church autonomy a fundamental doctrine?

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> ...will preach and teach what is best for that group that he has 
> been divinely ordained to oversee. This includes convictions.

> If we come to a point that we hate the convictions that our
> Pastor preaches or teaches... [snip]

You can ONLY preach the Bible. One CANNOT preach convictions.
A conviction is something that is within ME, not something that I 
can impose on SOMEONE ELSE!

Just because my pastor doesn't like dark sodas doesn't give him
a right to preach on it. And if/when he does begin to preach on it,
then he has crossed the line on preaching what he wants to preach
whether than preaching THE WORD that God has given him.

If pastors would leave out their own personal dislikes and opinions,
and stick to preaching the WORD as it is written, we'd all be MUCH
better off, AND we would also be a lot closer to being UNIFIED as
a body of believers.