I'm interested in church structures, and appreciate your post. If you have a link to your statement of faith, I'd appreciate it.
Also, I can't tell exactly from post, what is it exactly that makes every church part of the same denomination?
thanks..
We cooperate with Missions. That's what makes us a denomination. I think that all you have to do to be a member church with our denomination is give to missions (some very very small amount in a year's time, like $100. for the whole church or something like that). I think that is the best thing about our denomination and the only reason that I would prefer such a structure above a non-affiliated denomination. Our missionaries don't have to worry about where their money is coming from. They can concentrate on missions.
The denominational statement of faith isn't much different from local ones. I would prefer not to link to my local SOF because I don't like to give out much about my location on the internet. But my denomination's can be found at http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp