{"id":15,"date":"2012-01-31T15:56:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellswaterrpchurch.wordpress.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2022-05-18T22:43:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:43:50","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Our Denomination"},"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=\"415\" data-id=\"1215\"  src=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-785x415.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-785x415.jpg 785w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-1536x812.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920-1568x829.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/earth-g4c284dac0_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a congregation of the&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rpc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland.<\/a><\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland has 40 congregations, a Theological College and a Book Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Reformed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The reformation of the church during the 1500s and 1600s was ignited and fanned by a return to the principles of: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Scripture alone<\/strong> as the unchanging standard<\/li><li><strong>The glory of God alone<\/strong> as the goal<\/li><li><strong>Christ alone<\/strong> as the Saviour<\/li><li><strong>Grace alone<\/strong> as the cause of salvation<\/li><li><strong>Faith alone<\/strong> as the means by which people are declared right before God<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reformed church, we hold to these five points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Presbyterian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are called Presbyterian because of our form of church government. Each congregation is <strong>under the oversight of elected elders<\/strong>, who are also part of higher courts known as Presbyteries and Synod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>Other Reformed Presbyterian Churches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reformed Presbyterian Church is a global family of churches. The members of this family share the same ethos and confessional basis and enjoy very close relationships with one another. The ties that bind us today are stronger than they have ever been, a fact for which we are very thankful.&nbsp; You can find out more about this worldwide family of churches by visiting the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rpglobalalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RP Global Alliance website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a congregation of the&nbsp;Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland has 40 congregations, a Theological College and a Book Centre. Reformed The reformation of the church during the 1500s and 1600s was ignited and fanned by a return to the principles of: Scripture alone as the unchanging standard The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=15\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Denomination<\/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\/15"}],"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=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}