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[[Welcome]] to WikiChristian - {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} - the free [[Christian]] [[Encyclopedia]], Public Domain Library for all Christian works and [[wiki]] community for all believers. This is a collective project to build an [[open source]] free Christian [[encyclopedia]] that anyone can edit and contribute to our knowledge and understanding on [[Christianity]], the [[Bible]] and its [[believers]]. We started in January 2005 and are now working on [[WikiChristian: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.

The '''King James Version (KJV)''' is an [[English language|English]] [[translation]] of the [[Bible|Holy Bible]], commissioned for the benefit of the [[Anglican church|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.

There are more than 31,000 files in the Believerscafe's collection of[http://www.believerscafe.com/modules.php?name=Christian_Classics Christian Classics.] Some of great Classic works include [[The Confessions of St. Augustine]], [[Pilgrim's Progress]] by John Bunyan, [[Religious Affections]] by Jonathan Edwards, [[Autobiography of George Fox]], [[A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life]] by William Law and [[The Practice of the Presence of God]] by Brother Lawrence. If you like editing in the [[wiki]], please join us in building the Public Domain Christian Classics in the wiki environment.

We are deeply saddened by the Earth Quake and the [[Tsunami]] in Asia! The death toll appears to have exceeded 150,000 people in 12 countries from Malaysia to Somalia. What a horror it left to so many thousands of people who did not have the slightest clue of what is going to happen just a few days ago! As Christians, let us show that we care and that our hearts go out to those that have lost their loved ones!

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). 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.), these last being denominations which describe themselves as Christian but are not standardly recognized as such by other denominations.

A wiki (pronounced "wicky", "weekee" or "veekee") is a website that allows a user to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows that content to be edited by anybody. Wiki wiki comes from the Hawaiian term for "quick" or "super-fast." Since the page history is stored, the pages can be reverted back in case of vandalism. Since its first introduction on March 25, 1995, as Portland Pattern Repository by [[Ward Cunningham]], Wiki Wiki Webs became quickly popular, thanks to the revolutionary concept of users editing any page in the wiki. Since the page history is stored, the pages can be reverted back in case of vandalism. The phenomenal success of wikis is exemplified by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page wikipedia], started in January 2001 working on over 433508 articles as of December, 2004.