saint,

Biblical locality does not sound anything at all like what is practiced in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox systems.

The reason these systems are not the same is because Biblical locality is not a national system (Anglican), nor a popery system of heirarchy exceeding the boundary of Biblical locality (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox).

In the Ministry of apostles they have a regional center which they move out from to apoint elders of localities in their region. There is no heirarchy above the regional center. And each Biblical unit is a Biblical locality only, not a region.

Moreover, these one or more of these systems teach historicalism (amill.), calvinism or non-OSAS, among other false teachings such as a sinless Mary, interrmediary priesthood and paying money for indulgences.

A bishop is not one with apostolic authority for bishops are elders, not apostles. Apostles appoint bishops (elders). This is another difference.

Elders appointed by apostles are not to head many Biblical localities in a region. Nor do apostles have the responsibility of taking care of a Biblical locality. Nor do apostles appoint sub-elder meeting places in a locality. No! Regional apostles appoint elders to take care of ALL the meeting places of a Biblical locality, and those elders would approve all the sub-elders' meeting places within the locality because they agree to the authority of the elders appointed by apostles to take care of the whole locality. This is proper authority and submission in harmony with God's will as it was in the first century.