Christanity):

Today in Human Geo class we split into groups of three and made a power point on a religion we chose from a hat. My group picked Christianity, unfortunately. I think this sucks because it's like beating a dead horse how much we learn about Christianity, but oh well. Here are some notes on what was in our presentation.
 
How Big

• Largest Religion in the world today.
• About 2.6 billion christians of all ages around the world.
• 50.1% of christians in the world are catholics, 36% is protestant, 11% is orthodox, and the remaining 1% are other Christians.
• The number of Christians in America has majorly increased since 1910

 Where Did Christianity Originate?

• Jerusalem was the first center of the church
• Christianity was originally developed in the middle east.

Where is it Centered?

• Christianity is spread out all over our world, mostly in North and South America, almost all of Europe, and mostly Africa.
• These are not all of them, but these are the ones that have large portions of the population.
• It is also spreading rapidly in the east, like South Korea and China.
• China went from having about 5,000 Christians in the 1960’s to 100 million practicing it across the country.

• It is also being taught in South America and Africa.

Leadership

• There are three main branches of Christianity;

Eastern Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, and Protestantism.

• Eastern Orthodox Leaders- Bishops which are organized into groups called synods.
• Catholicism Leaders- The Pope followed by Cardinals, and below them are Bishops and the final branch is Priests.
• Protestantism- Denyes the universal authority of the Pope, and has Pastors  

House of Worship

The Christian’s house of Worship is usually called:

• General Names Orthodox
• Roman Catholic
• Anglican Denominations
• Prominent churches or churches that contain a Bishop’s throne are often called Cathedrals
• Non-conformists use the word Chapel

Holidays

Christmas- Christians celebrate Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Easter- Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.