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A [[WikiWikiChristian]] is an open source [[copy left]] free Christian encyclopedia that anyone can edit and contribute to the collective knowledge and understanding on [[Christianity]], [[Bible]] and its [[beleivers]] or wiki (pronounced . {| cellspacing="2" width="wicky100%", |- valign="weekeetop" or |width="veekee50%") 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 class="quickMainPageBG" or style="superborder: 1px solid #c6c9ee; color: #000; background-fastcolor: #e3e3ff"|<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em" Since >'''Current Projects''' <h3>[[Easton's Bible Dictionary]]</h3>We are enhancing the all time popular Public Domain [http://www.believerscafe.com/ebd2.html Easton's Bible Dictionary] in the page history wiki environment. This is stored, an on going project with contributions from users like you helping in wiki amplying the pages [[Easton's Bible dictionary]]. You can be reverted back play an important part in case of vandalismthis unique project by posting the text from [http://www.believerscafe.com/ebd2. Since its first introduction on March 25html Believerscafe Easton's Bible Dictionary] and improve the it by wiki linking, 1995additional comments, as information and external links. - '''[[Easton's Bible Dictionary]]'''|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6ffc9; color: #000000; background-color: #e0ffe0"|<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em"><h3>[[Portland Pattern RepositoryWiki Amplified King James Version]] by </h3>We are building a [[Ward CunninghamBiblical Encylcopedia]], and an open source wiki amplified [[Wiki Wiki WebBible]]s became quickly popular, thanks to based on the revolutionary concept Public Domain [http://www.believerscafe.com/updatedkjv/index.htm Updated King James Version] of users being able to edit any page in the wiki by clicking edit the page button[[Holy Bible]]. Since the page history is stored<h3>[[Christian Classics Wiki Library]]</h3> There are more than 31, 000 files in the pages can be reverted back in case Believerscafe's collection of vandalism[http://www.believerscafe.com/modules.php?name=Christian_Classics Christian Classics]. The phenomenal success of wikis is exemplified by Join us in building the [[Public Domain]] [http://enwww.wikipediabelieverscafe.orgcom/wiki/Main_Page wikipediamodules.php?name=Christian_Classics Christian Classics], started in January 2001 working on over 433508 articles as the wiki environment thus enhancing the usefulness of December, the content. |}'''[[Earth Quake and the Tsunami in Asia 2004. ]]'''
[[WikiChristian]] is an open source [[copy 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]] free Christian encyclopedia that anyone can edit and contribute to so many thousands of people who did not have the collective knowledge and understanding slightest clue of what is going to happen just a few days ago! Read more on this killer Tsunami [[Christianity]], [[Bible]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake Earth Quake and its [[beleivers]the Tsunami in Asia 2004].
----*[[Current Projects]]We are all moved by this tragedy, which might be one of the biggest ever tragedies of the world in the recent the past! Imagine the thousands of people that have lost their bread winner or other family members, thousands that lost everything that they had! If it happens to one of our own, how do we feel about it! As Christians, let us show that we care and that our hearts go out to those that have lost their loved ones!
[[Wiki Amplified King James Version]]We are building As a [[Biblical Encylcopedia]] responsible community, and as an open source wiki amplified [[Bible]] based on expression of our solidarity with the earthquake and tsunami victims, let us all come together to help. For those of you that are working, let us donate a day's salary for the Public Domain [[King James Version]] victims of the [[Holy Bible]]Tsunami and help console some souls! For those that are not working, please donate a minimum of $10.00 or more depening on your finances.
