{"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":"2023-06-19T14:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:20:22","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Denomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-15\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-15-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-15-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-15-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>REFORMED<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The reformation of the church during the 1500\/1600s returned the church to the principles of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Sola Scriptura (\u201cScripture alone\u201d): The Bible alone is our highest authority.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Sola Fide (\u201cFaith alone\u201d): We are saved through faith in Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Sola Gratia (\u201cGrace alone\u201d): We are saved only by the grace of God.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Solus Christus (\u201cChrist alone\u201d): Jesus Christ alone is our Lord, Saviour, and King.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Soli Deo Gloria (\u201cto the glory of God alone\u201d): We live for the glory of God alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-15-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-15-0-0-1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div align=\"left\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PRESBYTERIAN<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1958 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Synod-RPCI-Slider.jpg?resize=300%2C134\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Synod-RPCI-Slider.jpg?resize=300%2C134 300w, http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Synod-RPCI-Slider-768x344.jpg 768w, http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Synod-RPCI-Slider-1024x459.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Synod-RPCI-Slider.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Following the pattern we see in the New Testament (eg Acts chapter 15), our minister and elders are accountable to a wider body of men known as a Presbytery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Presbytery meets every few months and is made up of ministers and elders of all the different RP churches across the island of Ireland. Presbytery is responsible for overseeing existing congregations and planting new ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are four Presbyteries In the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ireland and once a year in June they meet as a Synod to plan and to pray about important matters to do with advancing the Kingdom of Christ through our denomination's work and witness in Ireland and overseas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-15-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THE GLOBAL RP CHURCH<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Reformed Presbyterian Church is a global family of churches with the same ethos &amp; confessional basis. Each\u00a0\u00a0has very close relationships with the following churches in the \u2018RP Family\u2019:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">UK, USA &amp; Canada, Ireland,\u00a0France,\u00a0Japan,\u00a0Australia,\u00a0East Asia, India<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"wixGuard\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u200bFind out more: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rpglobalalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener undefined\" data-content=\"http:\/\/rpglobalalliance.org\/\" data-type=\"external\">www.rpglobalalliance.org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpc.org\">www.rpc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REFORMED The reformation of the church during the 1500\/1600s returned the church to the principles of: Sola Scriptura (\u201cScripture alone\u201d): The Bible alone is our highest authority. Sola Fide (\u201cFaith alone\u201d): We are saved through faith in Jesus Christ. Sola Gratia (\u201cGrace alone\u201d): We are saved only by the grace of God. Solus Christus (\u201cChrist &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/what-we-do\/\" class=\"more-link\">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":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/knockbracken.rpc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}