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Christianity is the largest of the world religions, with approximately 2.4 billion followers (one third of the world’s population) across the globe. Christianity began as a branch of Judaism ...

Some Christians believe baptism makes a Christian a member of God’s family. In many denominations babies are baptised, and this is known as infant baptism. Jesus’ instructions were to "baptise ...