==[[Christian Classics Wiki Library]]== We are also [[wikifying]] the [[Public Domain]] [http://www.believerscafe.com/modules.php'''How should we donate?name=Christian_Classics Christian Classics] enhancing the usefulness of the content by interlinking all the key words using. '''
==[[Wiki Amplified Easton's Bible Dictionary]]==We will not collect directly but will provide you with reliable organizations and information on how to contribute to them by posting their details here. You will contibute directly to the people who are enhancing involved in helping. Some of the places to donate: Here is a wiki organized list of sites accepting donations for the all time popular Public Domain [Indian Ocean Earth Quake and Tsunami *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donations_for_victims_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake *Medecins Sans Frontieres http://www.believerscafemsf.org/ *Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.uk/index.htm *UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ *Network of Good http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/tsunami122604.aspx?source=GOOG&cmpgn=EATSU *Donate to American Red Cross via Amazon http://s1.amazon.com/ebd2exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/104-2867334-2853546 *Direct Relief International http://www.directrelief.org/index.html Easton's Bible Dictionary] in the wiki environment*Sarvodaya http://www. This is an on going project with users like you contributing by wiki amplying the Bible dictionary. You can play a part by editing the text and contributing with additional comments, information and world wide web linkssarvodaya.org/
[[Easton's Bible Dictionary]]I would personally contribute one day of my salary to this cause and urge all of you to do the same. We believe that "If you cast your bread on the waters with good hope, it will one day return to you with butter on top of it!" Let us do something that will give hope to those that have lost everything!
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Welcome to [[WikiChristian]], the free Christian Encyclopedia and Christian wiki community. We are building a Biblical Encylcopedia and an open source wiki amplified [[Bible]] based on the King James Version of the Holy Bible. We are wikifying the [[Public Domain]] Christian Classics enhancing the usability by using free interlinking of the Biblical terms using the easy [[wiki]] technology.
Oh, God, help the people that are affected, comfort them and provide for them! May God bless the victims and their families!
==Christianity today==
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, 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.
==New to Wiki?==Not all people identified as Christians accept all, or even most, of the theological positions held by their particular churches. Like the Jews, Christians in the West were greatly affected by A [[The EnlightenmentWiki]] in the late [[17th century|17th]] and early [[18th century|18th]] centuries. Perhaps the most significant change for them was total or effective [[separation of church and state]], thus ending the [[state religion|state-sponsored]] Christianity that existed in so many European countries. Now one could be a free member of society and disagree with one's church on various issues, and one could even be free to leave the church altogether. Many did leave, developing belief systems such as [[Deism]], [[Unitarianism]], and [[Universalism]]wiki (pronounced "wicky", "weekee" or becoming [[Atheism|atheists]], [[Agnosticism|agnostics]], or [[Humanism|humanists]]. Others created liberal wings of Protestant Christian theology. [[Modernist Christianity|Modernism]] in the late [[19th century]] encouraged new forms of thought and expression that did not follow traditional lines. Reaction to "The Enlightenmentveekee" and Modernism triggered the development of literally thousands of Christian Protestant denominations, [[Catholic traditionalism|traditionalist]] splinter groups of the Catholic Church ) is a website that do not recognize the legitimacy of many reforms the Catholic Church has undertaken, and the growth of hundreds of [[fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]] groups that interpret the entire Bible in allows a characteristically literal fashion. In the [[United States]] and [[Europe]], liberalism also led user to [[secularism]]. Some Christians have long since stopped participating in traditional religious dutiesadd content, attending churches only as on a few particular holy days per year or not at all. Many of them recall having highly religious grandparentsan Internet forum, but grew up in homes where Christian theology was no longer a priorityalso allows that content to be edited by anybody. They have developed ambivalent feelings towards their religious duties. On Wiki wiki comes from the one hand they cling to their traditions Hawaiian term for identity reasons; on the other hand, the influence of the secular Western mentality, the demands of daily life, and peer pressure tear them away from traditional Christianity. [[Marriage]] between Christians of different denominations, "quick" or between a Christian and a non"super-Christian, was once taboo, but has become commonplacefast. Traditionally Catholic countries such as France have largely become agnostic, also with a large number of followers of [[Islam]], which is growing rapidly, and similar trends are reflected