{"id":21,"date":"2012-01-31T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellswaterrpchurch.wordpress.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2022-04-26T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T13:35:46","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"466\" height=\"318\" data-id=\"151\"  src=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/covenanters-preaching.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/covenanters-preaching.jpg 466w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/covenanters-preaching-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/covenanters-preaching-439x300.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been a Covenanter Church in Convoy for over 200 years.&nbsp; Following work in the area in the second half of the 18th century, Convoy Covenanter Church was formed in 1802.  Our present building was built in 1879.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Covenanter Church has it&#8217;s roots in Scotland and those ministers who came over to Ulster to pastor Scots Presbyterians at the time of the plantation. These Presbyterians were sometimes referred to as \u2018Covenanters\u2019 due to their adherence to solemn promises (or covenants)&nbsp;by which they vowed to uphold Jesus Christ as King in the Church and over the State. We gladly share this aspiration, and the name Covenanters, with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more about the Covenanters, visit the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/reformationhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Reformation History website.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a Covenanter Church in Convoy for over 200 years.&nbsp; Following work in the area in the second half of the 18th century, Convoy Covenanter Church was formed in 1802. Our present building was built in 1879. The Covenanter Church has it&#8217;s roots in Scotland and those ministers who came over to Ulster&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/?page_id=21\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our History<\/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\/21"}],"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=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/convoy.rpc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}