The Levels of Church Unity -- transcript
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[0:00] NARRATOR (V.O.): Here is one street, in one small town.
[0:03] NARRATOR (V.O.): Five churches. Five names. Five buildings. Five ways of worshipping.
[0:11] NARRATOR (V.O.): And yet, on the night before He died, Jesus prayed that the church would be one, as He and the Father are one.
[0:18] NARRATOR (V.O.): These were His words: that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You.
[0:26] NARRATOR (V.O.): That is the goal.
[0:28] NARRATOR (V.O.): But how is this possible? How can the church be one? How can it be united?
[0:36] NARRATOR (V.O.): There are five levels of unity in the church. We will climb them one rung at a time. By the end, you will see what each level looks like, and how to recognize it in the churches around you.
[0:51] NARRATOR (V.O.): The first level of church unity is Cohesion. At this level, churches, ministries and believers can exist together, without conflict or fighting.
[1:03] NARRATOR (V.O.): A good example of cohesion is having kids riding in a car. Picture them in the back seat, staying quiet.
[1:11] NARRATOR (V.O.): They tolerate each other. They might not respect each other, but at least they can live together in peace.
[1:18] NARRATOR (V.O.): They’re not playing together. Not talking. But nobody’s attacking.
[1:23] NARRATOR (V.O.): No fists. No warmth. Just permission.
[1:28] NARRATOR (V.O.): That is cohesion, and it’s the lowest level of unity.
[1:33] NARRATOR (V.O.): The second level of church unity is Solidarity. Until now, the churches only stayed out of each other’s way. Solidarity is the first time one church’s trouble becomes every church’s business.
[1:47] NARRATOR (V.O.): It isn’t agreement. It’s standing beside a neighbor who is hurt.
[1:53] NARRATOR (V.O.): Here is an example. If one church gets vandalized, the others, different denominations, no shared programs, rush to its defense.
[2:02] NARRATOR (V.O.): They’re not united. But they won’t let harm land alone.
[2:07] NARRATOR (V.O.): That is solidarity.
[2:09] NARRATOR (V.O.): The third level of church unity is called, simply, Unity. Here the churches stop only reacting to harm, and start working toward something together.
[2:20] NARRATOR (V.O.): Churches working toward the same goal: reaching the lost, cleaning up the city. They may rarely meet, but they wish each other success, because when one church reaches someone, the whole town is better for it.
[2:35] NARRATOR (V.O.): Picture a shared cleanup day, where everyone shows up for the same street. Different churches, but one job, one unified goal.
[2:44] NARRATOR (V.O.): Then they go home to their own building.
[2:47] NARRATOR (V.O.): Unity does not erase their differences. It joins them in one purpose. That is unity.
[2:55] NARRATOR (V.O.): The fourth level of church unity is Harmony. At this level, the churches are not only aiming at the same goal. They are prepared and ready to move as one.
[3:07] NARRATOR (V.O.): Picture an orchestra where every musician is ready together. All on the same page. All in tune. A well-organized team.
[3:18] NARRATOR (V.O.): Or picture an elite company of soldiers. All trained up. All together. All dressed perfectly. Every one of them ready.
[3:28] NARRATOR (V.O.): That is harmony.
[3:31] NARRATOR (V.O.): The fifth level of church unity is Symphony. Harmony made the team ready. Symphony puts a leader in front of it.
[3:40] NARRATOR (V.O.): Symphony is when a master conductor enters the room.
[3:44] NARRATOR (V.O.): He can take a well-trained orchestra, places it could not have gone by itself.
[3:50] NARRATOR (V.O.): Or symphony is when a general takes charge of this elite company of soldiers. With a general, they can do operations they could not do on their own.
[4:02] NARRATOR (V.O.): The musicians are the same.
[4:03] NARRATOR (V.O.): The soldiers are the same.
[4:05] NARRATOR (V.O.): What changes is who leads them.
[4:09] NARRATOR (V.O.): For the church, that Master Conductor is Jesus Christ. He is the General of His armies.
[4:17] NARRATOR (V.O.): When a church that is ready follows Him, He takes her places she could not have gone by herself. New lands. New nations.
[4:26] NARRATOR (V.O.): New movements. New gifts. That is only possible at the level of Symphony.
[4:33] NARRATOR (V.O.): These are the five levels of unity in the church. Cohesion. Solidarity. Unity. Harmony. And Symphony.
[4:44] NARRATOR (V.O.): Step by step, Jesus is perfecting His church. Rung by rung, He is lifting her higher.
[4:53] NARRATOR (V.O.): Jesus will have a church, He will have a beautiful, spotless bride.