Please answer the following question: Extract the answer to the question from the following context. Question: Baptists can have some variance because of a system that? Context: Baptists, like other Christians, are defined by doctrinesome of it common to all orthodox and evangelical groups and a portion of it distinctive to Baptists. Through the years, different Baptist groups have issued confessions of faithwithout considering them to be creedsto express their particular doctrinal distinctions in comparison to other Christians as well as in comparison to other Baptists. Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine, but Baptist beliefs can vary due to the congregational governance system that gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches. Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state.
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gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches