re: Church splits are coming. Preached to about this. (UMC Related)

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Most Baptist churches are congregationalist (each congregation rules themselves) as well. Even Baptist churches tied to the Southern Baptist Convention are supposed to be independent in everything except for mission related business (although some claim that the SBC does try to push their influence beyond missions on their member churches).

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Southern Baptist churches are autonomous. The purpose of the SBC is cooperative missions and pooling of resources for common needs. However, every decade or so, a liberal wave comes to attempt to break with the agreed upon statements of belief, and it causes major disruption. These statements of belief are pretty standard Baptist doctrine and are based solely on Scripture, which is why they are constantly under fire.

They would do well to remember the the 7th thing God hates from Proverbs 6:19- one who sows discord among the brethren.