1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,117 NARRATOR (V.O.): Here is one street, in one small town. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:09,595 NARRATOR (V.O.): Five churches. Five names. Five buildings. Five ways of 3 00:00:09,595 --> 00:00:10,920 worshipping. 4 00:00:11,450 --> 00:00:15,384 NARRATOR (V.O.): And yet, on the night before He died, Jesus prayed that the 5 00:00:15,384 --> 00:00:18,717 church would be one, as He and the Father are one. 6 00:00:19,190 --> 00:00:23,431 NARRATOR (V.O.): These were His words: that all of them may be one, Father, 7 00:00:23,431 --> 00:00:26,210 just as You are in Me and I am in You. 8 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:28,480 NARRATOR (V.O.): That is the goal. 9 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:35,027 NARRATOR (V.O.): But how is this possible? How can the church be one? How can 10 00:00:35,027 --> 00:00:36,270 it be united? 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,342 NARRATOR (V.O.): There are five levels of unity in the church. We will climb 12 00:00:41,342 --> 00:00:47,061 them one rung at a time. By the end, you will see what each level looks like, 13 00:00:47,062 --> 00:00:50,850 and how to recognize it in the churches around you. 14 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:55,621 NARRATOR (V.O.): The first level of church unity is Cohesion. At this level, 15 00:00:55,621 --> 00:01:01,041 churches, ministries and believers can exist together, without conflict or 16 00:01:01,041 --> 00:01:01,700 fighting. 17 00:01:02,350 --> 00:01:06,883 NARRATOR (V.O.): A good example of cohesion is having kids riding in a car. 18 00:01:06,883 --> 00:01:10,400 Picture them in the back seat, staying quiet. 19 00:01:10,610 --> 00:01:14,679 NARRATOR (V.O.): They tolerate each other. They might not respect each other, 20 00:01:14,679 --> 00:01:17,730 but at least they can live together in peace. 21 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:22,552 NARRATOR (V.O.): They’re not playing together. Not talking. But nobody’s 22 00:01:22,552 --> 00:01:23,310 attacking. 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,780 NARRATOR (V.O.): No fists. No warmth. Just permission. 24 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:32,720 NARRATOR (V.O.): That is cohesion, and it’s the lowest level of unity. 25 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:37,747 NARRATOR (V.O.): The second level of church unity is Solidarity. Until now, 26 00:01:37,747 --> 00:01:43,620 the churches only stayed out of each other’s way. Solidarity is the first time 27 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:47,610 one church’s trouble becomes every church’s business. 28 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:52,487 NARRATOR (V.O.): It isn’t agreement. It’s standing beside a neighbor who is 29 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:52,900 hurt. 30 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:57,111 NARRATOR (V.O.): Here is an example. If one church gets vandalized, the 31 00:01:57,111 --> 00:02:02,250 others, different denominations, no shared programs, rush to its defense. 32 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,890 NARRATOR (V.O.): They’re not united. But they won’t let harm land alone. 33 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,360 NARRATOR (V.O.): That is solidarity. 34 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,059 NARRATOR (V.O.): The third level of church unity is called, simply, Unity. 35 00:02:14,059 --> 00:02:19,290 Here the churches stop only reacting to harm, and start working toward 36 00:02:19,290 --> 00:02:20,710 something together. 37 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,897 NARRATOR (V.O.): Churches working toward the same goal: reaching the lost, 38 00:02:24,897 --> 00:02:30,053 cleaning up the city. They may rarely meet, but they wish each other success, 39 00:02:30,053 --> 00:02:34,941 because when one church reaches someone, the whole town is better for it. 40 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:39,582 NARRATOR (V.O.): Picture a shared cleanup day, where everyone shows up for the 41 00:02:39,582 --> 00:02:44,210 same street. Different churches, but one job, one unified goal. 42 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:47,540 NARRATOR (V.O.): Then they go home to their own building. 43 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:53,432 NARRATOR (V.O.): Unity does not erase their differences. It joins them in one 44 00:02:53,432 --> 00:02:55,530 purpose. That is unity. 45 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:00,445 NARRATOR (V.O.): The fourth level of church unity is Harmony. At this level, 46 00:03:00,445 --> 00:03:06,454 the churches are not only aiming at the same goal. They are prepared and ready 47 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:07,610 to move as one. 48 00:03:08,170 --> 00:03:13,271 NARRATOR (V.O.): Picture an orchestra where every musician is ready together. 49 00:03:13,271 --> 00:03:18,117 All on the same page. All in tune. A well-organized team. 50 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:23,646 NARRATOR (V.O.): Or picture an elite company of soldiers. All trained up. All 51 00:03:23,646 --> 00:03:28,450 together. All dressed perfectly. Every one of them ready. 52 00:03:28,870 --> 00:03:30,560 NARRATOR (V.O.): That is harmony. 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,089 NARRATOR (V.O.): The fifth level of church unity is Symphony. Harmony made the 54 00:03:36,089 --> 00:03:40,260 team ready. Symphony puts a leader in front of it. 55 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:44,510 NARRATOR (V.O.): Symphony is when a master conductor enters the room. 56 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,708 NARRATOR (V.O.): He can take a well-trained orchestra, places it could not 57 00:03:48,708 --> 00:03:50,150 have gone by itself. 58 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,539 NARRATOR (V.O.): Or symphony is when a general takes charge of this elite 59 00:03:54,539 --> 00:03:59,845 company of soldiers. With a general, they can do operations they could not do 60 00:03:59,845 --> 00:04:00,741 on their own. 61 00:04:01,230 --> 00:04:03,610 NARRATOR (V.O.): The musicians are the same. 62 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,710 NARRATOR (V.O.): The soldiers are the same. 63 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,300 NARRATOR (V.O.): What changes is who leads them. 64 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,023 NARRATOR (V.O.): For the church, that Master Conductor is Jesus Christ. He is 65 00:04:14,023 --> 00:04:15,940 the General of His armies. 66 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:21,191 NARRATOR (V.O.): When a church that is ready follows Him, He takes her places 67 00:04:21,191 --> 00:04:26,010 she could not have gone by herself. New lands. New nations. 68 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:32,008 NARRATOR (V.O.): New movements. New gifts. That is only possible at the level 69 00:04:32,008 --> 00:04:33,190 of Symphony. 70 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:40,250 NARRATOR (V.O.): These are the five levels of unity in the church. Cohesion. 71 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:44,690 Solidarity. Unity. Harmony. And Symphony. 72 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:50,451 NARRATOR (V.O.): Step by step, Jesus is perfecting His church. Rung by rung, 73 00:04:50,451 --> 00:04:52,630 He is lifting her higher. 74 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:57,664 NARRATOR (V.O.): Jesus will have a church, He will have a beautiful, spotless 75 00:04:57,664 --> 00:04:58,120 bride.