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What is Christianity? Over 2, 000 years ago, a man named Jesus Christ was born © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What is Christianity? Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the son of god and that god sent him to Earth to save people from their sins © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What did Jesus do? Jesus preached to people and tried to show them the right way to behave © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What did Jesus do? He was also crucified (killed on a cross) because he would not give up his beliefs when he was told to do this by the people in charge (the Romans) © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What did Jesus do? Christians also believe that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven after he was killed © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What do Christians do? Christians try to live their lives in the way that Jesus showed and preached Christians also pray and go to church © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What festivals do Christians celebrate? The two main Christian festivals are Christmas and Easter Christmas is when Christians believe that Jesus was born and Easter is when they believe that he died and rose again © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What festivals do Christians celebrate? Christians also have events for special times in people’s lives, like baptisms, communions, weddings and funerals © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

Do Christians have a holy book? The Bible is the main holy book for Christians The Bible records Jesus’ teachings and what happened in his life © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

Where do Christians live? There are Christians all over the world, but the places with the most Christians are South America, North America, Europe, Oceania and parts of Africa © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

How many Christians are there? Christianity is the most popular religion in the world There are over 2 billion (2, 000, 000) Christians! © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

Are there different types of Christians? There are different types of Christians who believe slightly different things For example, Roman Catholics believe Jesus’ mother Mary is more important than Protestants do © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

Who are Christians’ religious leaders? Different types of Christians can have different leaders Some Christian religious leaders are priests, vicars, nuns, monks and evangelists © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What symbols do Christians use? The cross reminds Christians of Jesus’ sacrifice A dove is a sign of peace Fire is a sign of the Holy Spirit © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What special objects do Christians have? These are some of the special objects that Christians use: Christians light candles to pray for people and also before Christmas A chalice and paten are used for communion wine and bread © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014 Some Christians burn incense in church

Which places are special for Christians? These are some of the special places for Christians: Jerusalem, which is where Jesus was born The Vatican is important for some Christians © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014 St Paul’s Cathedral is important for other Christians

References What Do We Know About Christianity? by Carol Watson Source of images World map of Christians https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#/media/File: Christians_distribution. png Pie chart of religions – https: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Major_world_religion_groups_(corrected_Pew_Research_Center_st atistics_for_2010). png All other images www. clipart. com or www. clker. com © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014