Pilgrim said: So, you have the situation where problems are not in your local assembly but rather denominational issues and you have situations within your own congregation. And depending upon which place these problems exist and the severity of them, leaving may or may not be warranted. I could write much more at this point, but hopefully you will get my point with what I have written. The bottom line is packing your bags and leaving without a "fight" isn't an acceptable option. But there is no obligation on your part to participate in a long drawn out battle for the truth either, particularly when it is on the local level.
In His grace,
Comming from a Baptist church background with each local church controlling its own membership and such. I do not always agree with the national body, but have not had a reason to leave for that. I have been blessed with being in local churches without to many problems, not to say I have not heard of some in other churches. One problem with Baptist's is on the local level a lot have went off and started new churches, someone joked that Baptist's grow by cell division.
