Welcome back brother Bret grin Please stick around; I for one miss your posts.

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Having said all of that however, I have also been told that I'm not a true Baptist for two main reasons. First, because while it is still different than the Presbyterian scheme with the Sessions, we do hold to a plurality of elders appointed, on a local church level. Second, I do not find any scriptural basis for saying that immersion as a believer is a prerequisite for being a member of a local church, but justification by faith only. So at the two church starts I serve the Lord as an elder at, we will receive paedobaptists if they we willing to tolerate the credobaptist teaching when it comes up in the text in book/chapter/verse by verse preaching, and not undermine the elders by teaching against the credobaptist view.

I also believe in the plurality of elders. My pastor and a few of the deacons also believe this. One of the things I have come to realize is that in many Baptist Churches, such as where I attend, many of the deacons roles actually should be done by elders.
I suspect however, that my pastor and at least one of the deacons are trying to change this at the board level, via examining how the Church does things and comparing that with Scripture.
My pastor has only been at the Church for about a year and he is taking his responsibility as pastor very seriously. He has a very high view of Scripture and preaches it expositionally.
Although the Churches statement of faith is clearly Calvinistic soteriolically, not all of the membership including some in leadership are.
My pastor is trying to change this, by being clear in his teaching. What I am finding a little strange however, is that though my pastor is very clear, some Arminians don't seem to recognize that the pastor is teaching Calvinistic soteriology.
Or perhaps, they like what he is doing in other areas so they are willing to put up with it? shrug
If there is one thing that I am praying about, is that the pastor doesn’t burn himself out.

Also on your second point, I lean towards that view myself.

Tom