Salty, did you miss this by your SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg?what makes you think we are not independent
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Baptist Press, September 2024
"Southern Baptists value cooperation. We are autonomous, but not independent. We have agreed to set aside personal preferences for the greater good of the global advance of the gospel."
"we cooperate because our churches are autonomous – not independent. Autonomy means self-determining....All Baptist churches are autonomous, but Southern Baptist churches are not independent. We have agreed to subjugate our personal preferences on ministry practices, mission strategies, financial allocations, and some doctrinal positions to work together"