The United Church of Christ and the Southern Baptists allow each congregation to have a great deal of authority, including who to hire as pastor and what credentials the person must have to be the minister.This approach to religious organizational polity is called

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This approach is known as congregational polity, where each congregation governs itself independently, making decisions about hiring pastors and other matters without higher church authority dictating those choices.

The United Church of Christ and the Southern Baptists Allow