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''In brief'': Adelaide is a city in South Australia. Unlike other major Australian cities, it was settled by freemen rather than as a penal colony. It is known as the City of Churches, although nowadays, many of the churches have been sold and redeveloped for commercial purposes - an especially hign proportion seem to be flower and wedding shops.{{otheruses}}
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{{summary | text=Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of [[South Australia]]. It was settled by in 1836 by free British settlers and has grown to a city of over 1 million people. Its nickname is The City of Churches, although many churches have in recent years become Wedding shops, pharmacists and florists as church numbers have dwindled with the secularisation of Australia. There are still thousands of committed Christians however attending local churches, especially [[Anglican]], [[Uniting Church of Australia|Uniting]], [[Baptist]] or [[Roman Catholic]] churches. There is a local Chrisitan radio station, [[Life FM]] and there have been numerous recent Christian advertising campaigns including the writing on the bus [[Jesus Wept (advertising campaign)|Jesus Wept]] advertisements and the [[Jesus All About Life (advertising campaign)|Jesus All About Life]] campaign.}}
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** [[Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Adelaide, South Australia)|Holy Trinity Anglican Church]] | [[Paradise Community Church (Paradise, South Australia)|Paradise Community Church]] | [[St Peter's Anglican Cathedral (North Adelaide, South Australia)|St Peter's Anglican Cathedral]] | [[St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Cathedral (Adelaide, South Australia)|St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral]]
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{{returnto}} [[Church directory]]* [[Churches in Adelaide and its suburbs]] [[Travels stories]]* ... '''Christianity and the media in Adelaide'''* [[Jesus, all about life (Australia)]]* [[Jesus, all about life (South Australia)]] ---- Go to [[Places]] contents page
