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==Featured Article==[[Becoming a Christian]] > To become a Christian, you must believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. When you accept the fact that you have disobeyed God, but also accept Jesus' death on the cross as punishment for your sins (in your place and on your behalf), you have become a Christian. In doing so, you will live forever (in Heaven). Believing that Jesus is Lord means glorifying Him and trying to learn what pleases Him (through the Bible). God will forgive you when you make mistakes because Jesus took your punishment for those mistakes, but if you are truly serving Him then you will also want to try to do His will. You may think that you'll lose personal freedom by doing this, but the truth is, you will be gaining freedom from sin, and freedom from the law that none of us can keep. And with this freedom comes love, joy, and peace. Nominate an article for [[Template:fa|Featured Article]].{| cellspacingstyle="3" |border-spacing:8px;margin:0px - valign="top8px"|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="width:55%;border: 1px solid #eeeeeecef2e0;background-color:#f5fffa;vertical-align:top; color: #000" |<h2 style="margin:000; background-color: #fefefecef2e0;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">What is Christianity?{|width="100%" cellpadding=Current issues in the church and news"2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5fffa"'''|-| style="color:#000" |{{featuredcontent}}  [[God|Who is God?]][[Image:Love-Of-God-Heart-800px.png|right|250px]] *[[God]] | [[Jesus Christ]] | [[Holy Spirit]] | [[Current issuesEssence of Christianity]] |Current issues in the church contents page[[Trinity]] '''Current Projects''' *[[Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary]]

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'''[[External links]]'''|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="borderImage: 1px solid #eeeeee; color: #000000; backgroundSeek-The-Truth-color: #ffffff"|==Christianity Today==As of 2004, Christianity is the world's most widely practiced religion, with 2 billion adherents (followed by [[Islam]] with 1800px.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 Orthodoxypng|Orthodox]], 84 million [[Anglican churchright|Anglicans300px]], 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.

Although Christianity is the largest religion in the world *[[Christian doctrine 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, debates]] | [[The essence of ChristianityGrace]] |Christianity[[Love]] is growing at about 1.12% per year. By contrast, *[[IslamCurrent issues]] 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 | [[News]]*[[Science and by effect have a larger growth percentage.Technology]]*[[Other religions]]*[[Places]] | [[Mission]] | [[World-wide church directory]]

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