{"id":12,"date":"2012-01-31T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellswaterrpchurch.wordpress.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:24:58","slug":"what-we-believe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"Our Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"785\" height=\"523\" data-id=\"1222\"  src=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-785x523.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-785x523.jpg 785w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/book-g1c8a1e19f_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Bible<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Bible is a message from God, and there is no better guide to what we should believe and how we should live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 There is one God, who exists as three different but equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Everyone has sinned against God and so deserves his wrath, the punishment of death, and everlasting separation from God in hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jesus Christ<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, alone paid the penalty for sin and so is the only one who can save people from sin. Having risen from the grave, Jesus Christ is now in heaven, from where he rules the nations until he returns to judge the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Getting to Heaven<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 To get to heaven, a person must turn from sin and trust Jesus Christ to save them from the wrath of God and his everlasting punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Being a Christian<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 With the help of the Holy Spirit, Christians are to strive to put sin to death and to live as God has told us in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More About The Covenanter Church\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fenMOQyISoQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>More About The Covenanter Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Terms of Membership<\/strong> of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>I accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the Word of God and the only infallible rule of faith and practice.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\"><li>I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the only Redeemer of men, supreme in church and state, and in dependence on Divine grace I take Him as my Saviour and Lord.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\"><li>I promise by Divine grace to show a teachable and submissive spirit to the teaching of Holy Scripture as set forth in the Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\"><li>I promise that by the help of the Holy Spirit I will endeavour to live a life consistent with my profession.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A more complete statement of our beliefs can be found in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a title=\"Our Confession of Faith\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=442\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Confession of Faith<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a title=\"Catechisms\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=106\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Larger and Shorter Catechisms<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a title=\"Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=384\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible&nbsp;\u2013 The Bible is a message from God, and there is no better guide to what we should believe and how we should live. God&nbsp;\u2013 There is one God, who exists as three different but equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People&nbsp;\u2013 Everyone has sinned against God and so deserves his wrath, the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=12\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Beliefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}