It means the local church selects its own missionaries and decides exactly how much it will give in support of each. Not one dime of the offering is ever skimmed off for Boards, Conferences, or Cooperative support. The local church has total control of its activities including choice of pastor, the Sunday School program and all financial outlays. This simply means that the beliefs, the doctrines, the policies, and the way of life of each church are based upon the Word of God. The Bible is accepted as the inspired Word of God and regulates faith and practice.
Fundamentals are imperative.
Athletes who ignore fundamentals make losing teams. Doctors who ignore fundamental fail in their treatments. Engineers who ignore fundamentals see their work collapse. Churches who ignore fundamentals see their historic faith disintegrate before Satan's onslaught. The opposite of fundamentalism is liberalism.