But here is another problem with your reasoning:
“But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 2 Tim 3:14-15
Now lets look at context and reality:
1. This was written to Timothy
2. Timothy was born in 17 AD
Therefore, the Scripture Paul is referring to is The Old Testament
Timothy was convinced Christ was Lord, and he could see proof from the Scripture.
Where in the Bible do the apostles even hint at the possibility that the one Church established by Christ would later be replaced by a book?
It is not that the Bible replaces the church. It is that ‘God’s breath’ is not flawed. All scripture - past and future - is covered. And when used for correction, etc, it fully equips the man of God for “every good work”.
The high view of scripture held by the Jews is shown in that unlearned men like the Apostles could quote it easily. It cannot be overruled by man, and it doesn’t need to be added to...there was no need to invent Purgatory, for example, because Paul taught ‘the whole counsel of God’, and because scripture equips for EVERY good work.
And there is no need for American Baptists or anyone else to look for an authority that will allow bringing in unrepentant homosexuals.