1. World religions week 1 Introduction
WELCOME Coffee, Donuts & Snack available in the Lobby

2. Purpose of this course (aka, class)
THAT YOU:
Learn the differences, and similarities, between Protestants Christians, and Catholic Christians, Cults, the Occult; and other world religions such as Jewish, Islam, Hinduism, and many others.
Become familiar with the specific beliefs of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, and how they compare to other evangelical churches.
Get to know each better.
Bring others to this class, and to this church.
You start, or become involved, in a church community project.

3. Key points of this class
This “overview” will be an “open age” participative course; ending approximately December We may discuss “0ne religion” per session, or more. We will proceed according to the pace the students, and the Teachers, desire.
Approximately 26 weeks (six months) of one hour sessions
Certificate of Completion will be given to persons who attend 20 or more sessions during this course

4. CENTRAL TENET OF THIS COURSE:
The 66 Book Holy Bible(KJV, or NIV) is the inerrant Word of God, written by 40 different men over a span of 1,500 years, inspired by God, and ascribe as Canon by bible scholars at the 1st Council of Carthage, 397 AD, and has remained virtually unchanged for over the past 1,700 years.
According to the AG Position Papers, “The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)” (KJV).1
The referenced books (see References page:) are considered accurate, and up to date.

5. Introduce your classmate
 Name?
Any nicknames?
3 phrases that describe you?
How long coming to this church?
Working?, or Retired?
Marital status?
Any Children?
Favorite food?
Favorite pets?
Any Hobbies?
What do you want from these classes?

6. TRAVAL Back to the past When did Christianity start?
Where did it come from?
Who started it?
How many people did it start with?

7. Birth of Christ
Est’d world pop. 1 Ad = 250M-400M

8. The world today! 7.7B population
5 Races
195/197 Countries
6,500 languages
4,200 religions
12 major religions

9. Today: Top 15 country’s population
YRLY CHANGE
NET CHANGE 1
China
1,420,062,022
0.35%
5,016,094 2
India
1,368,737,513
1.08%
14,685,659 3
United States
329,093,110
0.71%
2,326,362 4
Indonesia
269,536,482
1.03%
2,741,502 5
Brazil
212,392,717
0.72%
1,524,763 6
Pakistan
204,596,442
1.88%
3,782,624 7
Nigeria
200,962,417
2.60%
5,087,180 8
Bangladesh
168,065,920
1.02%
1,697,771 9
Russia
143,895,551
-0.05%
-69,158 10
Mexico
132,328,035
1.20%
1,568,961 11
Japan
126,854,745
-0.26%
-330,587 12
Ethiopia
110,135,635
2.42%
2,600,753 13
Philippines
108,106,310
1.50%
1,594,236 14
Egypt
101,168,745
1.80%
1,793,004 15
Vietnam
97,429,061
0.97%
937,915

10. Adherents by religion Christianity: 2.1 billion Spiritism: 15 million
Islam: billion
Agnostic/Atheist: billion
Hinduism: million
Chinese traditional (Tao): 394 Mil.
Buddhism: million
primal-indigenous: 300 million
Spiritism: million
African Traditional: 100 Mil
Sikhism: million
Juche: million
Judaism: million
Baha’i: million
Jainism: million

12. God be with you See you all next week.
El Fin for today
God be with you
See you all next week.