The difference is that each Baptist church is an independent organization responsible for hiring their personnel. The SBC is a membership organization of affiliated independent churches. Where as the Catholics, Methodists and others are top down organizations where the local church has no say in who the pastor/priest will be. That make…
The difference is that each Baptist church is an independent organization responsible for hiring their personnel. The SBC is a membership organization of affiliated independent churches. Where as the Catholics, Methodists and others are top down organizations where the local church has no say in who the pastor/priest will be. That makes it harder for the rot that may be in the National organization to spread to local ones, Also since each church is an independent organization the investigation did not go past the national organization. A very small group.
The difference is that each Baptist church is an independent organization responsible for hiring their personnel. The SBC is a membership organization of affiliated independent churches. Where as the Catholics, Methodists and others are top down organizations where the local church has no say in who the pastor/priest will be. That makes it harder for the rot that may be in the National organization to spread to local ones, Also since each church is an independent organization the investigation did not go past the national organization. A very small group.