[Coldwater Creek]

I believe that I said the same thing as you, just a lot less words. I was born on July 29,1941 at 10 10 am. Before noon I had been enrolled in the Baptist Cradle Roll. My family has been involved in planting Baptist churches and foreign missions for the last 150 or so years. I understand perfectly what the structure of a Baptist church is.

[imardmd1]

I believe that I said the same thing as you, just a lot less words.

With all due respect, you did not say the same thing I said. You used less words to give an incorrect description of Baptist church polity. You said:

Most Baptist don’t have Elders, have Deacons. The pastor is still in charge.

Baptists do have Elders, and each church that has a Pastor has one, and "Elder" is his office in the church.

While I wrote in some detail, it was not to offend your intelligence. I was writing mostly for others, whom you also intended to inform or correct, and they will have otherwise come away with a wrong impression. Perhaps you also knew all this, but you did not indicate so.

With a respectful and felicitous spirit --