I believe a couple of the church members are practicing lawyers. Their church building is probably paid for so they only have to finance their travels. I seriously doubt they need to look outside of their little group to pay their overhead.
Along with soul liberty and separation of church and State one long standing baptist distinctive is the autonomy of the local church. Each church is free standing and accountable to God alone. The last couple centuries have seen a rise of denominations within many baptist churches but, there is still a large segment that don't have any formal or legal tie with any other baptist church.
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