{"id":180,"date":"2026-03-31T03:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:53:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12.png 500w, https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12-324x324.png 324w, https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12-416x416.png 416w, https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/A-Purple-Cross-Store-12-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Hi there!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">I&#8217;m Kathryn, the founder of A Purple Cross.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years ago, God gave me a vision for a Christian newspaper, blog, and store. In the vision was a very large purple cross, hence the name of the ministry &#8216;A Purple Cross&#8217;. The real heart of this ministry is to reach people for Christ, so all profits from sales of products in this store go towards printing and delivering a free Christian newspaper into as many letterboxes as possible in New Zealand (where we are based), and eventually beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m also excited to bring you a great selection of clothing and other Christian products, including lots of our own original t-shirt and hoodie\/crewneck designs, and original clothing brand &#8216;Royal&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your support and journeying with us in reaching the world for Christ, and please enjoy the free newspaper below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Free-Newspaper.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Free Newspaper.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6c0ebe40-8ce7-43c4-9fdd-0d636150743e\" href=\"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Free-Newspaper.pdf\">Free Newspaper<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Free-Newspaper.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6c0ebe40-8ce7-43c4-9fdd-0d636150743e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Story Hi there! I&#8217;m Kathryn, the founder of A Purple Cross. A few years ago, God gave me a vision for a Christian newspaper, blog, and store. In the vision was a very large purple cross, hence the name of the ministry &#8216;A Purple Cross&#8217;. The real heart of this ministry is to reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apurplecross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}