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Originally Posted by Holy Ghost HH
I must say independent is ok as long as the pastor has a church board. Independent pastors can quickly become cultish and lead a flock away from biblical based teaching. They can set "standards" based on personal bias and control. At least with an organization you have higher earthly authority you can go to of there are things going on. Wish I had one around my area just drove 1.25 hours to go to service Sunday. God smiled as I drove and talked threw the preached word. The pastor had no clue who I was. God is great.
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Seems to me the incidence of unbiblical-ness is unrelated to whether a church is linked to a denomination or not.