Well, I’m sure there is something they could use for leverage, if they put their minds to it. If they have something the locals churches want, they can withhold it unless the local churches comply. Or not, maybe they don’t care.
“If they have something the locals churches want, they can withhold it unless the local churches comply.”
Nope. The SBC cannot do anything other than coordinate efforts between independent churches on missions and training (seminaries). Any congregation can withhold funds from the SBC, but the SBC had no funds to give back.
Even if the SBC DID have some means of coercion, trying to use it would result in a mass exodus from the SBC.