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Diffference between independent and Southern Baptists -part II

Salty

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Any church can leave at any time in most denominations. And, only a few denominations practice significant control over member churches. As I noted earlier in this topic, the difference between a IFB church and a Presbyterian church leaving the denomination is just a little paperwork.

Even the difference between a Roman Catholic church and an IFB church is mostly tradition, not the authority of the denomination. The Catholic church has a priest and hails Mary not because the Roman Catholic Church told them to, but because it's a Catholic church. (The selection of the priest, though, is by the RCC.)

In Protestant denominations, the function of a denomination isn't control of a local church, but to provide services to the local church.

(bold my emphasis

I was just talking to a PCUSA church the other day - their pastor recently retired - so they are looking for a replacement
I could not beleive all the rig-ma-role and paperwork the church must go thu in order to find a replacement pastor.
 
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