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South Australia is a large state in central, soutern southern [[Australia]]. The majority of its 1.5 million population live in the capital city of [[Adelaide]], which is known by its nick-name, The City of Churches. It was settled by free British settlers in 1836, who brought Christianity with them. Like the rest of Australia, the majority of South Australians are nominally Christian. There is a small but strong Christian segment of the population, most attending either [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]], [[Uniting Church of Australia|Uniting]], [[Baptist]] or [[Assemblies of God]] churches.
===History===
===Religion===
The majority of South Australians called themselves Christian at the most recent Australian government census. According to the figures released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics the percentages of adherents to different religions were as follows<ref>[http://www.buddhismaustralia.org/census2001.htm Buddhism Australia's analysis of census figures]</ref>:
# Christianity - 59.8%
# Buddhism - 1.5%
In recent years a number of issues have proved divisive within churches in South Australia. The ordination of women in the Anglican church, although generally accepted, has caused concerns for a number of large evangelical Anglican churches. Moves to embrace homosexuality have resulted in some rifts in the [[Uniting Church in Australia]] with the formation of the Confessing Congregations.
Evangelism to the community has received high ecumenical focus in recent years with a number advertising campaigns such as the [[Jesus All About Life]] campaign. In the media Christianity has been promoted by the overtly Christian radio station [[Life FM]].
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