in practice, every church decides where it requires complete agreement, where it permits limited disagreement, and where it allows complete liberty. In the church I serve in Washington, DC, we require every member to believe in salvation through the work of Jesus Christ alone. We also confess the same (or very similar) understandings of believer’s baptism and of church structure (that is, who has the final say in decisions). Agreement on baptism and structure are not essential for salvation, but