{"id":20982,"date":"2024-07-23T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivers.church\/kyalami\/?page_id=20982"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:25:30","slug":"child-dedication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rivers.church\/kyalami\/child-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child Dedications\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .container --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- .overlay --><\/p>\n<p>As a church we don\u2019t believe in the practice of child baptisms but rather child dedication. 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