contribute to Wikichristian.{| cellspacing="3" </div>|- valign="top"|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" <div style="border: 1px solid #ffddc9; color: #000; backgroundfont-colorsize: #ffffe3115%"|><h3> Special Links: [[WikiChristian:Bible|Bible contents pageReferencing]]</h3>The word ''| [[BibleProject:Page Layout|Page Layout & Writing Guide]]'' comes from the Greek word for book and has come to be used to refer to the complete collection of documents acknowledged by | [[ChristiansWikiChristian:Senior Editors|Senior Editors]] to be inspired by | [[God]]. Inspired by God means literally, "God breathed" - the actual words of God.Read more on the Bible in the [[BibleWikiChristian needs your help!|Bible contents pageWikiChristian Needs Your Help!]]<h3>[[King James Version of the Bible]]</h3div>The '''King James Version (KJV)''' is an [[English language|English]] [[translation]] of the [[Bible|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.
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'''*[[External linksChristian doctrine and debates]]'''|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #eeeeee; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff"[[Grace]] |==Christianity Today==As of 2004, Christianity is the world's most widely practiced religion, with 2 billion adherents (followed by [[IslamLove]] with 1.3 billion, *[[HinduismCurrent issues]] with 841 million, and the nonreligious with 774 million). Christianity has many branches, including 1.1 billion | [[Roman Catholicism|Roman CatholicsNews]], 367 million *[[Protestant churches|ProtestantsScience and Technology]] in a number of traditions, 216 million *[[Eastern Orthodoxy|OrthodoxOther religions]], 84 million *[[Anglican church|AnglicansPlaces]], 414 million Independents (unaffiliated with the major streams of Christianity), and 31.7 million "marginal" groups (| [[Jehovah's WitnessesMission]], Latter Day Saints (| [[Mormonism|MormonWorld-wide church directory]]s), 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, [[The essence of Christianity|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:''
* [[List of Christian denominations]]
* [[Denominations|Christianity: Denominations]]
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