7 Ways to Create Unity in a Church

I once consulted with a church struggling to move forward. The pastor had been there a couple years, had a great vision and was supported by most everyone, there were adequate resources, the community needed a healthy church (as all do), but they never could get any traction. I quickly assessed that they needed to create unity in the church in order to move forward.

The church had two dominant factions – mostly split over a denominational issue. I felt like a genius consultant when I uncovered the root problem, but the truth is I only discovered what they already knew – yet never admitted.

The challenge wasn’t discovering the problem; however, it was in finding solutions. The church needed to come together if there was any hope to move forward and realize all the opportunities God was sending their way.

It should be noted – this church was united around the Gospel. They wanted to see people come to know Christ. They were divided by lesser issues. If a church can’t rally around making disciples of Jesus Christ – our core purpose – it will be near impossible to unite on anything else. Jesus said, “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” (Mark 3:24) This church’s disunity could be solved, in my opinion, with proper leadership.

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One of the ways that the evil one and his forces seek to impede God's mission to the world, a mission in which the followers of Jesus have a part, is to cause divisions in local churches, judicatories, and denominations. Sadly we make it easy for them due to our proclivity for disagreements even over the least important matters.