My initial response to the question was to give The Bible answer to, "Who has the Authority FROM GOD, to Baptise." Those answers and their references are still posted. There may be zero interest, or belief, represented by the other participants of this board, however, I found them as Infiniantly Important.
The reverse corollary of a church gathering with no Authority from God to Baptise would result in that social organization having no Biblical claim to represent The One and Only Lord God of The Universe, as a Divinely Instituted Body of Believers, who have been Commissioned by Jesus to Go, Preach, Disciple, Baptise, and Teach.
The result has been a wholesale loss of Bible Truth and unscripturally mishmashed together followers and Believers in Jesus 'doing their own thing' organizationally. Midway in the examination on this thread, we determined that a Biblical Organizational characteristic of The Kind of Divine Assemblies Jesus Founded was their autonomy and Democratic structure of the distribution of each member's vote is equal, and the CHANGE from the Biblical Organizational characteristic of a Religious Institution that presumes to be associated with The Son of God, Jesus Christ, in The Bible, TO A POLITICAL HIERARCHY, with Distributions of Power to HIGHER POWER BOSSES and TO VARIOUS "HOME OFFICES", which both, to the point, HAVE "AUTHORITY OVER THE CONGREGATIONS".
This would be man-made religion, without God, and any discussion of 'authority' simple is in regard to POLITICAL POSITIONS in MAN-MADE HIERARCHIES, which are INVENTIONS of THE CARNAL REASONING of SIN-CURSED HUMANS.
Ichabad has been written on the doors, they are Not a Dwelling Place of The Living God and their teachings reflect an equally flesh-filled disregard for God's Eternal Word.
There is a Spiritual need to Return to The Ancient Landmarks that have been removed and God has certainly Provided that Guidance in His Word.
Having reiterated that, when a Baptist church does have the Distinctive Marks of The New Testament Models, in Doctrine, and are Scripturally Organized, "If a true believer is baptized by a quack, they are still baptized are they not? I think any baptized believer can baptize any believer", is perfectly correct. Judas could 'dip' the True Believer, if Judas was authorized by the Scriptually Organized church assembly, to Baptise.
The "Individual" human element of this discussion on this thread concerning 'authority' is IRRELEVANT. THE INDIVIDUAL Organized church assemblies HAVE THE AUTHORITY IF THEY ARE GENUINELY CONSTITUTED REGARDING WHAT WE CALL, "THE HOLY BIBLE".
The question everyone here should have is, 'since Jesus WALKED 40 MILES to GET AUTHORITY from the ONE PERSON WHO HAD AUTHORITY FROM GOD to BAPTISE, WHERE DO I GET SCRIPTURALLY BAPTISED BY THE AUTHORITY of GOD, and what is involved in my man-made religious organization CHANGING TO AGREE WITH GOD, in our Doctrine, Practice, AND ORGANIZATION, to also OBTAIN THE AUTHORITY of GOD to DO THE BUSINESS of JESUS?
You think Jesus just put everything in the Bible about The Details in the Construction of The Temple, just to willy-nilly Hand THE BUINESS of GOD OVER to ANYBODY that CLAIMS to BE A 'BELIEVER'??
Nope, Nope, Nope.
Jesus' churches have been hear since He Founded her, as He Promised.
England had Baptist-like Doctrine in their Baptist-like assemblies Organized like the Kind Jesus Organized IN THE FIRST CENTURY and BY BIBLICAL CHARACTERS.
There are probably some still there in England and The Kind of churches Jesus Built have probably always been there through THE CHURCH AGE.
1. Church Government Changed
In developing his church Satan began by corrupting the doctrinal teachings of the Lord's church from within. He has his servants in all churches. The first corruption came in his seeking to change the form of church government that Christ gave. His subtility is seen in this.
There was a plurality of elders (preachers) in the early churches. "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church" (Acts 20:17). It seems that today we have a scarcity of preachers but not then. These elders were to be equal, one was not to lord it over another. "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. . . . Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over
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God's heritage (clergy), but being ensamples to the flock" (I Peter 5:1-3). See our Lord's instruction on equality (Matthew 23:1-12).
Early in history Satan led some away from that truth. Diotrephes is an example given in III John 9. We read in Revelation 2:15, "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolatians, which thing I hate." Without being positive what this doctrine was, I think the meaning lies in the name. It comes from two Greek words. The first is
nikawwhich means "to conquer." The second is
laos which means "people." So then it means to conquer the people or laity. Thus we have a ruling clergy. Thus developed an episcopal church government in place of a congregational one. What kind of government is this? "Episcopacy, Episcopal." These terms are derived from the Greek
episcopos, meaning 'bishop.' They refer accordingly to that system of church government in which the principal officer is the bishop."
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8. 5.2: 30 A.D.> Jesus Established HIS CHURCHES During Jesus' Time in His Ministry on Earth - 8. THE GODHEAD in HIS CHURCHES.
As an institution, Christ founded the church while on earth, left it in care of the apostles and prophets with delegated authority. Before his return to the Father, He gave the commission to the church through the apostles and promised His presence with them until the end of the age. He also promised to send the Holy Spirit as their helper in the task of perpetuating the church. The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost and the book of Acts is an account of what was done from Pentecost until the imprisonment of Paul. The first organized church was at Jerusalem. This church was scattered through persecution, this led to missionary endeavor and the organizing of churches in Asia and Europe. The second church was at Antioch in Syria. From this church, Paul and Barnabas went out as missionaries. Then we read of the churches in Galatia and other provinces of the Roman Empire.
Claudia
Joseph Belcher writes: "It is believed that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was introduced into Britain about the year 63, by Claudia, a Welsh princess, converted under the ministry of the apostle Paul, at Rome. Her exertions to extend the reign of Christ were constant and successful. Bishop Burgess tells us, that the early British churches bore a striking resemblance to the model Institution at Jerusalem; and Mosheim tells us that 'No persons were admitted to baptism, but such as had been previously instructed in the principle points of Christianity, and had also given satisfactory proofs of pious dispositions and upright intentions.'"3
Of this Claudia, Thomas Crosby writes: "Now amongst the converts of the natives of this island, in the first age to Christianity, Claudia surnamed Ruffina, is refuted a principle; she was the wife to Pudence, a Roman senator; and that this is the Claudia, a Briton born, mentioned by St. Paul, then living at the exceptions of Parsons the Jesuit, by answering his objections to the contrary; and then says, 'The issue of all this is this: Claudia�s story, as a British Christian
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stands unremoved, for any force of these objections; though one need not be much engaged herein.'"4
8.5.28: The 1st Century- 21st Century: The LORD'S BAPTIST BELIEVING CHURCHES, know as THE WELSH BAPTISTS - 8. THE GODHEAD in HIS CHURCHES.
I 'think' I'm going to move on and dealve into the Extrodinary Truths of The Old Testament Body of Prophecy, which mostly all POINTS RIGHT STRAIGHT AT US, in This Current DAY of SALVATION, CHURCH AGE, Period between the Two AND ONLY TWO ADVENTS of Christ.
Appraently, noone here would have a clue? of their existence?, or those of The Gospels, The New Testament and Revelation that also ARE TO BE INTERPRETED AS SOLELY APPLICABLE to us, TODAY.
Dunno. Maybe Google Aware of The Godhead for The Old Testament Body of Prophecy and see if you see yourself anywhere. Prophecy, Parables, Gospels, Church Letters, Revelation. They all speak of Jesus and are writen to us! AS THE MOST PRACTICLE and OBVIOUSLY APPLICABLE, TEACHINGS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 
