Today we talked about 5 major religions. Christianity is the biggest religion in the world. There are 2.2 billion people who are Christians, that's around 30% of the population. We call them Christians. They are mostly located in Europe, Americas, and Southern Africa. The denominations of Christianity are Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Protestants. Protestants include Lutherans, Methodists, Baptist, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and many more. The founder of Christianity is Jesus Christ, but the religion's origin is from Abrahamic origin. The holy book is The Bible which includes the old and new testaments. The Christianity beliefs are Jesus is both human and divine- Son of God, He led a virtuous life, He was crucified, died, Buried, Resurrected, and ascended into Heaven where he reigns with God the Father. The clergy of Christianity is the Pope who is head of the Catholic Church, Priests are local authorities. The second largest religion is Islam. Islam has 1.5 billion adherents. They are called Muslims. They are in Indonesia, The Middle East, and North Africa. The denominations are Sunnis 75-90%, and Shiites 10-20%. Their founder is Muhammad who was born 570 A.D and died 632 A.D. Their Holy book is the Qur'an or Koran. Their beliefs are monotheistic which mean one God, and Abrahamic. They have Five Pillars of their religion which is Testimony, Prayer, Alms-giving, Fasting, and Pilgrimage. Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah which means God and observing Islamic law.

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