Christian flag

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The Christian flag

The Christian flag was designed to represent the entirety of Christianity , but is mostly only seen in Protestant churches in North America , Africa and Latin America . The flag consists of a white background with a blue rectangle in the upper left corner with a red cross inside.

origin

The Christian flag was first used on September 26, 1897 at Brighton Chapel on Coney Island in Brooklyn , New York City . Charles C. Overton, the head of a Sunday school , was forced to give a lecture for the assembled students off the cuff because the designated speaker had not arrived. Overton saw a flag of the United States in the chapel and took this flag as inspiration for his lecture in which he asked students what a flag should look like to represent Christianity.

In 1907 he designed this flag together with Ralph Diffendorfer ( Methodist Young People's Missionary Movement).

symbolism

The red of the cross symbolizes the blood that Jesus Christ shed on Golgotha , while the blue symbolizes the royal person of Jesus Christ as King of kings. White represents the purity of Christ. The size of the flag is not officially set.

use

The Christian flag together with the flag of the United States in a church in California.

The Christian flag was spread outside North America by Protestant missionaries. Today the flag can be seen inside and outside of many Protestant churches in Africa and America. In Europe the flag is rather unknown.

Other Christian flags

Literature, sources

  • Coffman, Elesha: Ask the Editors. Christian History & Biography, July 13, 2001, www.christianitytoday.com .
  • Sidwell, Mark: The Christian Flag. Fundamentalism File Research Report, December 18, 1998, bju.edu

Web links

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