As a church we exercised our freedom for a number of years and cooperated with that group of Baptists known in the Southwest as Fundamentalists.
Because of a number of reasons, as a free and independent church we exercised our liberty and our freedom to change the channel of our cooperation to that of the Dallas Baptist Association and the Baptist General Convention of Texas. We had as much right to direct our contributions and our cooperation and fellowship toward these organized bodies, as we had to direct our contributions and cooperation and fellowship toward the Fundamentalists in the first place.
During the 15 years we cooperated with Fundamentalists, a threat hung over our heads. If we should have disagreed with the decisions which were handed down from the top our church would have been attacked, maligned and misrepresented. The pastor would have been attacked, smeared, and misrepresented. Great harm and untold injury would have undoubtedly been done.
This was done in hundreds of cases throughout the nation, from coast to coast, when a pastor and a church decided to pull out. Since we made our decision, attack after attack has been made against us; and they are
continuing, and every effort has been made to destroy the church. This is the bondage of Fundamentalism; pastors and churches either follow the party line or they are mercilessly attacked and, if possible, ruined.
Today as an independent and sovereign Baptist church we are not under the dictation and control of anyone. We are in fear of no man or group of men, but of our own voluntary free will and choice we are cooperating with Baptist brethren whom we can trust and in whom we have confidence as Christian men.