The problem of church order
II. The freedom of man under the freedom of God
Soul competency and the freedom of man
The gathered and the autonomous church
III. The formation of the convention
Forces opposing the convention
Pressures favoring the unification
The nature of the convention
IV. Authority and power in the Baptist tradition
The authority of the American Baptist convention
The problem of authority in the present situation
The authority of the professional executives
V. The formal system of authority and the informal system of power
The function of the formal and informal systems
The power of the professional executives
The pragmatic authority of the executive leadership
VI. The policy making power of executive leadership
The policy making progress
Limitation of executive power through interagency competition
VII. Organizational conservatism
The situation of the leaders
Methods of representation
The distribution of power
X. Notes on state conventions and the local church
XI. Weber's categories of authority and non authoritarian groups
Extension of the categories of authority
Charismatic and traditional authority.