in various degrees in Western Europe. Liberal Christianity grew rapidly during the early [[20th century]] in Europe and North America, by " Since the [[1960s]] gaining the leadership of many of the larger US and Canadian denominations. However, this trend has reversed. At the turn of the [[21st century]], though secular society tends to consider the more accommodating liberals as the representatives and spokesmen of Christianity, the "mainline" liberal churches are shrinking. This page history is partly due to a loss of evangelistic zeal, partly due to drift of their membership to conservative denominationsstored, and partly due to the failure of one generation to pass on Christianity to the next. Among the larger Protestant denominations pages can be reverted back in the USA, only the conservative [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] is growing. Evangelical para-church organizations have grown rapidly in the last half case of the 20th centuryvandalism. The liberal [[Christian Century]] magazine has shrunk, while being replaced by Since its challenger, the rapidly growing evangelical [[Christianity Today]]. The Enlightenment had much less impact first introduction on the Eastern Churches of Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy. Having to face a much more hostile secular societyMarch 25, especially during the rise of [[Communism]]1995, the church clung to ancient beliefs, even as its membership eroded. Today in [[Eastern EuropePortland Pattern Repository]] and by [[RussiaWard Cunningham]], a renewing trend is taking place. After decades of Communism and [[atheismWiki Wiki Web]]s became quickly popular, there is widespread interest in Christianity, as well as religion in general. Many Orthodox churches and monasteries are being rebuilt and restored, filled beyond capacity; Protestants of many denominations are pouring in thanks to evangelize and plant churches; and the Catholic church is revealing once secret dioceses and undertaking other steps to support Catholic churches more openly. In [[South America]] and [[Africa]], Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity form rapidly growing movements that are increasingly sending [[missionary|missionaries]] to Europe and North America. This is also true revolutionary concept of [[Asia]] where many of the underground house churches intend to send hundreds of thousands of missionaries out over users editing any page in the next decadewiki. As Modernism developed into [[Consumerism]] during Since the second half of page history is stored, the [[20th century]] the [[Megachurch]] phenomenon developed – catering for skeptical non-Christians by providing "seeker sensitive" presentations of Christian belief. The [[Alpha Course]] pages can be viewed as an example one such presentation reverted back in case of Christianityvandalism. Since the development The phenomenal success of [[Postmodernism]] with its rejection of universally accepted belief structures in favour of more personalized and experiential truth, organized Christianity has increasingly found itself at odds with the desire many people have to express faith and spirituality in a way that is authentic to them. What has thus far been known as the [[Emerging Church]] wikis is a exemplified by-product of this trend, as many people who broadly accept Christianity seek to practice that faith while avoiding established Church institutions. Another reaction of some Christians to [[Postmodernism]] is the advent of what might be called [[Postmodern Christianity]]http://en. A large and growing movement within the Christian church, especially in the West and most visible in the United States, is the [[evangelical]] movementwikipedia. Most mainstream [[protestant]] denominations have a significantly active [[evangelicalism|evangelicalorg/wiki/Main_Page wikipedia]] minority, and, started in some cases, a dominant majority (see [[Confessing Movement]]). Evangelicals are "trans-denominational" and are more willing to have formal and informal relationships with evangelicals from outside their denomination than to have the same sort of relationship with non-evangelicals within their denomination. Some evangelicals have been [[schism|schismatic]] within various church organisations, leaving to form their own denominations. More often they are forced out. It was only by dint of sheer determination that [[John Wesley]], founder of [[Methodism]], was able to remain an Anglican priest against intense opposition. His followers separated in America, and in England after his death. Some Evangelicals claim that their beliefs are no less than true Christianity itself and that those within the church who differ from them may not be true believers. This attitude has led to much disunity amongst churches, especially those with a large modernist influence. Evangelicals cannot be easily categorised, but almost all will believe in the necessity of a personal conversion and acceptance of Jesus January 2001 working on over 433508 articles as saviour and Lord, the eventual literal [[Parousia|return of Christ]]December, a more conservative understanding of the Bible and a belief in the miraculous. There are many different types of Evangelicals including [[Dispensationalism|Dispensationists]], [[Reformed theology|Reformed Christians]], [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], [[Charismatic|Charismatics]] and [[Fundamentalist Christians|Fundamentalists]]2004.
