PROGRAM SUCCESS – AUGUST 2009
The Power
of Unity
By Rev. O’Hara C. Black
Senior Pastor-Teacher
Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church,
Orlando, Florida
Webster defines unity as “the quality or state of
being one; a condition of harmony, dedication in
purpose and action.” In times like these it is
vital that there be oneness, or harmony in the
Body of Christ. We are facing things like drugs,
crime, prostitution, racism, sexism, domestic
violence, and terrorism. The world is so full of
brokenness. There are broken homes, broken
families, broken hearts and broken lives. We
cannot afford to have a broken fellowship
among those of us who profess Jesus as Lord.
The Church should be the epitome of oneness.
Oneness does not mean duplication. No two
churches are alike nor should they seek to be.
Neither pastor nor parishioner should desire that
their church be the clone of the church across
town or down the street. Surely, we share a
corporate, biblical mandate to win souls and
make disciples. However, God gives each local
church different methods with which to
accomplish this missi