Instead of one minister and a group of listeners, everyone in the group has an equal right to participate. This atmosphere yields to a greater variety and moderates extreme interpretations of Scripture by a group consensus. The Head of the group is Jesus Christ as He inspires each member with the Holy Spirit in a collective sense. The Bible has much to say in relation to doctrine and fellowship. Many people claim that doctrine is not the basic for fellowship, but rather Love.
People always tend to associate with others of similar views.
This is why God allowed seven distinct congregations, each with various characteristics. Notice how each had a different doctrinal basis. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Others were more in line to God's desire and teaching and were better favored in His sight. It would seem apparent that those people who have established no doctrinal basis for their group, and allow a wide field of freedom, would be in danger of allowing false doctrines and Jezebel's into their groups as freedom would prevail.